April 30, 2005
Tomorrow is May 1st. The final countdown officially begins, for me. You have no idea how excited I am, and will continue to become, despite myself.
(That's a photo of my first Darth Vader action figure, one of my prized posessions. The head is a little messed up because I had a habit of chewing on it when I was a baby.)
I've bought my tickets. I'm listening to the soundtracks. I'm not dressing up like a Jedi (I did that once, for Phantom Menace - in high school, no less - and once was enough). I'm aware that at this point, even if I'm disappointed, it'll take a full week or so for the realization to hit. With that in mind, I went ahead and bought my tickets for the midnight show on the 18th - and then another one for the 8:30am show the following morning, for the first show of opening day. The best case scenario would find us getting back in line again later that afternoon. And by us, I mean myself and James, who is the only friend I have who shares this excitement. Everyone else sort of just laughs at us. Which is fine, I understand. But this is the last Star Wars movie - the last time I'll get worked up like this - and however I feel about the content of the films themselves, there's no escaping just how much the concept means to me.
Posted by David Lowery at April 30, 2005 5:20 PM