page 9, The Behrend Beacon, September 3,1999 a wit rrk rEATURES Star Wars, Phantom Menace: The By Katie Galley editorial page editor Last semester, starting in early April, I started thinking about the new Star Wars movie, Episode One, The Phantom Menace. I was look ing forward to seeing it, how could you not be? But the release date was still far away. And there were final exams to deal with. However, by the first week of May it was ALL that I thought about. The weeks before it was released were very painful for me. I lived and breathed Star Wars, day and night. I would ask people that came into where I worked if they would be see ing Star Wars. Those that said “Yes” were cheered, those that answered “No”, were served with a scowl. I searched the department stores for [ A Total Tan 10 tans w/coupon only expires "11/30/99 j H 9 R O S C O P E by Bongo the three legged monkey Star Wars merchandise. I played game upon game of Star Wars Mo nopoly. I visited Star Wars website after Star Wars website, looking for the trailer to appease my obsession. May 19 could not come fast enough for me. Then I heard about ALL the people that were dying to see Star Wars, just like me...and I got worried. I wor ried that I would not be able to get in to see the first showing of it...apparently people planned on get ting in line very early, possibly days before to get their tickets. Well, there was NO way that 1 was not going to get in the theater for the first show ing. I called the movie theater in my town and found out that there was a midnight showing for the night be fore the actual movie was to be re leased. Score! 1 had found my way $3O Aries (March 21 -April 19). Giving advice can backfire, only give what is asked for! Taurus (April 20-May 20). Fighting with a roommate can cause tension this week, but will pass when cooler heads prevail! Gemini (May 21-June 21). Getting your self organized this week will pay off in the long run! 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A‘TotalTan 1920 E 38th St. ot Zimmerman Erie, PA 16510 (814)824-5031 [ A Total Tan w/coupon only i expires 11/30/99 j About 2 a.m., the day before the special midnight showing, me and a carload of my friends got together and gathered our sleeping bags, made some sandwiches and bought some pop. We then threw it all in my car and raced down to the theater so we could be the first in line for tickets for the special screening. Remember, this is a whole 48 hours before the actual release date...we were con vinced that people would already be down at the theater and beating us out for tickets. So down to the the ater we raced... Have you ever gone to a movie theater in a small town at 2 a.m.? If you have you know what we found when we got there. If you haven’t, let me tell you what we found...nothing. There was nothing, or more specifically, nobody there. So, I guess my town wasn’t as Star 15 tans $4O cp O' © xr m & jtfl * Saga Begins... And Ends For Me Wars crazy as I had originally thought, but all I knew was that we were there for the duration. After alternating between sleeping, eating and running across the street to Giant Eagle for bathroom breaks for 6 hours, other people finally started showing up at Bam. At first we were all leery of each other, try ing to make sure that no one jumped ahead of you, or no one spared any one in line. But soon, everyone re alized that we were there for the same reason and the camaraderie began. We were all die-hard Star Wars fans! So 27 games of Star Wars Monopoly, 15 bathroom breaks, 3 large pizzas and 9 hours later, the tickets were dispersed and we were to go home and come back at 11pm. The wait for 11 pm was tedious and drawn out, but it did come. And my carload of people was the first in Dean Abby avoiding youn Get fast. 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The first hour of the movie Hew by and we were all introduced to the new characters that will be with us for two more Star Wars movies. As I had with the previous Star Wars mov ies, I found myself cheering for the good guys and booing for the bad guys. Order in the Empire was re stored for the meantime. The theater lights came back up and we were ushered out, and after the intial awe of the movie was over, 1 began to think. I really didn’t like it as much as I had the original Star Wars. I didn’t like the high-tech world that these characters lived in. And in one case, (Jar-Jar Binks), I hated the charac ters themselves. And why did they kill Darth Maul in the first part of The Beacon’s New Adufce Column Adufce Etc. Tißed of Ann LandeßS? questions? school wonk, life, etc. two senfons that haue seen ft all. 1999 Tribune Media Serv ces, Inc All rights reserved. 4 Actress Mary 5 Active pastime 6 Singer Lopez 7 Hunt and Reddy 8 Sultry West 9 Annex 10 Dahl and Francis 11 Inventing facts 12 Native New Zealander 13 Bancroft and Meara 21 Winged mammal 22 Bridge support 24 Feeling of anxiety 25 Disturbance 26 Hollow tooth 27 Borodin opera, “Prince ” 30 Choice 31 Writer Virginia 32 Queues 34 Mistaken 35 Alcove 36 Unit of force 42 Some insect repellents the trilogy'.’! My happy, little Star Wars bubole was completely popped. 1 am sad to say it, and after all that hype in the beginning of the article... Star Wars the Phantom Men ace, was a disappointment. No one was more distraught over this than me. I had wailed, and anticipated for this hyped up media event, and it was overrated. I initially tried to deny my dislike for the movie, 1 even went to see it again. I still bought some of the toys and I even own a Queen Amidala T shirt. However, nothing is sadder than a disappointed Star Wars freak. George Lucas has 3 years to redeem himself with me. Even though I hated the first part of the trilogy, I will be in attendance for the second and third parts, if only to be part of a pop cul ture sensation. But George, if you are reading this. Kill Jar-Jar, PLEASE Prescription info lota Game-show host Pat Martini garnish “Separate Tables” star 46 47 48 Geneva’s lake Aromas Weighty T raditional tales “This Is _ Life” Perform Abandon truth
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