You know that you're a Star Wars fan when... — Page 2

You do something impressive and get excited about it.  Then your friend does the same thing and you consel him to not "Get all cocky about it."

ThiefCobbler4ever said:

You know everything on Star Wars, like all movies and shows despite what others say (except Squishies, if it happens), collect anything Star Wars to your liking, owning all Star Wars DVDs and toys, and challenging your friends to Star Wars trivia.

Frink said:

YOU LEAVE XHONZI ALONE!!!

I didn't suppose TC4E meant me until I read Frink's post.  I guess it sort of has to be a reference to my other posts, but I wouldn't claim to know everthing about Star Wars (just everything in general!) and I wonder what "like all movies and shows despite what other says" means and how I left that impression...  Hopefully it doesn't mean that I like all Star Wars movies and shows since I hate the prequels with such a passion that I dispute their very existance! 

At any rate, it's inspired 5 new YKYASWFW's:

1. You love the Prequels even though they are crap.
2. You hate the Prequels even though they aren't that crap.
3. You own DVDs of the Prequels even though you hate them.
4. You hate the Prequels so much that you maintain they don't exist!
5. You own DVDs of the Prequels even though you maintain they don't exist!

*whew*!  Still, after Frink pointed it out, it hit a little close to home.  I do have that 3 foot long Falcon, after all...

Here's another one:

When speaking to other Star Wars fans, you beat Return of the Jedi up oneside and down the other.  When speaking to non Star Wars fans (especially Star Trek fans (grr!)) you'll defend it with your life.

I constantly quote the emperor's lines from ROTJ. I like taking the remote control and putting it on a channel that nobody likes only to say:

"You want this....don't you."

...you believe you will own a working lightsaber in your lifetime.

This has to happen. Apple makes good shit, why can't the do the iSaber?

Not what I had in mind.

I can't slice things up with the real iSaber.

EyeShotFirst said:

I constantly quote the emperor's lines from ROTJ. I like taking the remote control and putting it on a channel that nobody likes only to say:

"You want this....don't you."

 I say this to my kids all of the time.  Especially when they're really little.  It works great with pacifiers.  You hold it out in front of their face until they lock eyes on it:

ME: You want this... don't you?
HIM: ...
ME: Take your baby binkey!  Strike me down with it!  THEN!  Your journey to the Dark Side will be complete!
HIM: ...
ME: ...
HIM: .....  <WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH>
ME: (looking offscreen) Honey?!  He wants you!

You talk to people about the 1997 special edition, 04 DVD, laserdisc transfers, GOUT, the mono mix, the stereo mix, the 93 mix, 70mm versions, and the 97 5.1 upmix.

Their eyes glaze over as soon as you start talking SW.

You frequent this site looking for active threads.

You just bought a SW LD boxset and have no LD player.

Guilty on all counts.

You scream in delight upon discovering the AOTC RLM review is out and feverishly let all of the parts load on youtube. You watch them with friends who laugh occasionally and look at you oddly because you are hysterical and laughing so hard that you can't breathe.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc/browse_thread/thread/68fea0aead94a7d1/69060d39f06c1ecd?hl=en&

The (not so) Original Thread on RASSM at last!

Enjoy!

(And see if you know which posts are mine from 15 years ago).

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