In 1998, Eric Bottler reunites with his old high school buddies Linus, Hutch, Windows, and Zoe at a Halloween party. There is tension between Bottler and his old friends, due to Bottler being the only one that matured since high school; now a car salesman at his father's dealership, Bottler finds that his friends have not changed a bit since high school. The number one thing they still have in common is their love of "Star Wars". The gang expresses their anticipation for the latest prequel installment to the franchise releasing the next year, "". Linus proposes an idea that Bottler and he had been plotting since they were children: to infiltrate Skywalker Ranch. While there, they will steal a rough cut of the film, but Bottler dismisses this idea.