After reading that article, I'm very afraid.

Also, what is up with this?

Bonus line time also can be earned by shopping in the mall. For every dollar spent, a minute will be added (two minutes if the purchase is related to Star Wars). Those in line also will be rewarded for seeing a movie, the bonus time equal to the running time of the film.

So what's the point of even getting there early? I'll just go to the mall on the 16th and spend 1 million dollars or so..

'Cool'? More like 'Dork'

is more like it.

maybe the US military will bomb the tents

what exactly is a Star Whores"Tent City"?......is this where all the Star Wars freaks,geeks,psychos,obsessive losers gather in a field the size of Woodstock w/ their childs Star War Themed tents and have a dorkfest?......or is it something sexual like a Star Wars Circle Jerk?

Do people still "camp out" for concert tickets? Was there anything of this magnitude that people camped out for--playoff tickets, etc.

RobbieFal
Only if this is on the tents:

es. es all.

These morons are waiting TWO WEEKS IN A LINE TO SEE A FRIKKIN' MOVIE! What jackasses.

I bet that these are the same people who waited a month in line to see Episode I, then whined on and on about how it was a terrible movie (which it was, but still...)

If I ever wait in line for any length more than an hour to see a god damn movie, I hope somebody cares enough about me to put a gun to my head and pull the trigger before I become any more pathetic.

I agree Army

In a related story, unemployment in the US is at its highest in almost a decade...

That's excatly what I wanted all of them in one place... *evil laugh*

Meanwhile, normal people will walk up to the ticket booth on opening day, and get a ticket.

Set your phasers on dork.

lol, that's great. they've got their own little community going there.

I think the "point" of the line is that people enjoy themselves. The closest I have ever came was camping overnight in Pasedena so I could see the Parade. I thought you HAD to do that do be able to see it, the fact is, people just do it because it is FUN.

Just my two cents.

Did anybody see the headlines on the right? Very freaky indeed.

Stand in line? Are they serious? Hell, You can buy tickets now, online. It's the only way to do it. Fer heavens sake.

the last thing i need is to have to step through a parking lot full of Jawa poop on my way to see Spider-Man.

Lets all go down to the line of losers to point and laugh.
Nah, let's not. We have lives. We spend all our time sitting in front of a computer posting messages on Fark.

DOH!

The ultimate DORK!



Crappest. Actress. Ever.

Vernon, BC.

Foxtrot. Tent city.

See, what you do is ORDER THE FARKING TICKETS AHEAD OF TIME and this becomes a mere joke.

Stupid geeks

Yay!
In this one, Princess Ho Ho, from the planet Fruit Pie, has leaned that the evil Warlord, Choco-Dile, has now harnessed the power of the Twinkie death ray.
Young prince, Ding-Dong, from the Sno-Ball confederation has been sent with the aide of a yet untested Raspberry Zinger device to battle the minions of Ring-Dings.
All Little Debbies are called in for back-up.

"Some of my coworkers thought it was pretty cool that I was doing this," said Hummel, part of a 17-person group that met via an Internet Star Wars fan group. "Others said they were too busy having a real life."

Heh.

Yeah, Alton, and what's even more freaky is that many of those stories are better. I wonder how many were submitted...

Well now the South African's know where to go to get a virgin to cure their aids.

I'll have to make sure to get a ticket for the first day, and sit in front of these guys while



wearing this.

The very LAST place on earth I want to be is opening night at any theatre playing Episode 2. The smell of those pre pubescent neophytes with their colorful lightsabres is enough to make one vomit. I will probably still go see it, being a bit older and having seen the rest when I was growing up, but not in a packed house with people who should be taken outside and beaten with their toys. I really hope this is not another 2 hour toy commercial, I hope it is a 2 hour toy commercial with a somewhat followable(real word?) script. But I know I will be let down.

Meesa Gungan! Meesa stand in line for three weeks! Meesa virgin, too!

Yeah, these guys have taken over Indianapolis as well..

http://www.indystar.com/article.php?starwars04.html

I say more power to them! They're just having fun.

It's a matter of perspective, people!
They're out there having a blast. It's not about the farking tickets, you idiots. It's about camping out with a bunch of people who share one of your interests. It's about doing something you enjoy.

Some people here gather for Fark parties. Isn't that very similar?

Would people stand in line for weeks for a Fark party?

I think I'll wait for the DVD to be released, so I can laugh at George Lucas' meaningless plots and equally meaningless dialog. The only reason I watch is to see the advancement in special effects.

Every one of these fools should just be shot now, before they have a chance to breed. Granted, it's an outside shot that losers like this will even kiss a girl in their lifetimes, but still...it's better to be safe than sorry.

yeah i just ordered tickets online the other day.. that wasnt too hard. for NYC Zeigfield show on opening day even. whats with all this waiting around bullfark?

It's called A LIFE,/b> Please go find one and move on YOU STUPID FARKING IDIOTS....

ForrestRump

What he meant is that the line itself IS like the fark party.

It's not a line for christ's sake, it's a party! 24/7 (well, 23/7) games and hangin' out and shiat!

fark, I'd go just for the hell of it.

Oh, funny story... Last year I walked into my local cinema at 11:59 PM, bought a ticket and took a seat for the 12:01 AM showing of Episode 1 on opening day. Hehe.

Oh, btw, let's not forget that guy camped out for Episode 3! I forger his name, Frank Otto or something like that. He works for some gaming magazine.

No, for most big concerts and events, the evil empire known as Ticketmaster along with promoters have instituted a system known as "ticket lottery" whose sole purpose is to screw people who have been waiting hours and hours for tickets by allowing, through this "lottery" mind you, the people that join the end of the line to move to the front right before tickets go on sale.
This "lottery" was the method by which I was screwed out of Tyson/Lewis tickets. I arrived at the arena box office at 6:30 am for the 9:00 ticket lottery and 10:00 on-sale. I was around the 200th person in line for something like 1900 tickets in 5 price levels, with a ticket purchase limit of 4 per person. According to rational thinking and 3rd grade math, I should have been able to acquire one of the lower price level tickets. However, after the ticket lottery and some creative ticket allocation by the promoters, I was 400th in line and was unable to get any tickets I could afford.

Long live ticket lotteries!!!!!!

Heh, that reminds me of that Ted Nugent live album, "Intensities in Ten Cities". In tent cities.

Miles_OToole, don't knock Lucas, because if you knock Lucas, you're knocking Kurosawa indirectly.

...and we all know that he was and will forever be the greatest director of all time, natch.

After the last episode, I would rather do anything else than waiting on the sidewalk for the next one. Episode I sucks monkey ass and I am sure this one coming up is just as bad.

*coughtentloserscough*

George Lucas is the Bill Gates of the movie industry...he has no clue, just got lucky!