The trailer is opening at selected theaters showing Joe Black & Waterboy... http://www.starwars.com/episode-i/news/trailer/california.html Cinescape has pictures from the trailer... Samuel Jackson has a role as a Jedi Knight. This movie may have a $100 million opening weekend. Some folks are paying to see movies where they show the trailer, and then walking out after they see the trailer before the movie starts (up to 80% in some theaters).

To put the *Star Wars* trailer's impact in dollar terms (from NYT): Theaters showing films like "The Waterboy," "The Siege" and "Meet Joe Black" were crammed with people -- mostly young men -- who paid full admission just to see the trailer and left when the movie began. The trailer was also shown after each movie ended, so a handful of theater owners allowed filmgoers to return with their torn ticket stub. Underscoring the box office impact of the trailer -- and the trailer alone -- were the substantial gains made on Tuesday night over Monday at theaters showing it. At the Mann Theater in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, near the University of California, "The Siege" took in $13,000 on Tuesday night; it had taken in only $1,000 on Monday night.

so they didn't walk out because the trailer stunk. i'll have to see the film when it's released.

You guys got all the luck.

We're really getting close now. It's about a week or two away and already lines are forming at the theaters in Austin. And I lot of previews are outon shows like Entertainment Tonight.

i thought it released on May 12 -- tomorrow!

STOP THIS TALK! Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh! Why must I suffer like this! Don't my trials never end! First this &%$�?�#-mess I got myself in, and now THIS!!!!! I wonder what's next... But then, I don't really want to know.

Harry Knowles, you know the "ain't-it-cool.com" guy who paired with Roger Ebert last week, turned down three invites to free Star Wars showings and chose to tough it out in the line. He said he'd be betraying all those folks who've been waiting there for a couple of weeks, to walk by them after seeing the free viewing. They let about 250 folks, mostly from Dell, in to see the pre-screening. I guess the Dell folks rule around here (and they know it). By the way, some newspaper misquoted Ebert as saying Knowles needed a bath so Ebert is inviting him back on the show *sooner*. They're going to be showing Star Wars Episode I around the clock, 24 hours a day, and all showings are booked for weeks. What dya expect in this town full 'o nerds?

Aaaaaaarghhh! STOP torturing me, willya! What did I do to make you hate me so much!!! This is *not* fair! *suffering badly* FREEZE this topic!!!! I can't take more.....

Would some bad reviews cheer you up?

patience is a virtue, alexander :)

and often, virtue is a patient...

Ree is giving lessons in patience (6 months!).

Huh? Whazzat mean, Terry? And yes, some bad reviews would be great. But they'd spoil all the fun, so - please not. No, I'll do it like this: When I was a kid, I had no money, so I started trading stuff and doing fleamarkets. The money I earned was too valuable for me to burn it by going to movies. As I was bibliomanic, the natural solution was buying the novelization or the original book the film was based on. This could be reread whenever I wanted, how often I wanted. It would always be there for me, together with all the other books I hoarded. Looking back at that time, it seems to me rather sad and pathetic.- I'll buy the novel. I'll have a case of regression. I'll live through this. I'll survive.

you're a trooper!

That's exactly the problem. When the rebellion finally reaches this solar system, I'll be one of the first put up against the wall...

i'd like to find all 12 of the star wars novels. bet they'd be expensive to order due to all the hype. my husband saw the film thurs morning (12:45 AM). he said it was good and all of us are going tomorrow. he explained some of the characters to me but had to shut himself up before he gave everything away. i can't wait. i loved star wars! and still enjoy seeing the videos. btw: i didn't go see the rerelease of star wars with all the added stuff. just couldn't do it.

it's pretty groovy Wolf -- nothing has been violated IMHO

ummm... that's the re-release. I haven't seen Episode 1 yet

OK, i've actually seen a new movie! Episode I was cool! can't wait for II!!

braggart! the lines here are still unacceptably long... it'll be a while..

haha!! (not laughing at you, stacey!) we went at 10 in the morning. got there at 9:30. it wasn't too bad. my husband bought the tickets the day before, which was the longest line at the theatre. i want to see it again!! there was too much to take in the first go around. my husband said he caught on to more the second time around.

I went at 4 in the afternoon to a half filled Gateway theater and got a middle row seat, there was hardly anone there when I first got there. Enjoyed it, except the racially stereotyped jar jar character. Jar Jar gives aliens a bad name, maybe the alien rights group should picket the theaters . . .

jar jar was great! i didn't notice any racial stereotype though....

... then you wouldn't be an alien like Terry (or me). Hey, that's true, you *aren't* an alien, because your are a wer-woman, wer-wolf, woman-wolf... Wolf-woman! Arrh, sorry, wolf-lady, Ma'am!

haha!!

Since I seem to have killed off this topic the first time, lets see if I can bury it with the following: 19 Reasons You might be a Redneck Jedi if.... 1.) You've ever heard the phrase "May the force with ya'll" 2.) Your Jedi robe is camouflage. 3.) You've ever used your light saber to open bottle of Bud Light. 4.) At least one wing of your X-wing is primer colored. 5.) You can easily describe the taste of an Ewok. 6.) You've ever had a land-speeder up on blocks in your yard. 7.) The worst part of spending time on Dagobah is the dadgum skeeters. 8.) Wookies are offended by your B.O. 9.) You've ever used the force to get yourself another beer so you didn't have to wait for a commercial. 10.) You've ever used the force in conjunction with fishing or bowling. 11.) Your father has ever said to you, "Shoot son, come on over to the dark side...it'll be a hoot" 12.) You've ever had your R-2 unit use it's self- defense electro-shock thingy to light your barbecue grill. 13.) You have a Confederate flag painted on the hood of your land speeder. 14.) You've ever fantasized about Princess Lea wearing Daisy Duke shorts. 15.) You've had the doors of your X-wing welded shut and you have to get in through the window. 16.) You have a cousin who bears a strong resemblance to Chewbacca. 17.) You suggested they outfit the Millennium Falcon with a redwood deck. 18.) You were the only one drinking Jack Daniels during the cantina scene 19.) If you've ever heard..."Luke, I am your father.... and your uncle" *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*

that was hysterical!

I usually put stuff like that on screwed 163 but it seemed more appropriate here. It was too good to just make the email rounds. Glad you enjoyed it!

Sounds like your typical South Austin Jedi Knight.

I though it just might...*grin*

Ever seen the way cool Episode I LEGO kits? DATSRITE, folks - Lego goes Star Wars! There's the Naboo fighter, the sub, a Tie fighter, a X-wing,... And a robotic exploration kit with which you can build yer own R2D2. That stuff is hot!

How neat! Still have my son's Lego stuff somewhere being stored for future generations. Sounds fantastic. Gotta have that Naboo fighter and the X-wing... I just need a good excuse...

I'll check it out next time I'm in Toys r US. They were pretty cleaned out when I went there the other day.

You'll drop to yer knees, thankin' the benevolent powers that finally combined some of the coolest products, and outspend, wonderin' who to give it to later... if partin' from it at all!

Oooh, you know me better than I thought. *lol* It's the partin' o' the ways with clever inventiveness which gets me every time. Thanks for getting the juices flowing again...*grin*

they've got Star Wars Legos? and i thought the action figures were cool!

The first photo is out on the website, but it's cryptic.

Thsi should be out this summer?

This movie has finally made it to HBO and I just saw it. It was worth waiting for! Another delayed pleasure.