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  • Trusting The Force, House Empties For Screening (Congress watching "Star Wars" on YOUR dime!)

    05/16/2002 1:11:01 PM PDT · by Darth Sidious · 11 replies · 160+ views
    National Journal's CongressDaily/A.M | May 16, 2002
    POLITICSTrusting The Force, House Empties For ScreeningAfter losing six hours of House floor time Wednesday to resolve a jurisdictional dispute over the welfare reform reauthorization bill, House GOP leaders confronted a potentially more serious problem when roughly a quarter of the entire House said they would be spending the evening at the movies."They're all members with kids," said one GOP leadership aide. "It's a bipartisan effort."Fomenting the near revolt was a special screening - open to members - of the latest Star Wars film, "Episode II - Attack of the Clones."House leaders originally had scheduled the welfare debate to begin...
  • George Lucas to TIME: "All democracies turn into dictatorships..."

    04/21/2002 7:46:09 AM PDT · by Darth Sidious · 126 replies · 1,590+ views
    Here's the press release for the latest edition of Time Magazine which is on newstands now: ****************************************** COVER: Yoda Is An Action Hero in the latest STAR WARS Feature TIME Interview--GEORGE LUCAS: 'All democracies turn into dictatorships...That's the issue I've been exploring: how did the Republic turn into the Empire' TIME's JESS CAGLE Was First Journalist To See the New Movie, Which Opens May 16 New York - Yoda is the real action hero of the newest "Star Wars" prequel opening May 16, reveals TIME's Jess Cagle - the first journalist to see the entire feature this past Thursday,...