Last year you couldn’t watch a DVD without seeing the trailer for Fanboys, in which a group of Star Wars nerds travel to George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch to try to abscond with an advance copy of Star Wars: Episode 1. The trailer looked funny, and the tagline stated “Coming to our galaxy in 2007.”

Well, we’re nearing the end of 2008… what happened?

Delays, to start with. Additional funding came together, which let the director shoot some extra scenes, but which involved lengthy delays until he could get his cast back together. Then The Weinstein Company apparently didn’t like what they saw and gave the movie to someone else to edit. Finally they gave it back to the original director earlier this year. There have been repeated delays, re-edits, and even protests… and perhaps it’s finally done. The full story’s digested and available at Wikipedia.

At Comic-Con, there was a well-received screening of the movie (for the third year in a row)… and this website about the making of the film has shown up.

Meanwhile, even real fanboys are getting tired of waiting… but a release date has been set: September 19. No word on how big a release it will be, but, at last, it looks like we’re finally going to get to see this thing. After all that, can it have come through the wringer unscathed?

If anyone else has any better dirt on the movie (or has seen it), post something in the comments!