Episode III: One More Week

As of today, there's one more week left until Episode III. As of five minutes from now, there's only six days. I've been so busy lately I haven't been able to update much. I'll do my to recap all the latest developments now.

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The Soundtrack

Last Thursday I got the Episode III soundtrack, which comes with the exclusive DVD "Star Wars: A Musical Journey." I decided not to watch it yet, much as I have decided not to read the novel, read the spoiler reports, and play the movie in videogame form. I've already learned so much -- much of it accidentally -- that I'm trying to stay away from more and more stuff. Sounds counterintuitive, since I should theoretically be watching more and more as the movie approaches. Of course, in a way, I am -- I watch all the official trailers, and so on, with the notable exception of the music videos.

I only actually first listened to the soundtrack Friday night, partially because of time constraints and partially because I worried about spoilers in the track titles. I managed to pop it in without peeking, though. I've made another decision -- that is, to only listen to the first tracks on the CD, and not even neccessarily all of them in full. I'm trying to save more stuff for after the movie.

(Note that I had, of course, heard portions of the score in various places; mainly, the trailers and the Sony Classical web site.)

LEGO Star Wars

This past Tuesday we got LEGO Star Wars: The Videogame. I've been playing it a ton, and have beaten all of Episode I and most of Episode II. Yet again, though, I won't play the Episode III section until after the 19th... and neither will my brother, or else. ;-)

Despite how quickly it may seem I've breezed through I and II, I've only scratched the surface. There's an incredible amount of hidden and unlockable content, perhaps more than I've ever seen in a game. LSW might be a bit kiddish, but it's tons of fun.

End of Wars

Just yesterday StarWars.com premiered the incredible new TV Spot "End of Wars." I'd say it's probably the best of the TV ads thus far, although a few come very, very close. Check it out.

Unity Day

Today at my school was Unity Day, and this year's theme was gender awareness. At the end there was a trivia game where each grade was represented by one boy and one girl, who switched off answering questions. The girls' questions were regarding more "boyish" topics, and the boys' questions were regarding more "girlish" topics. Anyway, one of the questions for the girls was "When does Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith come out?" I was in the balcony, and up there a ton of people were yelling "19th!!!" Apparently the contestants didn't hear, though; the first person to guess said "18" or "16"; I couldn't really hear which with all the yelling. :-)

The O.C.

This week featured a cameo appearance by George Lucas himself! It was rather funny. Click the link above for more. (This week's episode actually had fewer Star Wars reference than last week's double-header, but GL himself has to count for at least a few standee sightings!)

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Episode III is very, very close now. The charity premieres have started, and there are going to be more showings as we approach next Thursday. It's an exciting, hectic time... the end of the war is near....