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Star Wars fans camp outside LA theater week before film opens
AFP ^ | December 12, 2019 | Staff

Posted on 12/13/2019 7:44:37 AM PST by C19fan

Obsessed Star Wars fans with sleeping bags and a portable movie projector have started camping outside Hollywood's Chinese Theatre, more than a week before the blockbuster begins playing.

Roughly 20 sci-fi lovers were in place Thursday, seven days before doors swing open for the first preview screening of the much-hyped, saga-concluding "The Rise of Skywalker."

Organizers expect that number to swell to 150 in the coming days, with fans of all ages traveling from as far as the United Kingdom and Japan to see the movie first at the iconic venue where the original "Star Wars" premiered in 1977.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: disney; star
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Camping out for a Star Wars movie after that ****fest "The Last Jedi"? Been a Star Wars fan since the original hit the theaters, based on everything I have heard about "The Last Skywalker" I will not be wasting my time and money on Jar Jar Abrams.
1 posted on 12/13/2019 7:44:37 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Camping out for a movie, concert, or shopping never made sense to me.


2 posted on 12/13/2019 7:48:12 AM PST by wally_bert (Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
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To: C19fan

I will never forgive Disney for destroying the Star Wars franchise. Never. What the heck was the last movie? Crappy storyline that made no sense and more concern with social justice than actually making a good movie. The only thing that was decent out of all of the recent movies was Rogue One


3 posted on 12/13/2019 7:48:56 AM PST by Bigtigermike
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Why when you can buy reserved seat tickets online? I’ve had my tickets for at least a month. We’re going to see it on the 19th.


4 posted on 12/13/2019 7:49:14 AM PST by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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Wow. Considering how bad the last 5 Star Wars were (of the proposed Lucas 9) I find the waiting on line ridiculous.


5 posted on 12/13/2019 7:49:45 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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We are not homeless...we are...camping...


6 posted on 12/13/2019 7:50:00 AM PST by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: C19fan

Any of them employed?


7 posted on 12/13/2019 7:50:09 AM PST by simpson96
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LOL!


8 posted on 12/13/2019 7:50:36 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Same old plot, too. Great the first 3 or 4 times, but it has lost its excitement. The excitement factor is not high enough to justify $12 per ticket.


9 posted on 12/13/2019 7:52:50 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: Bigtigermike

Lucas’s 1,2,3 were not good either. Seems he got old and weak.

4,5,6 were the only good ones IMHO. Rogue One was good. I didn’t hate Solo either (but bad choice of lead actor....casting couch pick instead of a man)


10 posted on 12/13/2019 7:54:21 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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quit Star Wars at the first appearance of jar jar.
never finished that movie
meso never watch
11 posted on 12/13/2019 7:56:56 AM PST by Karma_Sherab
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And crapping in the streets......................


12 posted on 12/13/2019 7:58:55 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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Who are these people?


13 posted on 12/13/2019 8:02:45 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: C19fan

Camping out for few weeks on the sidewalk to see a movie should be considered a mental illness.


14 posted on 12/13/2019 8:03:07 AM PST by Fzob
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The only Star Wars that exists in my Universe have Yoda as a Muppet. All others are pale imposters.


15 posted on 12/13/2019 8:07:01 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
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How did they ever get mommy’s permission to leave the basement?


16 posted on 12/13/2019 8:09:51 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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I can’t imagine camping out for such mediocrity.

I loved Star Wars as a kid but they have completely lost me.


17 posted on 12/13/2019 8:14:49 AM PST by Yardstick
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Triumph the insult dog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKT7bx-fmtk


18 posted on 12/13/2019 8:25:21 AM PST by BulletBobCo
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To: wally_bert

They have NO LIFE


19 posted on 12/13/2019 8:28:26 AM PST by butlerweave
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I thought I didn’t have one either but events like this show I must.


20 posted on 12/13/2019 8:30:03 AM PST by wally_bert (Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
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