Episode II Release date changed

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Release date changed

The official STAR WARS website has announced that Episode II,
ATTACK OF THE CLONES, will open a day earlier than expected
in most parts of the world.
A May 16th release is scheduled for the U.S., Canada, Austria,
Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Aruba, Curazao, and Puerto Rico.
Additional international release dates are available at the site.
http://www.starwars.com

 

[Dave]

According to ITN News Direct Star Wars fans in Atlanta have already begun to queue outside cinemas in the US, even though the film is still 4 months away.

Is anyone here in a queue yet?

 

[Aing-Tii]

What are they in line for? Just to buy tickets? Doesn't seem like you'd have to wait in a queue just to get tickets this far in advance. Strange....


:star::star::star:

 

[Dave]

It's only what I heard! I don't see any point either.

 

[Dave]

preview screenings announced

UK TV Channel 4's teletext reported that Lucasfilm and Fox have announced 11 sneak preview screenings of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, 4 days before it's worldwide release. A percentage of the US receipts will go to charity.

 

[Dave]

April 5th

Star Wars have already started lining up to see Episode II--Attack of the Clones, even though the film doesn’t open until May 16, Variety reported. The trade publication reported that a half-dozen avid fans began forming the line at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Orange Street, just outside Hollywood's famed Mann’s Chinese Theater.

The group told Variety that they plan to spend the next month and a half in line to raise funds for the Starlight Foundation and are fielding calls from the media about Star Wars. "We never run out of things to do," said Rik Carter, who queued up for The Phantom Menace three years ago. "The phone never stops ringing."

 

[Dave]

UK Tickets on sale.

Empire Online reports that tickets go on sale in the UK starting next Friday 12th April 2002 at Odeon Cinemas.

 

[Dave]

"Queues are unique to film" - Lucas

(From Toronto Sun, via www.canoe.ca/JamMovies )

George Lucas remains gently amused at fans who line up for months to be first in line for Episode II screenings.

"I think in anything you're going to find fans. There are fans of barbed wire and they have conferences. Star Wars fans are not nearly as obsessive out there as soccer fans. It's just that this is unique to film.

"But what is it in the end? It's a kind of a mini-Woodstock. Why do they sit out there on the street? Why not? They're all college students. They don't have anything else to do. They're allowed to cut classes, hang out, chase girls and have the media come and talk to them all the time (while they) camp on Hollywood Blvd. Who wouldn't? It's fun!"