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[Ristamar]

Actually TPM had something like 10x the marketing than the Special Editions. AOTC was the lowest amount of marketing actually.

I guess it seemed like more because the movies were playing for almost two months.

But yeah, you're right, TPM had huge hype.

 

[ManaByte]

I guess it seemed like more because the movies were playing for almost two months.

But yeah, you're right, TPM had huge hype.

The movies played for three months. They opened one each month and even delayed the ROTJ opening so Empire could play longer.

 

[DJ_Tet]

So the book is out Mana?

Have you read it yet?

I read AOTC after I saw the movie and really felt like it fleshed out a few parts, especially with Anikan's mom. I'll be on the lookout for a hard copy for my collection after I see the flick


MMM...the willpower is weak with this one...read the book he should not, for spoil the movie he will...

 

[Ristamar]

The movies played for three months. They opened one each month and even delayed the ROTJ opening so Empire could play longer.

Right, three months. I remember Stern yammering about how they moved Jedi because they were afraid to open up against Private Parts. :lol

Three months of Star Wars chips, soda, toys, shirts, cereal, and a fuck ton of other items in nearly every store, nearly every isle. That's why it seemed like so much more hype, IMO.

 

[ManaByte]

So the book is out Mana?

Have you read it yet?

I read AOTC after I saw the movie and really felt like it fleshed out a few parts, especially with Anikan's mom. I'll be on the lookout for a hard copy for my collection after I see the flick


MMM...the willpower is weak with this one...read the book he should not, for spoil the movie he will...

No. But I've read the screenplay.

 

[ManaByte]

David Poland:

This was also, to me, the most emotional of all six films. In the third act, I did feel for Padme and Anakin and Obi-Wan and others. And I would have been quite happy to stay in my seat to watch A New Hope and the other originals right away. I know what happens, but I do think that this experience will change how the other films feel... and not just because the effects are so much more slick. Of course, I can remember the shock of “Luke, I am your father” and the three year debate over whether it was true and how it could be true. There is no more Star Wars innocence. But the road to the Return of the Jedi would be all the more interesting now.

 

[Tabris]

Anyone have links to directly download those two tv spots?

Also, anyone have a direct feed of that TRL trailer?

 

[ManaByte]

Anyone have links to directly download those two tv spots?

They're on the first post in this thread.

Also, anyone have a direct feed of that TRL trailer?

Not yet.

 

[ManaByte]

Jeffrey Lyles, The Gazette (MD)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click...?critic=all&sortby=default&page=1&rid=1386396

Believe the hype. “Star Wars: Episode III – The Revenge of the Sith” is the crowning achievement of the Star Wars mythos. This is the Star Wars movie that everyone has been waiting on.

The special effects, characters, etc. are great but “Sith” is really the definitive Star Wars movie (sorry “Empire Strikes Back”) because Director/Writer George Lucas doesn’t try to cater to anyone – fans, critics or even kids – he has a story to tell and he tells it on his terms. The results are undeniably brilliant.

Lucas turns his lighthearted swashbuckling space epic into a dark, Shakespearean tragedy with a gripping tale of a hero’s fall.

If “Sith” is indeed Lucas’ final word on his Star Wars universe he truly has left his fan base on his greatest note. Without a doubt, Yoda and Obi-Wan would be proud of Lucas for this effort and perhaps reminded him of his own motto “The Force will be with you…always.”

 

[Tabris]

They're on the first post in this thread.

Those don't work. Just 1kb in size. You probabaly got the mov's that point to the actual files to stream (not exactly sure how those work for quicktime)

 

[ManaByte]

Comments by Matt Dentler, the producer of the South by Southwest Film festival:

- It's the most graphically violent and disturbing of all six of the Star Wars films. Just when you think Lucas won't take it too far, he does. It's amazing to think that the guy we all thought had gone soft on us, was really hiding these dark and violent scenes for later.

- This film makes the first two weak prequels well worth it, if we were building up to this. Episodes I and II do make a little more sense. This is the best of the trilogy in the same ways that Return of the King was the best of that trilogy. This one, though, this is the film we've wanted for 20 years.

