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any plans here for the 30th anniversary?

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although this may sound a bit much i was wondering if originaltrilogy.com was going to do anything for the anniversary of Star Wars?

im not saying having one huge gathering.. (although that would be cool), but maybe a group of different gatherings that people could attend in their area...

just curious if they're have been any talks or plans in motion for this?
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Probably some TV specials, interviews... Also, the 3D theatrical release, perhaps... Or something related to the TV series... Don't expect much.
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How much does it cost to rent out a movie theater these days?
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I know what I'M doing for the 30th anniversery. On May 25th, I'll be watching the movie again in celebration. Maybe I'll have a little party too...
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I'm gonna bake a cake.



Star Wars anniversary cakes are a personal favorite geek tradition of mine, dating back to a wonderful event in 1983 - - the night before the L.A. opening of Return of the Jedi at Graumann's Eqyptian Theater in Hollywood. We had been in line a week and were getting slap-happy. The night before the opening was the Sixth Anniversary of the opening of Star Wars, and so we baked a huge sheet cake which we decorated (figurines and all) to look like the 1st Star Wars Birthday Cake that was featured in tons of advertising.

The cake was huge, and we put it on a rolling dolly. At that point, the line for Jedi stretched completely around an entire city block. So we'd roll the cake around a bit, light the candles, have everyone in the vacinity sing "Happy Birthday Star Wars," blow out the candles .... proceed a little further down the line, and repeat. There were about 8 singing stops and, once back at the front of the line, we carved the thing into tiny slices and fed almost 80 people!


Such Geeky Fun!
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I always have birthday cake on 5/25, but it's because it's my nephew's birthday. (He's a Star Wars fan too, BTW).

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Originally posted by: SilverWook
How much does it cost to rent out a movie theater these days?
I would definitely pitch in for that!

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I have a 90% chance that I'm going to Celebration IV. I'll represent OT.com. And if I got choose to ask him and question, he is gonna get grilled.
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I'm gonna be in L.A. at that time so there's a chance I'll be there too. It all depends on if I can actually be bothered.

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Are there any UK members interested in a get-together? I would be up for it, in principle!
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i would also be up for a southern ontario get together....
i mean this only comes once in a lifetime...
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I'm planning on being there for Celebration 4 for sure, as part of my celebration of the 30th anniversary. At this point, it's more about seeing old friends and meeting new ones, although I always enjoy the events as well. This time I hope to meet a few of you, if I can.

There's another unrelated big event (for me) going on in my city at the same exact time as C4, unfortunately. It's something I really didn't want to miss. But I have my priorities. Star Wars was my first and fondest interest, so C4 it is. The sacrifice has to be made.

The year after the 30th anniversary of Star Wars marks another anniversary that I'll be celebrating. However, I expect to have very little company for this one. 2008 will be the 30th anniversary of The Star Wars Holiday Special. I guarantee I will be cooking some things up for that particular milestone!

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Being that Celebration always seemed to happening during the line-up for prequels, not to mention in some godforsaken mid-west location, I've never been.

But with it coming to L.A., I'll have no excuse.
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Originally posted by: SilverWook
How much does it cost to rent out a movie theater these days?
I would definitely pitch in for that!


I'd pitch in for Robert A. Harris's restoration of the OOT. You know, the one that he wants to do and is volunteering to do for LFL. But Lucas won't let him.

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Hey Mike, do you fancy having a UK OT.com knees-up for the big 3-0?
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A friend of mine was on the verge of renting a theater for his own birthday to show Star Wars. He had the print lined up, the theater lined up, was charing everyone about $10 ... but the deal fell through at the last minute because he still would have had to cough up a ton of money over ticket sales.

I wish I could remember the exact dollar amounts involved (this was about 4 years ago) ... but my exiting impression was that it was prohibitively expensive. Heheh.
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Quite apart from the fact that Luca$hFilm are denying people the rights to show the OOT in public.
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Well, we got around that because it was a private event. Tickets could not be sold to the public (and hence, there weren't enough sales to pay for the theater and the print. Bah.)
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Smart. I wonder...

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Well... I think I will dress in black on 1-1-07 and walk to Chopin's Funeral March and give the trilogy its fitting funeral.

How ironic- a creation destroyed by its own creator
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Seriously, any UK members interested in a get-together 25/05/07?
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What would be good is, if a lot of people here are going to CIV, to have an OT.com T-shirt made up before then which we could all wear and thus recognize each other, as well as supporting the site.
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T-Shirts would be great!

Is there an official ot.com logo? Is it the oblong at the top left of every page, beneath the banner?
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Well, that's as close as it gets. I think that could look pretty stylish on a dark grey t-shirt.