Star Wars at the Portage Theater

On Sunday January 8th at 2 p.m. we met at the Portage Theater to watch Star Wars A New Hope.

Revenge of the Sith

The last of the prequels, Revenge of the Sith. It was not an easy thing to get the line together. Our theatre of choice for TPM and AotC, McClurg Court, was not closed. So we had to move to AMC River East. Where we were not allowed to camp out. Did this stop us? No, we just camped out in front of the old McClurg, and moved to AMC the night before the movie. It was a crazy time. Here are the pics:

Chicago Force Backyard Theatre: TPM

On Friday, July 23, at 7:00 P.M., Chicago Force’s Backyard Drive-In Theater presented The Phantom Menace. We enjoyed some good fun as we harkened back to the movie whose line-up formed our initial group. Showtime was approximately 9:00 P.M. Thanks to Dave Gray who opened his McKinley Park home.

Join Chicago Force for the Return of the King

On Tuesday, December 16, Chicago Force will do what comes natural to us and line up for the midnight premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King at River East 21. Chicago Line Party will have various events planned that evening, including a charity raffle, costume contest, performances by Frodo-A-Go-Go, and giveways from Decipher and other companies. For more information on what they have planned, check out Chicago Line Party’s website.

River East 21 is located at 322 E. Illinois St. You can purchase your movie tickets at www.movietickets.com. Do a search for ZIP Code 60611 on Tuesday, December 16. The earliest event schedule seems to be a 4 p.m. Decipher giveaway, but come whenever you can. For the latest in Chicago Force events, visit www.chicagoforce.org or our FanForce message boards.

Chicago Force views AOTC on the big screen…and we mean big!

In November 2002, “Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones” was released nationwide in IMAX theaters. IMAX film is a high-definition format, where the film is literally twice as big as the film used in normal theaters (70mm instead of 35mm). The result is a picture that is bigger, sharper, and more colorful than is found in regular theaters.

As “Attack of the Clones” was the first movie to be filmed, processed, and distributed entirely on a digital format, it presented the IMAX theaters with a unique opportunity to create a 70mm film print that was far superior to anything they had done before. Although they had to remove 23 minutes of film to fit the picture on the projectors, the two hours of movie they were able to convert was truly amazing. Most people who viewed the movie on the 6-story Navy Pier screen knew they were in for a treat as soon as they saw the 20th Century logo.

Navy Pier IMAX was very generous in donating 150 tickets to Chicago Force for an 8 AM showing on the morning of release. Chicago Force in turn donated 80 of our tickets to the Metropolitan Boys Academy, to let some children see the movie that may otherwise not been able to.

It’s not easy getting people out to a movie at 8 o’clock on a Friday morning, but by the time Obi-Wan and Anakin were assigned to protect Senator Amidala, the theater was mostly full.

Here are picture from the first midnight show, and the 8 AM show the next morning:

Episode II: Attack of the Clones

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:

The Theater:

Chicago Force Meets for Games, Lunch, and Hobbits

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.