Far Out Cinema - The podrace crowd in The Phantom Menace wasn't CGI - it's a load of colourful Q-tips pushed through a grate and blown by a fan | Facebook
![Georgia Knight on X: "In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999), the audience was made of coloured cotton buds / q-tips and a fan underneath gave the appearance the crowd was moving. Georgia Knight on X: "In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999), the audience was made of coloured cotton buds / q-tips and a fan underneath gave the appearance the crowd was moving.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ea91QKoXYAInjKt.jpg)
Georgia Knight on X: "In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999), the audience was made of coloured cotton buds / q-tips and a fan underneath gave the appearance the crowd was moving.
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![The podracing crowd in 'The Phantom Menace' was really 450,000 Q-Tips being blown about : r/Moviesinthemaking The podracing crowd in 'The Phantom Menace' was really 450,000 Q-Tips being blown about : r/Moviesinthemaking](https://i.redd.it/kirap04k31y01.jpg)
The podracing crowd in 'The Phantom Menace' was really 450,000 Q-Tips being blown about : r/Moviesinthemaking
![Eric Alper 🎧 on X: "To fill the stands in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, 450,000 Q-tips were cut, painted and inserted into a mesh to look like a live crowd. https://t.co/tqCipt7ipL" / Eric Alper 🎧 on X: "To fill the stands in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, 450,000 Q-tips were cut, painted and inserted into a mesh to look like a live crowd. https://t.co/tqCipt7ipL" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3uHhYnX0AIgS0p.jpg)
Eric Alper 🎧 on X: "To fill the stands in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, 450,000 Q-tips were cut, painted and inserted into a mesh to look like a live crowd. https://t.co/tqCipt7ipL" /
![During the podracing scene in 'The Phantom Menace,' the crowd was actually 450,000 Q-Tips being blown by fans. : r/interestingasfuck During the podracing scene in 'The Phantom Menace,' the crowd was actually 450,000 Q-Tips being blown by fans. : r/interestingasfuck](https://i.redd.it/jl0zsdm7fqma1.jpg)
During the podracing scene in 'The Phantom Menace,' the crowd was actually 450,000 Q-Tips being blown by fans. : r/interestingasfuck
![Photo of the day #163 for February 12, 2015. This is the miniature from the Pod Race scene in STAR WARS: T… | What is amazing, Practical effects, The phantom menace Photo of the day #163 for February 12, 2015. This is the miniature from the Pod Race scene in STAR WARS: T… | What is amazing, Practical effects, The phantom menace](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/9c/95/1e9c95a7ffe61346bbe8996603fe0ad5.jpg)
Photo of the day #163 for February 12, 2015. This is the miniature from the Pod Race scene in STAR WARS: T… | What is amazing, Practical effects, The phantom menace
![Tori Fox on X: "Sometimes I am sad but then I remember the q-tip audience members from the podracing scene in the Phantom Menace https://t.co/d9KC6oHNQq" / X Tori Fox on X: "Sometimes I am sad but then I remember the q-tip audience members from the podracing scene in the Phantom Menace https://t.co/d9KC6oHNQq" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3Eh3cgXEAYIMaq.jpg)
Tori Fox on X: "Sometimes I am sad but then I remember the q-tip audience members from the podracing scene in the Phantom Menace https://t.co/d9KC6oHNQq" / X
![History Defined on X: "During the podracing scene in 'The Phantom Menace,' the crowd was actually 450,000 Q-Tips being blown by fans. https://t.co/31k4KAtNCa" / X History Defined on X: "During the podracing scene in 'The Phantom Menace,' the crowd was actually 450,000 Q-Tips being blown by fans. https://t.co/31k4KAtNCa" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fiu0O5hWYAMyILK.jpg)
History Defined on X: "During the podracing scene in 'The Phantom Menace,' the crowd was actually 450,000 Q-Tips being blown by fans. https://t.co/31k4KAtNCa" / X
![30 Pod Race Crowd Miniatures [PRCM] - $0.00 : Hollywood History Online, Discover the Magic and Bring Hollywood Home! 30 Pod Race Crowd Miniatures [PRCM] - $0.00 : Hollywood History Online, Discover the Magic and Bring Hollywood Home!](https://www.hollywoodhistoryonline.com/images/Crowd%20minatures.jpg)