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.Yes, it rained. A lot.At least we were well armed.Even the theater manager got in on the lightsaber action.He looks so cute, you just want to take him home.The Sunday Lucas-sponsored charity premiere.Dave loves me. Really.This is what line-waiting is all about.Were you there?Dave challenges his attacker… Photo by Jedi Autobot…only to be fried by Hazmatt and his “Spaceballs: The Flame Thrower” toy. Photo by Jedi Autobot“Oh, Thom! Yes, yes, YES!” Photo by Jedi AutobotDoin’ the Star Wars Limbo Photo by Jedi AutobotThom Solo, the Red-Haired Warrior of Nalgoth Photo by Jedi AutobotChi-Force shows off it’s previous accomplishments. Photo by Jedi AutobotThe line gets longer and longer Photo by Jedi AutobotPhil needs Thom to shoot him like he needs a hole in the head. Photo by Jedi AutobotBob the Battle Droid gets his 15 minutes. Photo by Jedi AutobotAmber-Eyes picks the wrong day to order the meatball sub. Photo by Jedi AutobotCostumes attract the TV crews Photo by Jedi AutobotAn Imperial officer shakes down a young Amidala. Photo by Jedi AutobotThe LEGO guys show up and hand out goodies.They handed out t-shirts and cool hats. Photo by Jedi AutobotThey hold a “Make a wookie sound” contest for nifty LEGO prizes. Photo by Jedi AutobotLEGO donates this $100 gunship to the Chi-Force raffle. Thanks LEGO! Photo by Jedi AutobotOnly hours to go.The line really starts to build. It’s down to the corner at this point.Some guy brought a projector and VCR to play the original trilogy.Heather kept smiling throughout the whole thing. It was either drugs or mental unstability, we haven’t figured out which.Not exactly a standard-issue sidearm.A truly beautiful marque.Is that a brain-stem on your head, or are you just happy to see me? Photo by Ericahis sight makes me glad I showed up early. Photo by Erica
The Theater:
Chicago Force – first through the door!Membership has its priviledges. We pick the primo-seats while the fanboys are still on the sidewalk.The chaos of getting settled in.All the beautiful people are “Chicago Force” Photo by EricaDave 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.CF gettin’ the good seats Photo by Jedi AutobotAnyone who is anybody has a CF shirt Photo by Jedi AutobotSpot the CF shirts (HINT: there are at least 8) Photo by Jedi AutobotThis must be the row for the REALLY cool people… Photo by Jedi AutobotAren’t you a little short for a senator? Photo by Jedi Autobot“Ah, Baby-Wan Kenobi, we meet again, at last.” Photo by EricaWeeee are the champions, my friends… Photo by Jedi Autobot…and we’ll keep on fighting, ’til the end. Photo by Jedi AutobotChicago Force in da hiz-ouse!The tension is palpable!Just start the damn movie already!
