The last Star Wars

We went to Episode III today. Daorcey won a Darth Vader Voice Changer Helmet, Luke Skywalker's lightsaber (green) and most importantly, the Trivial Pursuit game. All because Daorcey answered this question correctly: Where were the clones grown? Answer at the bottom of the post. The Sun (with their PhotoShop pagination) claimed the prize packs totalled $350, which I highly doubt.

We also got free Whoppers and pop. Luckily we were able to go from dead cow patties to dead veggie patty for Daorcey and dead chicken patty for me. Mmmm... free food.

Also ran into Dave Kenny, a former Gauntlet Buzz co-Editor (with Nicole). He was doing interviews for CBC. Speaking of former Buzz editors, we also ran into Alan too who got a free pass from the Fox rep.

The movie was pretty good, compared to the others. It wasn't mindblowingly great but it didn't suck outright. The dialogue was fairly smooth and there were no clunkers a la "Your skin is smooth, not like the sand." Gag. Although there was an exchange that was reminiscent of 16-year-olds on the phone saying "No, you hang up first. No you hang up first." Gag.

There were some really dark, powerful moments like Anakin finding the younglings in Jedi Council chambers and Obi Wan Kenobi screaming "You were the chosen one." Surprisingly, at the end of the movie, you want to watch the Original Trilogy over. Or it could be the overwhleming stench of geek.

Of course there was full out geekage. There was a group of stormtroopers, including a speederbike pilot and a space pilot, Jedis, Padmes, one rebel pilot and one Darth Vader. The costumes were high quality and probably all bought online. No homemade ones which is too bad because I think those are always more impressive. I think the stormtroopers were part of a local fan club. One of the stormtroopers was a little small so everyone busted out the line "Aren't you a little short to be a stormtrooper?" Oh and plenty of lightsabers. Also funny, (and something Jeff and I contemplated) were other people dressed up as Trekkies and one Gandalf. Needless, the Trekkies (dressed in TOS-era uniforms) got teased by the Star Wars. Besides the geeks, the media was out too.

Kenny wanted a photo of Daorcey in his DVVCH, so he obliged. While waiting for Kenny to come back, these two dudes stopped and wanted photos with Daorcey. I don't know why because it wasn't all that impressive. Obviously they hadn't seen the other guys walking around.

All in all, it was okay. But I'm now more excited for Joss Whedon's Serenity.

Answer: Kamino.