In 1998, with the long-awaited Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace still a year from release, three friends obsess about how much they're looking forward to the film. At first, Eric (Sam Huntington), who "outgrew" Star Wars and his friends long ago, mocks their passion. But then Hutch (Dan Fogler) and Windows (Jay Baruchel) explain that Linus (Christopher Marquette), Eric's oldest friend, has cancer and won't survive until the film debuts. Inspired, Eric joins the other three in an ill-thought-out plan to drive from Ohio to California, break into the Lucasfilm compound, and steal the film so Linus can see it before he dies.
