# Star Wars Fans Waiting In Line -- Outside the Wrong Theater **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-waiting-in-line-outside-the-wrong-theater/298050 "2005-04-06T16:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-waiting-in-line-outside-the-wrong-theater/298050/1 "2005-04-06T16:09:27Z")
I came across [this](http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117920656?categoryid=1236&cs=1&s=h&p=0) on Slashdot. Apparently 11 hard code _Star Wars_ fans are waiting in line outside Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood even though the movie won’t open for a month and, when it does, it won’t open there. You know, I admit to being a geek and I’ve got a couple of cards to prove it, but there are some depths I have no intention of sinking to! :eek: Enjoy! (to coin a phrase) CJ ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-waiting-in-line-outside-the-wrong-theater/298050/2 "2005-04-06T16:28:25Z")
No effin’ way. _dies just a little inside_ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-waiting-in-line-outside-the-wrong-theater/298050/3 "2005-04-06T17:16:48Z")
_A long time to go, in a theater far, far, far away…_ ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-waiting-in-line-outside-the-wrong-theater/298050/4 "2005-04-06T17:25:21Z")
This is one of those rare instances when a thread _title_ makes me bust out laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-waiting-in-line-outside-the-wrong-theater/298050/5 "2005-04-06T18:13:36Z")
I wouldn’t worry. I’m sure they’ll be told when their dates arrive. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-waiting-in-line-outside-the-wrong-theater/298050/6 "2005-04-06T18:28:32Z")
They’re further off the mark than Red Leader was with his photon torpedoes. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-waiting-in-line-outside-the-wrong-theater/298050/7 "2005-04-06T18:35:21Z")
This is not the theater you are looking for. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-waiting-in-line-outside-the-wrong-theater/298050/8 "2005-04-06T20:30:42Z")
_Look, I’m yore farther._ ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-waiting-in-line-outside-the-wrong-theater/298050/9 "2005-04-06T21:16:54Z")
You just know they’re standing in that line chanting, “Stay on target, stay on target…” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-waiting-in-line-outside-the-wrong-theater/298050/10 "2005-04-06T22:29:49Z")
Tradition, like ironclad virginity, dies hard. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-waiting-in-line-outside-the-wrong-theater/298050/11 "2005-04-06T23:53:37Z")
What wouldn’t I give to see Triumph the Insult Dog lay into _this_ batch of geeks! ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-waiting-in-line-outside-the-wrong-theater/298050/12 "2005-04-07T00:00:00Z")
‘Episode’ 4: [Think you’re a Star Wars fan?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=310539) Cafe Society - bclouse - Today 3:04AM ‘Episode’ 5: [Star Wars Fans Waiting In Line – Outside the Wrong Theater](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=310582) MPSIMS - Siege - Today 12:09 PM Seeing that the film is a month away, I figure we’ll be up to ‘Episode’ 87,254,813 by the time we get to mid-May.