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'Star Wars' Fans Line Up at Wrong Theater
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ^ | 06-Apr-2005 | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted on 04/06/2005 2:04:55 PM PDT by SixStringSlinger

Seven weeks before its release, ``Star Wars'' fanatics started lining up outside Grauman's Chinese Theater for the sixth installment of the popular George Lucas movie series. The vigil began Saturday.

But there's a problem: ``Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith'' won't be showing at the Hollywood landmark when the movie is released May 19. The studio, 20th Century Fox, opted instead to open the film a mile away at the ArcLight theater.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: georgelucas; nerds
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I thought Star Wars nerds were synonymous with brainiacs. Guess not.
1 posted on 04/06/2005 2:04:56 PM PDT by SixStringSlinger
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To: SixStringSlinger

Already posted, this was.


2 posted on 04/06/2005 2:07:29 PM PDT by rattrap
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To: SixStringSlinger

the classic was when Triumph the Insult Comic dog interviewed the Star Wars nerds standing in line. It was classic.


3 posted on 04/06/2005 2:07:58 PM PDT by job ("God is not dead nor doth He sleep")
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Triumph to adult man dressed in Darth Vadar costume on the sidewalk in the middle of the day:

So, which one of these buttons calls your parents to tell them to pick you up.
4 posted on 04/06/2005 2:10:52 PM PDT by BikerNYC
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Obi Wan to Luke skywalker at dinner: "Use the FORKS Luke"
5 posted on 04/06/2005 2:11:11 PM PDT by Cowman
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To: job

I was just thinking of that! that was truly hilarious.


6 posted on 04/06/2005 2:13:19 PM PDT by RushCrush (My tagline escapes me.)
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To: rattrap

Seeing it not; me this.


7 posted on 04/06/2005 2:13:53 PM PDT by Publius6961 (The most abundant things in the universe are ignorance, stupidity and hydrogen)
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To: BikerNYC

I am your father Luke...


8 posted on 04/06/2005 2:14:58 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (I still want a Lunar globe.)
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To: SixStringSlinger

Okay - who has the video clip of the "Star Wars Kid"?


9 posted on 04/06/2005 2:19:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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I thought Star Wars nerds were synonymous with brainiacs. Guess not.

If they sat through the two recent Star Wars from '99 and '02 and they're willing to stand in line for another one then yes, they are unequivocally complete morons.

10 posted on 04/06/2005 2:20:54 PM PDT by soundandvision
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To: SixStringSlinger

When people have no life.....


11 posted on 04/06/2005 2:25:08 PM PDT by TheBattman (Islam (and liberals) and gasoline producers and sellers- the cult of Satan)
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To: Professional Engineer

Professional Engineer wrote:

I am your father Luke...

--> In modern times it would go:

DNA tests reveal i am your father Luke...

I have child support reciepts to prove, I am your father Luke..


12 posted on 04/06/2005 2:25:41 PM PDT by 1FASTGLOCK45 (FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
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To: Publius6961

Mee-sa no see it either!


13 posted on 04/06/2005 2:26:17 PM PDT by Kenny Bunkport
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To: SixStringSlinger
All I can say is


14 posted on 04/06/2005 2:30:47 PM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: rattrap

Heres a bump for you then :)


15 posted on 04/06/2005 2:34:08 PM PDT by Windsong (FighterPilot)
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To: SixStringSlinger

A life they should get.


16 posted on 04/06/2005 2:37:34 PM PDT by DTogo (U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
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To: job

"So how do you explain all of this to your imaginary girlfriend?"


17 posted on 04/06/2005 2:38:09 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
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To: soundandvision

They do for charity.


18 posted on 04/06/2005 2:38:15 PM PDT by marajade (I'm in the WPPFF)
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To: job


"That's a fine Dart Vader costume you have there...for me TO POOP ON!!"
19 posted on 04/06/2005 2:38:22 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic ("Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence" - R. Kirk)
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To: SixStringSlinger

Very silly stuff, unlike my super friends in the Justice League.


20 posted on 04/06/2005 2:44:43 PM PDT by tumblindice (Our Founding Fathers: all conservative gun owners)
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