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Star Wars Fans are Hard Core -- I Am Not

I was at Disney World's Hollywood Studios during one of their "Star Wars Weekends". The temperature was about 90 and yet there were children and grown-ups walking around in full Star Wars costumes. Darth Vader, Princess Leia, and Obiwan were the most popular. There were multiple events planned throughout the day. One event had little children getting to go up on stage with Jedi masters to learn how to use a light saber . You could also get your picture taken with a Star Wars character (I don't know how the storm troopers could make it through the day in that heat without passing out) and a select few would even get a autograph. You needed a "Fast Pass" to get an autograph. If you didn't get there early enough to get a fast pass (there were a limited number given out), you could only watch in envy at those in the fast pass line. As I was leaving the park, I saw that people were starting to gather outside of the entrance to the park. They weren't milling around waiting to go in. They were setting up sleeping bags and tents. They were going to sleep there that night so they could be the first ones into the park the next morning to get a Fast Pass. The actors weren't even the stars of the movies. The weekend I was there it was Chewbacca, Darth Vader, and Wicket (an Ewok). All of which in the movie were completely covered by a costume. If there wasn't a sign beside the person, you would never know they had been in Star Wars. One event I attended was a preview of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. This movie fits in between Episode 2 and Episode 3. But it's a cartoon! It's hard to care about characters that are only a cartoon. Especially after you have seen the character in a movie acted by real human beings. And if you've seen Episode 3, why go back and watch Episode 2.5? I'll never understand why they filmed Episodes 4, 5, and 6 and then went back and did Episodes 1, 2, and 3. I hate watching things out of order.

Comments

 

mike said:

Yeah Star Wars fans really are hardcore. I guess when you mention the effects of heat on those storm trooper costumes, I can't imagine they would be good for much on hot planets like the one Luke Skywalker grew up on. I guess that's why they never found him. It was just plain too hot and they didn't want to sweat all over their nice shiny new uniforms.

June 18, 2008 9:48 AM
 

parker said:

I love watching Star Wars, but I guess I am not a true fan because I would never go out in such heat to get an autograph from a suit wearing employee! Hadn't heard about the Clone Wars but don't think I'm interested in a .5 cartoon. I think Episode III told me all I needed to know. My kids got to watch it from Episode 1 - 6 instead of 4-6 and 1-3. Now that's the way it should have been done, but oh well.

June 20, 2008 2:33 PM

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