- The montage in the middle of the film (I'll call it the

Spoiler

"Operation 66"

sequence and say nothing else) will bring any Star Wars fan to the edge of their seat and grip you more than any sequence in the entire series of the films. It's heartbreaking - and not unexpected - but still presented in a tragic and engrossing manner. It also teases the viewer with some of the other worlds and battles that we didn't spend much time upon... and for once, a Star Wars prequel leaves you wanting more. Wow. I guess that was the whole point. Good job, George Lucas, you clever boy.

 

[DJ_Tet]

Damnit.

I loved AOTC. I liked TPM.

Why is Lucas DONE when he has captured the Star Wars magic again for everyone?

When I was a kid (I'm 29 now), there was the rumor that Star Wars was just the middle three movies of a huge blockbuster. I knew in 1985 (no, we didn't have internet, I read it in the fucking paper :lol ) that Lucas was going to make the first three movies and then the last three movies. What I didn't know, and what Lucas didn't know, was that it would take till 1999 until the first prequel came out.

Lucas says he's done. I say he isn't. He owes us the last three movies. Actually, he doesn't owe us shit, but I WAS PROMISED THE FIRST THREE AND THE LAST THREE MOVIES IN 1985!. I want more Star Wars damnit. Especially if this is the last one


Fuck.

Make your damn arthouse movies. No one is stopping you, George. Just give us more Star Wars man. You took your own time to raise your kids, that's respectable. We've made you richer than even Scrooge McDuck dreamed. Just give us the nine movies that were promised in 1985. I don't criticize your shit. I see laser swords and a John Williams soundtrack and I'm happy.

You're just getting the hang of this stuff again George. Don't leave us now.

 

[ManaByte]

TV series.

 

[AniHawk]

Lucas says he's done. I say he isn't. He owes us the last three movies. Actually, he doesn't owe us shit, but I WAS PROMISED THE FIRST THREE AND THE LAST THREE MOVIES IN 1985!. I want more Star Wars damnit. Especially if this is the last one

Wow, there was supposed to be a sequel trilogy even 20 years ago? I remember hearing about it when they were starting on the PT in 1997 or so.

What WOULD the ST be about though? I imagine there's books on it.

 

[ManaByte]

Wow, there was supposed to be a sequel trilogy even 20 years ago? I remember hearing about it when they were starting on the PT in 1997 or so.

What WOULD the ST be about though? I imagine there's books on it.

The ST is what ROTJ became. The last half of ROTJ (with the fall of the Empire) was Episode IX. Basically, Leia wasn't the sister and the real Skywalker syster wouldn't show up until VII or VIII. IX was the big battle that toppled the Empire with Anakin and Luke teamed up to end it. At the end of it all, it would be revealed that the entire saga was being played back from the memory banks of R2.

There won't be a sequel trilogy because they wrapped it all up in ROTJ.

 

[AniHawk]

Oh, yeah. I remember hearing about that now. In the books, didn't Luke start up a new Jedi Academy or something like that?

...George could remake Star Wars, I suppose. PT could lead into the OT and the remake of the original trilogy, and then have the sequel trilogy. I just can't believe after six years of brand new Star Wars movies... it's over.

I have no idea how they'd successfully pull off a Star Wars show set between the two movies though.

 

[ManaByte]

The books aren't canon. They're just licensed fan fiction. The authors are allowed to do anything they want as long as it doesn't deal with Yoda's race or the Whills.

 

[DJ_Tet]

TV series.

I'd like to think it will be up to original Star Trek quality (which I didn't understand until my mid-twenties), but I still have a problem believing that Star Wars TV could be any good. I guess I just want *epic*.

And yeah, it's been known for about 20 years (damn I'm old lol) that 4-6 was the middle part of the "trilogy".

I can't verify what Mana says, but I know George says there are no more. And that's fucked up

I remember sitting in AOTC at midnight thinking, man, there's no WAY this will only happen one more time, with multiple theatres showing and selling out at midnight. Now it looks like it's just one more time. And George apparently made a kick-ass flick.

Take 4 years off George, and give us what was promised to us. I don't care if what Mana posted was true, LIE GEORGE LIE!

movie screen > 1/2 hour tv show

I feel TV will only cheapen the series (No I haven't seen Clone Wars).

 

[Ristamar]

Clone Wars is amazing. Definitely check it out.

