…as seen by Matthew “Hazmatt” Callison
Well, the 2002 Chicago Force DVD/Christmas Party is in the past. We had almost 20 people show up, and everyone had a good time.
Somehow, we ended up not actually watching the Episode II movie. We did watch the Deleted Scenes and Humorous Outtakes, though. Other video fare included the tape from the 2002 Video Scavenger Hunt, clips from TV news programs around the time Episode II was released, and pretty much the entire movie X-Men. We also viewed “The Skywalkers”, which was a Fan Film made with the help of Chicago Force members Amber-Eyes and Brother Suess. It is a parody of the TV show “The Osbournes” using Anakin, Padme, Luke and Leia as the family. It was very funny, and recently won “Best Movie” at the 2002 FilmCon convention in Madison, Wisconsin.
Thanks go out to 501st troopers Louis, Darth Goat, Duffy, and Emily for coming down and hanging out with us. You fine folks are always welcome, and perk up any party you attend.
But who am I kidding, you don’t want to hear about that. You want pictures!
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- The party gets started with a few people and the “Schoolhouse Rock” DVD
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- Man, I am glad Mark was there to hold up that pole
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- The buffet area was an early hit
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- Thom Solo assists with the traditional “Midwest Garrison Salute”
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- Liam Franklin makes his first Chicago Force appearance
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- The party picks up as more people shuffle in
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- Everyone is glued to “The Skywalkers”
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- There was a lot of this going on
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- Host JediJeff’s “Ton ‘o’ Star Wars Crap” wall
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- Heather spies the “Poggle the Lesser” action figure she is missing, and tries to figure out how to get it out of the house undetected
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- “Jedi Outcast” ran constantly on the PC in the corner
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- “We don’t have the balls to play this game!”
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- We move upstairs for the Gift Exchange portion of the evening
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- Trisha is on hand to document the action
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- Matt trades a gift for one he thinks is better
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- Mark is so good, he can hand out presents with his eyes closed
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- Everyone tears into their ill-gotten booty
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- Smiles all around for the cool stuff we traded
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- We congratulate each other on how cool we are
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- “So, were you able to rig the Interactive R2 drawing yet?”
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- The Wilk’s family tree
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- Our own clonetrooper ‘bobble head’
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- The proud father shows off his extrememly well-behaved offspring
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- Chicago Force represent!
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- Heather wins the Interactive R2-D2. Everyone else starts planning a mugging
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- The gang’s all here!
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- JediJeff shows us his butt
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- Some great store displays
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- The Franklin’s and their bundle of joy