We met up and watched Attack of the Clones one last time at Navy Pier!
Chicago Force Bids Farewell to AOTC IMAX
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Chicago Force says farewell to AOTC on IMAX
Five months after its huge debut, Attack of the Clones: The IMAX Experience is leaving Navy Pier IMAX. On Friday, April 4, Chicago Force will gather during its final weekend. We’ll meet at the box office at 8:30 P.M. for the 9:30 P.M. showing. If you’ve never seen AOTC in the IMAX format, you owe it to yourself to see it on their 60-foot-tall screen with 11,000 watts of sound. Look for the Chicago Force t-shirts. Afterward, we’ll head to Dick’s Last Resort to toast its departure.
Navy Pier IMAX is at 700 E. Grand St., Suite 115. Tickets can be bought at the box office or at www.imax.com/chicago. Since there is only one showing of Attack of the Clones that evening, we strongly encourage you to buy your ticket in advance. Dick’s Last Resort is at 435 E. Illinois. Check out www.dickslastresort.com for more info. We’ll be there at approximately 11:45 P.M. For the latest information on Chicago Force events, visit www.ChicagoForce.org. Talk about this event at this thread in our FanForce forum.
Chicago Force Book Club Meeting
On Saturday, March 22 at 12:00 noon, join Chicago Force’s Errant Venture book club at the Barnes & Noble in Schaumburg as we discuss Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn. Come out and talk about the book that established the modern Expanded Universe, introducing characters such as Mara Jade and Grand Admiral Thrawn. After that, we’ll have lunch at Fuddruckers at approximately 2:00 P.M. If you can’t make it out to the bookstore, have some burgers with us!
Barnes & Noble is at 590 E. Golf Road in Schamburg. Fuddruckers is also in Schaumburg, at 436 E. Golf Road. If you have any questions, send an e-mail to suburb moderator Thom Olsen (ThomSolo). For the latest updates on Chicago Force events, visit www.chicagoforce.org.
Chicago Force RPG Event
On Saturday, March 15th at 1:00 P.M., Chicago Force presents our second Roleplaying Game session at the Edgewater home of Hans Aeschbacher (TheExecutor). For directions, send an RSVP e-mail to Mike Hammer (Master Daylan). For the latest on Chicago Force events, visit www.chicagoforce.org.
Chicago Force Costuming Event
“Who’s your tailor? I love that outfit!”
On Saturday, March 1 at noon, Chicago Force presents the debut of our Costume Club. The first project will be making Jedi outer robes and will be held at the Mokena home of Phyllis Schulte (Schph Gochi). If you plan to attend, you will need to bring a pattern, fabric (washed and dried), a 300-yard spool of all-purpose thread the same color as the fabric, straight pins, and scissors. For more detailed information on these items, please see this FanForce forum thread.
You will need to RSVP for this event by sending an e-mail to Heather Ast (Darth Jurist) by Thursday night. For the latest information on Chicago Force events, visit www.chicagoforce.org or stop by our Fan Force Forum.
Chicago Force Book Club Meeting
On Saturday, February 22 at 1:00 P.M., Chicago Force’s Errant Venture book discussion group will have its first city meeting at the Borders on State Street. We’ll discuss The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton. Come join us to talk about this story which introduced the Force Witches of Dathomir and culminated in the marriage of Han and Leia. There is a 20% discount for this book for book club participants. (Please note that this is only available at the Borders on State Street.)
Borders is at 150 N. State Street. If you have any questions, send an e-mail to city moderator Phil Salomon (Mos Eisleian Radio). For the latest information on Chicago Force events, visit www.chicagoforce.org.
Chicago Force celebrates all things Star Wars at Capricon!
Chicago Force will be spreading Star Wars goodness all weekend long at Capricon in Arlington Heights.
On Friday, February 7, at 9:00 P.M., Hans Aeschbacher (TheExecutor) will be hosting a Chicago Force RPG session. The adventure will take place between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. You’ll be part of a Rebel team stealing plans for a new TIE Fighter design. Hans will have a wide variety of pre-rolled characters to choose from.
Chowbaso! On Saturday, February 8, at approximately 9:30 P.M., Chicago Force will be throwing a party at Jabba’s Palace. Come and dance to the otherworldly tunes of The Corkscrews and DJ Max Rebo. We’ve gone all-out for this one, so you won’t want to miss out!
On Sunday morning, February 9, several members of Chicago Force will be participating in a panel entitled “George Lucas: God or Monster?” Come on out and choose your side for this great debate.
Capricon is being held February 6-9 in Arlington Heights. For more information, including registration, go to www.capricon.org. Please note that only registered attendees of Capricon may attend the RPG session or Lucas panel. Convention attendees will also be able to vote in the Best Party competition. For the latest information on Chicago Force events, head over to www.chicagoforce.org.
Chicago Force Book Club Meeting
On Saturday, January 25 at 1 p.m., Chicago Force presents the debut of the Errant Venture Book Club. The group will meet on a monthly basis, alternating between city and suburban locations to discuss Star Wars books with fellow Expanded Universe readers.
The first meeting was at the Barnes & Nobles at 590 E. Golf Road in Schaumburg. The book for the month was X-Wing: Rogue Squadron by Michael Stackpole. We talked about the brave men, women, and aliens who fight to protect the New Republic in its early years.
Taste the sweet goodness of Chicago Force
Chicago Force will be holding a public meeting on October 12, 2002. The meeting will be held at 12:00 PM (Noon) at Zephyr’s Ice Cream Restaurant, located at 1777 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL.
Items on the agenda include the Video Scavenger Hunt coming up in two weeks, the IMAX showing of Episode II, and our scheduled attendance at the upcoming conventions.
I apologize for the late notification. Many people have had schedule changes in the past two weeks, and we have been trying to work around them, but we felt it would be better to have a meeting now that some people might have to miss rather than spend weeks trying to schedule a meeting that might never happen.
To get details on any Chicago Force event, simply go to:
http://www.chicagoforce.org/events.asp
Thank you.
Matthew “Hazmatt” Callison
Chicago Force visits the East Troy Electric Train Museum
On October 6, 2002, members of Chicago Force traveled to East Troy, Wisconsin to visit the Electric Train Museum there. The Museum has two working trains, and a warehouse of other restored train cars, many of which came from Chicago.
Those in attendance where Mark “Jodo Kast” Franklin, Phil “Mos Eisleian Radio” Salomon, Thom “Thom Solo” Olsen, Ray “Rex Karrde” Bosques with daughters Leah and Leann, and Matthew “Hazmatt” Callison. We were met by 3 members of the Milwookiee Council from Milwaukee, Wisconson: BYOB Kenobi, Jedi Isadore and Dawn. The Milwookiee people were great sports. We had arranged to meet there at 11:30 AM, but ran a bit late as Jodo Kast guided us through the wilds of north-western Illinois. When we didn’t arrive by the time the 11:30 train was leaving, they boarded and made the trip. We got to East Troy just before they got back and met them as they disembarked. In true fan spirit, they purchased additional tickets and rode the train again, just to be with us. Our hats are off to you, Milwaukee, that was a very cool thing to do.
Now, on to the photos!
“Where’d who go?”
OK, the entire time we were sitting at the picnic table, these bees kept harassing us (leading up to the “insect-icide” shown above), and Mark had this little dance he did to fend of the deadly creature that was just hilarious. The problem was, by the time I could get the camera up and switch it to movie mode, he would be done flailing about. I finallly switched to movie and just sat there, camera pointed at Mark. As luck would have it, no more bees stopped by. So when he did this on the train, I just had to capture it, although it isn’t one tenth as funny as the others.