 

[AniHawk]

movie screen > 1/2 hour tv show

I would hope the show'd be 1 hour long.

And I hope the CG one is something like KOTOR. KOTOR'd be PERFECT for television.

 

[ManaByte]

I would hope the show'd be 1 hour long.

And I hope the CG one is something like KOTOR. KOTOR'd be PERFECT for television.

The live-action series is an hour and takes place during the twenty years between III and IV.

The animated series is thirty minutes, will run on Cartoon Network, and is a continuation of Clone Wars.

 

[Saki]

I'd like to think it will be up to original Star Trek quality (which I didn't understand until my mid-twenties), but I still have a problem believing that Star Wars TV could be any good. I guess I just want *epic*.

And yeah, it's been known for about 20 years (damn I'm old lol) that 4-6 was the middle part of the "trilogy".

I can't verify what Mana says, but I know George says there are no more. And that's fucked up

I remember sitting in AOTC at midnight thinking, man, there's no WAY this will only happen one more time, with multiple theatres showing and selling out at midnight. Now it looks like it's just one more time. And George apparently made a kick-ass flick.

Take 4 years off George, and give us what was promised to us. I don't care if what Mana posted was true, LIE GEORGE LIE!

movie screen > 1/2 hour tv show

I feel TV will only cheapen the series (No I haven't seen Clone Wars).

That is why your opinion is bullshit.

 

[J2 Cool]

I think Lucas wrote more post ROTJ. But really, from what I've heard, it would just be dragging on something that's complete. You may or may not like Return of the Jedi, but you have to admit, that symbolically, and as far as plot goes, it's the best way to end the franchise chronologically. The trilogies work off each other and come full circle. Both a complement to the other. As much as I'd like to see it, another star wars every couple years, for another trilogy... I wouldn't want it. He told his story. There's no reason to sob over it being over, it sounds like it finished on a high and took it's wholy unique place in cinematic history. You don't see too many franchises with 6 ambitious flicks, all with something to say culminating in a complete story. That's rare, no matter how you felt about the two previous prequels or whatever. Now just freeze them on blu ray dvd and be proud.

But from what I heard on extended stories.. plot spoilers.

Spoiler

The emperor is not dead. They extend that and he does body transfers and such. There's new ultimate villains. I guess they have their own story in the star wars universe. Luke is old and still has some battles to fight time to time. Think he trains jedi's now. Han and Leia have a kid named Anakin Solo. Emperor even defeats Luke at some point in a clone body. Not sure on the details though, haven't looked too much into it. But basically, just more adventure, without a real emotional core or drive to continue. Just adventure for the sake of adventure. Not exactly something this needs to continue for. I think the starwars.com database has stuff on every characters future though, if you look into extended universe under their bio.

 

[AniHawk]

The animated series is thirty minutes, will run on Cartoon Network, and is a continuation of Clone Wars.

Well, that's annoying.

 

[ManaByte]

I think Lucas wrote more post ROTJ. But really, from what I've heard, it would just be dragging on something that's complete. You may or may not like Return of the Jedi, but you have to admit, that symbolically, and as far as plot goes, it's the best way to end the franchise chronologically. The trilogies work off each other and come full circle. Both a complement to the other. As much as I'd like to see it, another star wars every couple years, for another trilogy... I wouldn't want it. He told his story. There's no reason to sob over it being over, it sounds like it finished on a high and took it's wholy unique place in cinematic history. You don't see too many franchises with 6 ambitious flicks, all with something to say culminating in a complete story. That's rare, no matter how you felt about the two previous prequels or whatever. Now just freeze them on blu ray dvd and be proud.

But from what I heard on extended stories.. plot spoilers. The emperor is not dead. They extend that and he does body transfers and such. There's new ultimate villains. I guess they have their own story in the star wars universe. Luke is old and still has some battles to fight time to time. Think he trains jedi's now. Han and Leia have a kid named Anakin Solo. Emperor even defeats Luke at some point in a clone body. Not sure on the details though, haven't looked too much into it. But basically, just more adventure, without a real emotional core or drive to continue. Just adventure for the sake of adventure. Not exactly something this needs to continue for. I think the starwars.com database has stuff on every characters future though, if you look into extended universe under their bio.

