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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
![The Phantom Menace - During the film's centerpiece Podrace scene, model makers used hundreds of Q-tips to create the illusion of attendees in a crowded arena. The Phantom Menace - During the film's centerpiece Podrace scene, model makers used hundreds of Q-tips to create the illusion of attendees in a crowded arena.](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c0/d2/d1/c0d2d1a6338398c9fc670eb3c3fc90ea.jpg)
The Phantom Menace - During the film's centerpiece Podrace scene, model makers used hundreds of Q-tips to create the illusion of attendees in a crowded arena.
![The pod racer crowds from Star Wars Episode 1 were actually 10s of thousands of qtips painted different colors. They used fans from underneath so it would simulate movement. : r/interestingasfuck The pod racer crowds from Star Wars Episode 1 were actually 10s of thousands of qtips painted different colors. They used fans from underneath so it would simulate movement. : r/interestingasfuck](https://preview.redd.it/y53opa3eiim61.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=31557d383508abf89aa2c5ae7baab300f31d6b6d)
The pod racer crowds from Star Wars Episode 1 were actually 10s of thousands of qtips painted different colors. They used fans from underneath so it would simulate movement. : r/interestingasfuck
![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" /
![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
![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
![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
![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)