20 Years Ago on AOL.com: May 16, 1999 -- 'Star Wars' Nears

May 16, 1999: For the Sunday before the opening of Star Wars: Episode 1 -- The Phantom Menace, we went with young Obi-Wan. The other top promos promise that you'll be cool if you build a web page (true), and online shopping:

[Series note: In the late 1990s, I programmed the content for the AOL.com home page, which relaunched with a new design on July 14, 1998. I printed screencaps and saved them. 20 years later, I'm scanning them in and posting them with a little commentary under the tag #20YearsAgoOnAOLcom.]