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Guess who’s coming to dinner?

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It was a hot June night, when Chicago Force met with Steve Sansweet, head of Fan Relations, for pizza.  It had been a long day at Wizard World Chicago, but the conversation was great.

Deep Dish Pizza Makes Everyone Smile

Deep Dish Pizza Makes Everyone Smile

And Then You Roll The Dough

And Then You Roll The Dough

Fashion Statement Of The Day: Chicago Force Shirts

Fashion Statement Of The Day: Chicago Force Shirts

Chicago Force to host Multi-Fan Force group viewing of digital AOTC

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On June 15, The Minnesota Force, The Milwookiee Council, and (probably) South Bend FanForce are meeting up with Chicago Force to see the 12:30 P.M. digital presentation of Star Wars Episode II at Streets of Woodfield in Schaumburg, IL. If you’re interested in joining us, please respond in this thread in the Chicago forum, so we have a better idea on how many people we’ll have.

Chicago Force Cosmic Bowling

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On Saturday, June 1, Chicago Force had a night of cosmic bowling, pizza, prizes, and Star Wars! We gathered at Des Plaines Bowl at 656 Pearson Street in Des Plaines at 7:30 P.M. We rented out the entire bowling alley and gave away the first wave of prizes in our charity drawing, benefiting Jane Addams Hull House Association.

A Song Time Ago…May 24 and 25 in Chicago

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Join Chicago Force on May 24 and 25 at 10:30 P.M. as we enjoy A Song Time Ago, a musical spoof of Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Spider-Man! The play is written and directed by Jason Chin, who also wrote the musical The Fandom Menace in 1999. Stephanie McCullough, one of the founders of Chicago Force, is the musical director. In addition to laughing ourselves silly, we’ll also be raising money for Jane Addams Hull House Association by selling our t-shirts and prize drawing tickets. As a bonus, each night there will be a special drawing for a prize that will only be awarded to a lucky person who buys a ticket at that evening’s performance. So, come out and help a good cause.

ImprovOlympic is located at 3541 N. Clark Street. Admission to A Song Time Ago, which runs through June 8, is $12. For more information on this play, visit the ImprovOlympic website. For more details on Hull House, check out www.hullhouse.org. For the latest on Chicago Force events, be sure to head to www.chicagoforce.org. If you have any questions, send us an e-mail.

Episode II: Attack of the Clones

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The Episode II: Attack of the Clones is here! Chicago Force lined up outside McClurg Court to see the movie at midnight.  Here is some pics of the whole craziness!

Lining Up:

There was a lot of this–waiting.
city
Yes, it rained. A lot.
weapons
At least we were well armed.
manager
Even the theater manager got in on the lightsaber action.
Sleep
He looks so cute, you just want to take him home.
Marquee
The Sunday Lucas-sponsored charity premiere.
salute
Dave loves me. Really.
Line Up
This is what line-waiting is all about.
day group
Were you there?
double-bladed lightsaber
Dave challenges his attacker…
Photo by Jedi Autobot
force ghost
…only to be fried by Hazmatt and his “Spaceballs: The Flame Thrower” toy.
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Qui-Gon
“Oh, Thom! Yes, yes, YES!”
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Limbo
Doin’ the Star Wars Limbo
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Jedi stance
Thom Solo, the Red-Haired Warrior of Nalgoth
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Chicago Force
Chi-Force shows off it’s previous accomplishments.
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Newspaper
The line gets longer and longer
Photo by Jedi Autobot
blaster
Phil needs Thom to shoot him like he needs a hole in the head.
Photo by Jedi Autobot
newsreporter
Bob the Battle Droid gets his 15 minutes.
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Princess Leia
Amber-Eyes picks the wrong day to order the meatball sub.
Photo by Jedi Autobot
outside crowd
Costumes attract the TV crews
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Queen Amidala, Imperial
An Imperial officer shakes down a young Amidala.
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Star Wars Lego
The LEGO guys show up and hand out goodies.
Megaphone
They handed out t-shirts and cool hats.
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Ladder
They hold a “Make a wookie sound” contest for nifty LEGO prizes.
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Troop Lego
LEGO donates this $100 gunship to the Chi-Force raffle. Thanks LEGO!
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Clones poster
Only hours to go.
line up outside
The line really starts to build. It’s down to the corner at this point.
watching movie
Some guy brought a projector and VCR to play the original trilogy.
Heather
Heather kept smiling throughout the whole thing. It was either drugs or mental unstability, we haven’t figured out which.
Jedi officer
Not exactly a standard-issue sidearm.
Marquee at night
A truly beautiful marque.
Twil'ek, Jedi
Is that a brain-stem on your head, or are you just happy to see me?
Photo by Erica
Other Movie
his sight makes me glad I showed up early.
Photo by Erica

The Theater:

stairs
Chicago Force – first through the door!
empty theater
Membership has its priviledges. We pick the primo-seats while the fanboys are still on the sidewalk.
filling in
The chaos of getting settled in.
Lightsaber
All the beautiful people are “Chicago Force”
Photo by Erica
camera
Dave taking a picture of me taking a picture of Dave taking a….well, you get the idea.
If ever there was a “full house”, this was it.
Seats
CF gettin’ the good seats
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Popcorn
Anyone who is anybody has a CF shirt
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Theater
Spot the CF shirts (HINT: there are at least 8)
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Matt
This must be the row for the REALLY cool people…
Photo by Jedi Autobot
Amidala, Naboo
Aren’t you a little short for a senator?
Photo by Jedi Autobot
battle
“Ah, Baby-Wan Kenobi, we meet again, at last.”
Photo by Erica
kids
Weeee are the champions, my friends…
Photo by Jedi Autobot
hype men
…and we’ll keep on fighting, ’til the end.
Photo by Jedi Autobot
sitting
Chicago Force in da hiz-ouse!
The tension is palpable!
crowd
Just start the damn movie already!

Chicago Force BBQ

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With the release of Episode II toys almost upon us, Chicago Force is as excited as a kid before Christmas. To prepare for this momentous occasion, on Saturday, April 20 at 3:00 P.M., we had a barbecue at the Streamwood home of member Mark Franklin, a.k.a. JodoKast74.

We’ll chowed down on burgers and discussed how we are anxiously anticipating Star Wars Celebration II and our two Theater Line-Ups

Chicago Force General Meeting

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On Sunday, March 24, Chicago Force met at Zephyr Cafe to discuss our plans for the coming few months, including Star Wars Celebration II, the City and Suburban Episode II Lineups, and many more events in the Summer of Star Wars. We also took pre-orders for our fabulous new t-shirts!

Chicago Force Meets for Games, Lunch, and Hobbits

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As we enter the Year of the Clones, Chicago Force had our first event of 2002!

On Sunday, January 13, at 10:30 A.M., we headed to Gameworks to video game to our hearts’ content. We blew up a TIE Fighter or two and flashed our vents at Sebulba.

After that, we ate at Bennigan’s, We’ll also discussed the many events for the coming year, including Capricon 22, Star Wars Celebration II, and the line for Star Wars Episode II.

We then proceeded to Loews Theatres at Streets of Woodfield, for the 3:40 P.M. showing of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.