Are Star Wars Phantom Menace items worth big money? These ARE the droids you are looking for [Video]

Updated 06:54 EDT 04 Jun 2024

As one the biggest movie franchises, which has also expanded into TV shows, video games and books, Star Wars is universally known, and has hundreds of millions, if not billions of fans around the world.

Because of this, the market for memorabilia from the movies is huge, and with the 25 year anniversary of 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, the first of three prequels, now could be a good time to sell your collectibles.

Users searched for Star Wars related items on Ebay more than 220 times per minute in 2023, according to the e-commerce giant.

Meanwhile, livestream shopping platform Whatnot said nearly 300,000 Star Wars collectibles were sold on its platform in 2023, with as many as 11,005 live shopping streams devoted to Star Wars memorabilia.

The site said a Mark Hamill-signed Funko Pop! figure of …