Posted on 01/08/2005 1:33:42 PM PST by Michael2001
SEATTLE - Are you ready for Star Wars: Episode Three? Don't get excited just yet, the new movie doesn't open until May.
But for one Seattle fan, it's never too early, or too cold, to start the wait.
Jeff Twieden doesn't care that it's freezing outside. He's camping out in front of the Cinerama Theater in downtown Seattle, waiting for Episode Three to open. It's only 22 weeks away.
"I've got another sleeping bag coming, so that's sleeping bag number three," he says. "It's better to be too hot than too cold."
In 1999, Twieden made international headlines when he and another fan camped out for months in this same spot to see the first of George Lucas' prequel trilogy.
"A lot of people say 'Get a life,' stuff like that. But I'm having the time of my life out here."
Twieden thinks prequel episodes one and two were a mixed bag, but he can sum up the potential of Episode Three in one word.
"Vader, baby. Vader."
In the film, the villainous Darth Vader makes his first onscreen appearance in over 20 years.
"We all want to see Vader kick some ass," he says.
There's a potential problem in the long wait. Twieden isn't even sure Episode Three will play the Cinerama.
"That's the assumption I'm going on," he says. "If it isn't, I'll be more than happy to move to a different theater. It's really about the wait."
Rain or shine, through sleet or snow, the wait will last another 134 days.
"Star Wars is about independence and freedom," Twieden says. "And that's really what this wait is about. That complete and utter independence."
Super nerd.
LOL
I liked the 2nd one, it had Natalie Portman running around in less than covering clothing at times :)
Haven't even seen Episode 1 let alone try and see Episode 3.
I dressed up as a female darth vader.
What a...super nerd...
I'd say he's gonna look like an idiot telling his kids about this some day, but the series of events leading to him ever HAVING kids would involve him actually having to talk to girls at some point in his future, which seems unlikely.
Would it be safe to say that this guy lives on the 'dark side'? ;-)
Super smelly Nerd.
I haven't seen any of the Star Wars movies. So who's the bigger nerd, me or the people standing in line for tickets to the next Star Wars movie?
Five months away? This is utterly crazy.
This is a tough one, but it has to be asked...
"Did it make you look fat?"
(Running, hidding, screaming...............J/K) :-)
So, people tell him to get a life? Well, here's another one saying it.
Skip Ep. I and just watch Ep. II. Or watch II before I.
"I dressed up as a female darth vader."
Properly done, that could be very...interesting.
Not that you would really dress the way I'm thinking...
Not even the OT?
22 weeks in front of the theater? What if the movie sucks, imagine what a kick in the head that would be lol.
Paging Triumph.
Ep. III will be the best of the prequels.
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