Muaha, I shall now post my joyous Episode II experiences! Quite merry. We arrived at the theatre at about 10, where I was highly amused to see that I was the only person in costume. Go me. We all played UNO (can't beat Harry Potter UNO with Renata, though) until 11, when we were let in. Despite being about 40th in line, we still got fantastic seats! The people in front of us were fairly big fans, so they were highly amused when we seranaded them with "The Saga Begins". By the second verse, Chungy and I had really started to sing out, so at the end, we got a fair round of applause and boos. Lots of fun! Previews of joy included "Matrix: Reloaded". Be still my heart! When the green text started scrolling at the beginning, the theatre started cheering wildly. Too much fun. I can't wait!

Anyway, Episode II was seriously fun. Nowhere near the original trilogy, but far superior to Episode I. Just the perfect "Jar Jar quotient", fabulous fight scenes (SQUEE!!!!!!!! but I miss Ray Park), groovalicious backgrounds (though some of them were obvious CG), and lots of Ewan McGregor goodness. And now that he has silly hair and a wannabe-beard, I don't immediately associate him with Christian from "Moulin Rouge", which created slight problems watching "Trainspotting". Yoda is my herd, purple lightsabers are manly, Jedi need to *think* about using the Force more often (morons, the lot of them!), and Boba Fett looks more like Percy Weasley than he does that crazy kid. The dudes from A.I. were an interesting touch. "Let me help you with everything you need, Master Kenobi!" and "Hey, look! Its Christopher Lee! Three guesses as to whether he's good or evil!" C-3PO needs to stop punning while he's ahead. (yes, that was intentional)

"Let's get this party started, bitch."

Fun stuff: Amidala's duct tape accessories, Jar Jar being responsible for the Empire, CG!Yoda, Death Sticks, Slave 1, and R2 forever remains rockin.

Pictures soon to follow.