They aren't spoilers when the books have been out for years (some for over a decade)...

Again, the books are just licensed fan fiction, they aren't canon.

Five years after ROTJ, Han and Leia are married and have twins Jacen and Jaina. Anakin Solo doesn't come along until a long time later and he dies during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. That's the New Jedi Order where Luke is also married to the fomer Emperor's Hand Mara Jade with a son Ben.

But before that, the books delt with the New Republic having headaches from the Imperial Remnant and the "warlord of the week".

The Cloned Emperor bit was in Dark Empire, a comic series, where the Emperor is cloned, Luke turns to the Dark Side, and Leia has to turn him back.

The most recent book series was New Jedi Order, which was a five year story arc. They killed Chewbacca, Admira Ackbar, Mon Mothma, Anakin Solo and trillions of people in the galaxy. The Imperial Remnant and the New Republic formed an alliance to fight of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. Oh yeah, Boba Fett was involved and probably one of the better parts of an otherwise unliked series of books.

The new series is Legacy of the Jedi where Luke, Han, and Leia are in their 60's.

Again, the books are just licensed fan fiction, they aren't canon.

 

[DJ_Tet]

That is why your opinion is bullshit.

Fair enough. Never said I was avoiding the program. In fact, I'm gonna catch up right now.

My opinion isn't bullshit though. I was offering my POV as a Star Wars fan.

Movies > TV

Is that bullshit too?

Everyone has opinions. You shouldn't be so quick to discount anothers.

 

[Rocket Punch]

The books aren't canon. They're just licensed fan fiction. The authors are allowed to do anything they want as long as it doesn't deal with Yoda's race or the Whills.

Oh, that's interesting. Do we know why these are off limits? Possible prequel or the prequel movies from Lucas? Dare I dream?

 

[Baron Aloha]

I was listening to Howard Stern this morning. Robin and Richard got to see it at a screening last night and they were both blown away. They didn't like the last two but they said Lucas hit it out of the park with this one. They both thought it was the best one since the original Star Wars and they can't wait to see it again.

 

[cybamerc]

Comments by Matt Dentler, the producer of the South by Southwest Film festival:"This is the best of the trilogy in the same ways that Return of the King was the best of that trilogy."

Well... the opinion of that guy obviously can't be trusted.

 

[borghe]

Oh, that's interesting. Do we know why these are off limits? Possible prequel or the prequel movies from Lucas? Dare I dream?

because lucas wants those to remain a mystery. he has already said that we will never know the origins of yoda's race.

Damnit.

I loved AOTC. I liked TPM.

Why is Lucas DONE when he has captured the Star Wars magic again for everyone?

you know what, I feel the exact same way. I really love the first two movies in the prequels.. Now Lucas finally seems to get back to a point where EVERYONE loves star wars again and is talking about it like the second coming, and it's over. It will truly make Ep3 a bittersweet event in that theater seat.

I hold out know hope for the TV series. Not a knock against Lucas or Lucasfilm, but with the state of today's television shows, for every BSG it seems we get 10 first and second season enterprises.. I'll watch it, but until I hear more on it, I won't expect firefly or BSG. MAYBE Dr. Who 2005 if we're lucky

 

[FeedMeAStrayCat]

Well... the opinion of that guy obviously can't be trusted.

I also like Return of the King the most as well.











~can't be trusted~

 

[Scrow]

MAYBE Dr. Who 2005 if we're lucky

that was a good series? i want to know because it's about to air here in australia.

 

[borghe]

that was a good series? i want to know because it's about to air here in australia.

eh.. it was meant to be more of a backhanded compliment

the series is ok.. the first episode is truly awful. the second episode is better. the third episode is competent. The fourth and fifth episodes are kind of bad. the sixth episode was outstanding. the seventh episode airs tomorrow (saturday). overall the actors are pretty good. My wife is complete in love with Eckelson(sp?) as the Doctor, and she isn't a real sci-fi person. The main problem just seems to be stupid premises.

 

[ManaByte]

Oh, that's interesting. Do we know why these are off limits? Possible prequel or the prequel movies from Lucas? Dare I dream?

Order specifically from Lucas, which means he either plans to do something with it or just doesn't want anyone to touch the subject.

It's been like that since before even the Special Editions.

