From Hipnosis.com

Independent Film Review: Millennium's End: The Fandom Menace
(A documentary of the Star Wars phenomenon)
Review by Guy Tetro of Hipnosis Magazine

Rarely does a movie come along that has such a fan base as the Star Wars franchise does. Other than Star Trek, which has a unique collection of followers (or trekies, or trekers, or whatever they like to be called this month), there is no other movie phenomenon that has such a passionate group of followers than George Lucas' fantasy masterpiece. It is, on this following, that Jeff Cioletti bases his documentary, Millennium's End: The Fandom Menace.

Cioletti goes deep into the fan base, exploring many aspects of the Star Wars craze. One particular part of the culture, the merchandising, is very well done. At one point, the subjects of the film are on a quest to find the new star wars toys, going from toy store to toy store, trying to find one that hasn't run out of the product. He even shows the will of a quest well met, and shows their elation as they finally find their quarry.

METFM also goes deep into the Star Wars myth, interviewing some of the cast, professional collectors, and even website hosts, who make it their job to leak spoilers, and provide the fans with the latest news out of Skywalker Ranch (Lucas' design HQ). It is at some points quite funny to see fans guess at possible plotlines to The Phantom Menace, the latest Star Wars film released last year to blockbuster earnings.

The documentary, at its high point, goes to the root of the Star Wars universe. In all its powerful imagery, its laser blasts and battles of good and evil, its ways of the Force, and its political satire, Star Wars is all about being a kid. It the film's most powerful moment, a small child leans forward, towards an exhibit at the Star Wars museum, and looks on with wonder. It is that wonder, that big eyed look of the child, which we all have as fans of Star Wars. I know that child was me 24 years ago, standing on line for 7 hours to see Star Wars: A New Hope. It was this moment that the documentary captured what Star Wars means to everyone, it means being a kid again.