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Star Wars Virgin Takes the Plunge

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the losin-it dept.

Entertainment Weekly is running a short account of one Star Wars virgin who recently sat down to watch all six Star Wars movies in their originally intended order while recording his thoughts. From the article: "So after watching the sun set on all six of the Star Wars (or sun rise, in my case), what do these movies mean to me? I have to be careful where I tread here, because people's love of these movies is passionate to say the least. (Personal note: My friends had a Star Wars-themed wedding.) The cynical and tired side of me wants to say that George wanted Episode I to be shown first because after watching 14 straight hours of Star Wars, my memories of young Anakin and Jar Jar are almost long forgotten. I've tossed them aside along with my package of caffeine pills and bottle of Coke."

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  1. Anyone... by -kertrats- · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone who would watch 6 consecutive Star Wars movies should be considered a virgin by default.

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    1. Re:Anyone... by heinousjay · · Score: 5, Funny

      good

      I don't think that word means what you think it means.

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    2. Re:Anyone... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Even more shockingly, it'd seem that by that definition, all females are virgins.

  2. How strange by Bugs42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Star Wars? Virgin? Why, those are 3 words that have never before been seen anywhere near each other!

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  3. Confusing headline by c0d3h4x0r · · Score: 5, Funny

    Star Wars Virgin Takes the Plunge

    The headline made it sound like a Star Wars-loving virgin who had actually gotten laid was going to tell us what it was like to finally score.

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  4. Re:we all know by prockcore · · Score: 5, Funny

    There wasn't the technology in 1977 to film long senate orations and a jamaican muppet.

  5. Star Wars wedding? by Copid · · Score: 5, Funny

    My wife and I are both Star Wars fans, and we joked about telling just one guest that our wedding would be Star Wars themed and asking him to come in costume. We're not that cruel, but I can't help but regret that our wedding album lacks a picture of a bunch of guys in formal wear standing around with a guy in a cheap Chewbacca costume.

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  6. The Perfect Heckle by saudadelinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have to sit through that uncomfortable kiss between Luke and Leia knowing that they are indeed brother and sister.

    At this precise moment during the '97 special edition release of Star Wars, in a packed house (the Uptown Theater in Washington DC, 840 seats), some guy down in front yelled,

    INNNN-CEST!!!!

    The whole place cracked up. I wish I could say it was me, but alas, it wasn't.

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    1. Re:The Perfect Heckle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's like when I went to a screening of Return of the Jedi, and the following sequence occurred.

      Darth Vader: A small rebel force has penetrated the shield and landed on Endor.
      The Emperor: Yes, I know.
      Darth Vader: My son is with them.
      The Emperor: Are you sure?
      Darth Vader: I have felt him.
      (Guy in audience snickers loudly)

      But that doesn't top a Star Wars virgin moment I witnessed. At the same marathon, we were watching The Empire Strikes Back about 15 years after it came out, with a friend who really was a Star Wars virgin.

      Darth Vader: "I AM YOUR FATHER."
      During the silence that follows, my friend is the only person in the entire theater who gasps audibly.
      After which half the theater turned to look at her in disbelief...