 

[ManaByte]

Rotten Tomatoes page is up:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_3/

 

[ManaByte]

Harry Knowles posted his review, and it perfectly sums things up from the perspective of a life-long Star Wars fan. Since his site is being killed right now from people reading it, I'll post the best parts of the review here. There are some things he talks about in the second paragraph that aren't spoiler tagged because they have been known about for TWENTY YEARS:
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=20157

I have watched my last new STAR WARS film.

Really don’t know what to say. I’ve wanted to see Obi-Wan fight Vader on that Lava Planet since that issue of Starlog in 1978. My 6 year old reading comprehension grasping for every word of every article I could get my grubby little hands on. For me, the origin of Vader has been the Holy Grail of my geek soul. That story most coveted, but yet untold. I’m 33 years old now. 27 years lay between me and that boy that dreamt of that fight – but right now, he’s on my shoulders and we’re slapping high-fives.

The imagery in REVENGE OF THE SITH -- The turning of Anakin, the annihilation of the Jedi, the expulsion of Yoda, Obi-Wan vs Anakin, Palpatine revealed, the birth of the twins, Alderran, the adoption of Luke, what became of the droids… These are all near religious iconography in the minds of children raised in the ways of the Force. I’ve spent a quarter of a century discussing these things, speculating on what it’d look like, how it’d play out… I’ve seen it in countless dreams, but never with my eyes open. Never George’s dream of what it was. Till now.

I’m having a really hard time writing about this one. It’s just so damn big. So full of literally everything that I wanted to see in all the prequels – but crammed all into this one. This really is the big Michael Corleone episode of STAR WARS… It’s where all the traps are sprung, all the cards are laid on the table, where everybody dies, all is lost and evil rules the galaxy.

That’s what makes the film so damn hard to talk about, at least off a first viewing. Let me see if I can explain this.

We all know how dark this film is intended to be. We all know how incredibly dire things will turn out in this film. However, the first 40 minutes are so light… as to be completely disconcerting. There’s just a feeling that THEY shouldn’t be having fun. Don’t they know this is the last smiles they’ll share? That when Obi Wan goes on that last mission and Anakin wishes him well… that that’s the last time they would be friends… Don’t they know that? WE DO, why can’t they see what’s coming? WAKE UP!

The most shocking or surprising emotion I felt during this film experience is that… I don’t want Anakin to become Darth Vader. I just… Despite 27 years to the contrary, as I sat in that theater watching the last act of a good Jedi that turned evil… I just found myself wanting to scream at him to stop. I wanted desperately to send him on that mission with Obi Wan. I wanted Mace Windu to put his hand on Anakin’s shoulder and say, “Come on Kid, Let’s finish this!” and march off as brother Jedi to kill the fucking Emperor. I wanted Anakin to let go of his hate, fear, ambition, jealousy and self-centered egotism and just be the knight in shining armor… FOR THE GOOD GUYS!

Obi Wan never takes Anakin out for drinks and just levels with him. Sits him down and explains fascist totalitarianism. He doesn’t explain why sacrificing the most marginal freedoms to create a false sense of security enables those taking on those additional powers to create a greater evil than that which they fear. Hell, nobody really explains to Anakin why Democracy is better than Absolute Rule. Instead it is all this, “Search your feelings” bullshit. Turn to your ancient religion. This is why ultimately Luke Skywalker kicks ass. Because he doesn’t have all this dogmatic bullshit. Because he’s got a buddy like Han Solo that’d be willing to bust ass across the galaxy to save his ass. Somebody that has his back. FRIENDS! Because when the Sith hits the fan, it’s the love of your friends that’ll help you push through and kick ass. Because Luke believes in twin sunsets, the good guys and saving his dad.

What does Anakin have? Who cares about Anakin? Well Obi Wan, but he doesn’t know how to show it. Yoda? He’s too busy being disturbed about the cosmic meaning of shit to even form a no bullshit non fortune cookie sentence. Mace Windu? He’s got his head so far up his ass it ain’t funny. Padme? She’s more concerned with her hair, her image, everybody’s standing and well being. And then Anakin himself? He’s told he’s the chosen one, the key that will make the galaxy unified. Yet, the only one empowering him to do that is the fucking Emperor.

