
"We have to maneuver straight down this escalator!" he said and mumbled something about secret plans provided by his girlfriend Leia.
"...and my sunglasses make me look like a real X-Wing fighter pilot, right?" he asked.

Hmmm, I don't know... that did not look like a calculator hanging from his belt.

Ted went to buy our tickets while Andrew picked his up at the "will call"...





"Everyone's headed toward that small balloon."
"That's no balloon... " I answered, "it's a space station!"


I met Yarnbacca.
He had ideas of scheduled events that may suit us.

"That's not a real wookiee."
Whatever, what did he know?
Andrew had already hooked us up with "VIP" seats for the Star Wars in 30 minutes show knowing some cast members. We saw it and it was hysterical. We then went down to the main floor and walked around, Andrew got separated from us.


"Hey, lookit what I made?" he said
Although his work was impressive, most impressive. Ted and I decided Andrew might be a little too dorky as company. We needed to ditch him.

"This guy can help us!" I exclaimed to Ted and also asked if Stormtrooper uniforms were available in XXL, because I want one.

He thought Andrew might be "worth a lot to him" and
took the job.


We bought stuff for us...

and of course something for our girlfriends at home...




Star Wars for my generation is one of those movies everyone remembers the first time they saw it. For Ted and I... our Mom took us to the 2:45 pm show at the (then) General Cinema theater on Central Ave. in Yonkers. My parents had to put up with us wrecking the house during lightsaber duels in the hallway and defending the basement from stormtroppers for years after.
My Aunt Joan and Uncle Joe had their hands full as well because everytime we got together with our cousins Christine and Mary Alice the entire Star Wars cast was assembled... I was Chewbacca, Christine was Han, Mary Alice was Leia and Ted was Luke. My little sisters although too young to play with us often were made C3Po and R2D2.
Uncle Joe worked at 20th Century Fox and made Ted and I 2 of the coolest kids in Grade school by giving us promotional posters, t- shirts and stuff no one else had (expect for my cousins). The best was years later he made us the coolest kids in High School getting us press screening invitations to see "Return of the Jedi" a few days before it opened everywhere.
Mom went with us to the Ziegfeld Theater in NYC. We embarrassed her because the only two people in the older more reserved audience yelling and cheering on the heros were her sons.
Sweet! How many times did Andrew tell you that his mom went to see Star Wars while she was in labor with him?
ReplyDeletenot once. nyah.
ReplyDeleteThaaaannnanks now I have a visual of Sondra in Leia's slave girl costume, burned into my brain. I thought the chainmail was bad.
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