Star Wars Fans Look For Love In Alderaan Places

Hugh Pickens writes "The Christian Science Monitor reports that devoted fans at the recent Star Wars Convention V, many dressed as Jedi knights, stormtroopers, or the indomitable Princess Leia, sat opposite one another for a series of 3-minute speed dates, in hopes of finding a connection with a fellow Star Wars enthusiast. 'Over the course of the three events, due to size and time, we turned away about 600 participants,' says Ryan Glitch. 'Yesterday, this room was packed. We had to keep shoveling people along.' Meanwhile in the main exhibition hall, a chapel was set up to allow fans to profess their love and devotion to each other in the form of commitment ceremonies. 'I've been told that we've had two commitment ceremonies from people that met at my event,' says Glitch adding that he saw eight additional couples at the convention made up of people who had attended his speed dating sessions."

Comments

Re:I call bullshit

[QCompson]

The summary states that they turned away 600 participants. I'm betting all 600 were males.

slashdot editors, admit it:

[circletimessquare]

you greenlighted this story simply because of the clever pun in the title. it's ok, it was funny, just admit it

Re:slashdot editors, admit it:

[gollito]

It's the only reason I clicked through

Re:What is the male-to-female ratio at these thing

[MarbleMunkey]

There were probably a number more 'chubby Leias' there, but they were all dudes... *shudder*

Great title

[david.emery]

Too bad we can't mod up the title.

Re:Great title

[mozumder]

brilliant title

Re:3-minute speed dates?

[badboy_tw2002]

Depends on the age. Never underestimate the biological clock's ability to make a lady settle. Think of this like an interactive trawl of facebook/myspace. You are evaluating them on looks but you can take into account hygiene and get answers to questions like "do you have a job/car/boat" etc. This way you can skip a bad first date altogether if there are any "dealbreakers." You know, when you get to a point where you say "no way man" but you still have to finish dinner/coffee with the person - wouldn't it be nice for a bell to go off and you can run away?

You'd be surprised...

[tekrat]

Once upon a time (while I was in fandom), yes, it was 99% male, and 1% female, so there was just about zero opportunity for fandom hookups.

But that has changed. Mostly due to Cosplay. Ever been to an anime con? It's now more chicks than guys, I am not kidding.

Also, the fantasy thing (dragons, wizards and so forth) has increased the female ratio at standard Sci-Fi cons. It hasn't hurt that Star Trek, Anime, Harry Potter and so forth has gone mainstream. Just look at San Diego Comic Con. It's now mostly goth chicks and vampires, thanks to Twilight.

This is *why* I don't go to cons anymore, as it's now for vapid teenagers, but for the younger crowd, this might be a good place to actually meet a girl.