REVENGE OF THE SITH is a masterpiece. The final piece of the puzzle Lucas first presented me at age 6. 27 years later, the Jigsaw is complete and damn if it isn't just damn near the most tragically cool thing I’ve ever seen put to film. We won’t see another like this. This is it.

We’ll see enormous sci-fantasy told, with more focus and even grander visions in our lifetime… but we’ll never care as much about a story like this one. For our generation, Star Wars is our mythology. The big story we lived to see told the first time. For those of you that were kids in lines in 1977 through to the coming weeks… I have to say, it has been an absolute fucking honor to do this with y’all.

We all know where we each were at the opening of all these films. In two weeks… this is your last story. I’ll never see a new Star Wars movie with my father again. I’ll see many more movies – but this is the last Star Wars, I’ll ever see for the first time with my dad. I’ve seen all 6 with him. All on either the first day – or before. It’s the mythology he’s grown old with and helped me grow up with. This one counts, this one is beautiful. This is the last one.

I can’t possibly express how profoundly odd that is to type. How weird it makes me feel. I went out after the film – I went to find a toy to sit on my desk to look at while I typed this. I went through aisle after aisle of Star Wars stuff, and I couldn’t pick something out. I think the one I most thought was cool – was this Lego play set of Anakin and Obi Wan on

Spoiler

Mustafar

. You pressed down the Lego character’s head and the light sabers lit up. Gosh that’s cool. I’ll probably buy it for my nephew… Instead I came home, played the score to REVENGE OF THE SITH and wrote this.

Remember – this isn’t a Star Wars movie to cheer for, to erupt into applause and call cool. If you really love STAR WARS – this one is heart ache. Not only is it the end of a nearly 30 year journey for us… It really is the story of how things got so bad, that the good guys had to be a rebellion, where the Jedi had to hide and how evil ruled the galaxy. Wow, I’ve seen my last new Star Wars film. Fuck.

 

[ManaByte]

Edgar Wright:

Fear not. 'Sith' happens.

Having just seen 'ROTS', it is my happy duty to report that it does not suck. Finally, after six years of criticism, Lucas clearly has a firework up his arse and delivers. If the first two films had only a smattering of 'tingle moments' (Darth Maul and Yoda Fu) then this has at least twenty. When it finished I could only think of one word. "Finally".

The only sad aspect is that you wish he could go back and make Eps I & II better. Or maybe delete them as he did the original versions of 4, 5 and 6.

 

[IAmtheFMan]

Is that "Shaun of the Dead" Edgar Wright?

I'm very encouraged by these positive reviews, but I'm still holding onto my cautious optimism.

 

[ManaByte]

Is that "Shaun of the Dead" Edgar Wright?

I'm very encouraged by these positive reviews, but I'm still holding onto my cautious optimism.

Yes

I have a friend seeing the movie at Skywalker Ranch this afternoon and they'll post their review over at TFN later tonight or tomorrow.

 

[shantyman]

The most shocking or surprising emotion I felt during this film experience is that… I don’t want Anakin to become Darth Vader. I just… Despite 27 years to the contrary, as I sat in that theater watching the last act of a good Jedi that turned evil… I just found myself wanting to scream at him to stop. I wanted desperately to send him on that mission with Obi Wan. I wanted Mace Windu to put his hand on Anakin’s shoulder and say, “Come on Kid, Let’s finish this!” and march off as brother Jedi to kill the fucking Emperor. I wanted Anakin to let go of his hate, fear, ambition, jealousy and self-centered egotism and just be the knight in shining armor… FOR THE GOOD GUYS!

I ahve to say listening ot the novelization, this was my overriding feeling. You hold out hope in a weird way- "If only Anakin can make the right choices!"

 

[truffleshuffle83]

ive read the book and cannot wait for the movie. just lok at spoiler pics i can piece together how awesome it will be

 

[suaveric]

I decided to finally go ahead and buy tickets yesterday, and went online looking.

The theater of preference (AMC Downtown Chicago - the best theater in Chicago) had it showing on 18 screens at 12:01am on the 16th/17th but they were all sold out. I called the theater and spoke with someone who told me that some star wars clubs bought out all of the tickets for a majority of the theaters, including thier beiggest screen that has the digital display.

Panicing I started thinking about just seeing it during Thursday afternoon or just going to a different theater, but I remembered that a friend of a friend was into sci-fi conventions and such and gave her a call. It turns out that she is a part of one of the groups that bought out all of the tickets and I was able to snag 3 for the big theater at the 12:01am showing.

Life is now good.

To be fair, the AMC in Chicago is only playing it on 11(!!) of their 18 screens at midnight! I'm pretty sure that the digital print is not in their biggest theater, no one ever seems to play their digital prints in their largest theaters.

The Chicago Force (local fan group) bought out the digital midnight showing before it was even on sale, they had set up an agreement with the theater's management. The group then turned around and sold the tickets to its members at cost. They are selling t-shirts for charity, but not movie tickets.

None of my friends are "cool" enough to want to see the movie at midnight, so I bought a ticket from Chicago Force. I figured that seeing the seeing the final movie in a theater full of Star Wars super-fans was a good way to go out, even if I don't know a single person in the rest of the whole theater.

 

[evil ways]

Obi Wan never takes Anakin out for drinks and just levels with him. Sits him down and explains fascist totalitarianism. He doesn’t explain why sacrificing the most marginal freedoms to create a false sense of security enables those taking on those additional powers to create a greater evil than that which they fear. Hell, nobody really explains to Anakin why Democracy is better than Absolute Rule. Instead it is all this, “Search your feelings” bullshit. Turn to your ancient religion. This is why ultimately Luke Skywalker kicks ass. Because he doesn’t have all this dogmatic bullshit. Because he’s got a buddy like Han Solo that’d be willing to bust ass across the galaxy to save his ass. Somebody that has his back. FRIENDS! Because when the Sith hits the fan, it’s the love of your friends that’ll help you push through and kick ass. Because Luke believes in twin sunsets, the good guys and saving his dad.

This is perhaps, in my eyes the only good thing Harry Knowles has ever written on his website.

 

[borghe]

agreed, it was great that harry pulled it out and spelled it out for everyone.. I think it was also brilliant for Lucas to basically handle everything that way. I just think it will be lost on 90% of the people seeing the movie. THIS is why I feel it was so important

Spoiler

to have Qui-Gon's scene in from the book, or more appropriately Yoda's lines in that scene, which essentially spells that out.

 

[IAmtheFMan]

God damn... the AMC in Cincy/Newport is up to 10 theaters showing this thing.

 

[jett]

What the hell are the "whills"?

 

[Brandon F]

I live really close to that massive AMC River East theater in downtown Chicago, like walking distance. So all the tix are currently sold out?

I've got a few friends interested in seeing it on midnight, and a few already have tix, but am I screwed if I want to join them? I leave the next day for New Orleans and would love to hit that show before I'm out for the weekend.

Where can I buy a ticket(or three) from Chicago Force or whatever?

 

[SteveMeister]

What the hell are the "whills"?

A mysterious bit of Star Wars lore that has never really been explained fully. Apparently the Star Wars saga is a part of a collection of histories called "The Journal of the Whills".

 

[suaveric]

I live really close to that massive AMC River East theater in downtown Chicago, like walking distance. So all the tix are currently sold out?

I've got a few friends interested in seeing it on midnight, and a few already have tix, but am I screwed if I want to join them? I leave the next day for New Orleans and would love to hit that show before I'm out for the weekend.

Where can I buy a ticket(or three) from Chicago Force or whatever?

About the digital showing that the Chicago Force bought out, all those tickets have been spoken for. There might be a chance of getting one or two tickets for that show, but it's a very slim chance.

As for buying tickets online for the regular, non-digital showings, try this link: http://www.movietickets.com/pre_pur..._id=8267&movie_id=44828&showdate=12&nomatch=1

Not all of the 12 (sorry I counted wrong before) midnight shows are sold out. But many of them have, so if the tickets your friends bought are for a show that sold out, you might be screwed. You may want to have your friends return their tickets and then one of you buy all the tickets for all your friends at once. That way you'll know that everyone is going to see it together.

 

[Brandon F]

Ok thanks, I know my friends got their tix around 2 weeks ago and I declined when asked for one since I knew I was leaving town. Just assumed they were all gone by now. Thinking I'll just wait a week and see it on the digital screen.