The Last Long Countdown

[darth_mcbain]

174...

>> "You must learn the ways of the Force if you are to come with me to Alderaan"
"Alderaan? I'm not going to Alderaan, I'm going home, it's late, I'm in for it as it is..."
>> "I need your help Luke. She needs your help. I'm getting too old for this sort of thing"
"Look, I can't get involved. I have work to do. Its not that I like the Empire, I hate it, but there's nothing I can do about it now. It's all such a long way from here"
>> "That's your uncle talking."
"My uncle... How am I gonna explain all this?"
>> "Learn about the Force, Luke."
"Look, I can take you as far as Anchorhead. You can get a transport there to Mos Eisley, or wherever it is you're going"
>> "You must do what you feel is right, of course."

[Jedieb]

173
"Yeah, but who's gonna fly it kid, you?"

[darth_mcbain]

172...

"We can pay you two thousand now, plus fifteen when we reach Alderaan"

[Master Yoghurt]

171

"Seventeen thousand! Those guys must really be desperate. This could really save my neck. Get back to the ship and get her ready"

[darth_mcbain]

170...

"You'll need to sell your speeder."
>> "That's ok, I'm never coming back to this planet"

[darth_mcbain]

169 days to go...

"Yat-tay... Yat-tay... Yat-toow..." (Or - I have come for the bounty on this Wookiee)

[darth_mcbain]

168...

"Jabba offers the sum of 35. And I do suggest you take it."

[JMK]

167 days left

"Lock the doors."

"And hope they don't have blasters!"

[darth_mcbain]

166...

"That isn't very reassuring"

[darth_mcbain]

165 days remain

"Why do I sense we've picked up another pathetic life form?"

[Master Yoghurt]

164

Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself

[darth_mcbain]

163...

"Splendid, we have been without an interpreter since our master got angry with our last protocol droid and disintegrated him"

[JMK]

162 days left

"Not far, Yoda not far. Patience, soon you will be with him."

[darth_mcbain]

161...

"Why wish you become Jedi?"
>> "Mostly because of my father, I guess"
"Oh... Father... Powerful Jedi was he... Mmmmmm... Powerful Jedi..."

[darth_mcbain]

160...

Oh come on. How can you know who my father is - you don't even know who I am. Oh, I don't even know what I'm doing here - we're wasting our time!!!

[darth_mcbain]

159...

"I have a bad feeling about this"
>> "I don't sense anything"

[JMK]

158 days left

"It's not about the mission Master. It's something elsewhere....elusive"

[darth_mcbain]

157 days to go...

"Steady girl... What's a matter? You smell something?"

[darth_mcbain]

156 for yesterday...

"I can't kill my own father."

155 today...

"Then the Emperor has already won. You were our only hope"

[JMK]

154 days left

"Han can you reach my lightsaber?"

[darth_mcbain]

153...

"Yeah... Sure..."

[darth_mcbain]

152...

"Echo Base - this is Rogue 2. I've got something. Not much, but it could be a life form... Commander Skywalker. Do you copy? This is Rogue 2. This is Rogue 2... Captain Solo. Do you copy? Commander Skywalker. Do you copy? This is Rogue 2."
>>> "G'mornin... Nice of you fellas to drop by..."
"Echo Base. This is Rogue 2. I've found them, repeat, I've found them."

[JMK]

151 days left

"Alright men, load your weapons!"

[Jedieb]

150 Days
"The Hoth System is suppose to be devoid of life."

[JMK]

149 days left.

"It is obvious that this contest cannot be determined by our knowledge of the force, but by our skills with a lightsaber"

[JMK]

Dec. 24 - 148 days left

Dec. 25 - 147 days left

Today - 146 days left

"3P0! Tell them they must be set free!"

[JMK]

Dec. 27 - 145 days left

Dec. 28 - 144 days left

Today - 143 days left

"Get in there ya big woolly oaf, I don't care what you smell!"

[darth_mcbain]

142 days left...

"Dantooine... They're on Dantooine..."

[darth_mcbain]

141 days left...

"You are beaten. It is useless to resist. Don't let yourself be destroyed as Obi-Wan did..."

[darth_mcbain]

140 days left... Ep. III will be out this year!!!

"This one, a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away. To the future... To the horizon... Never his mind on where he was, hm? What he was doing... Adventure - heh! Excitement - heh! A Jedi craves not these things... YOU ARE RECKLESS"

[darth_mcbain]

139 days remain...

"So was I, if you remember..."

[darth_mcbain]

138 for yesterday...

"We bring a message to your master, Jabba the Hutt..."

137 for today

"... and, a gift. Gift? What gift?"

[JMK]

136 days left.

"You serve your master well.....and you will be rewarded..."

[Jedieb]

135
"That bad, huh?"

[JMK]

134 days left

"He's quite clever you know, for a human being"

[JMK]

133 days left

"Mud hole? Slimy? My home this is!!!"

[darth_mcbain]

132...

"Oh Artoo - let him have it"

[darth_mcbain]

131 days to go...

"I feel like..."
>> "Feel like what?"
"... like we're being watched..."

[JMK]

130 days to go. Less than a month before we break into double digits! Man is time flying....


"Your powers are weak old man"

[darth_mcbain]

Are we off on the countdown? According to clockdown.com and also by my count, there are 127 days to go today...

[darth_mcbain]

Well, I'm gonna assume we were off and adjust the countdown - if I'm wrong, please re-adjust this to be correct...

For yesterday (1/12) - there are 127 days to go.

"What are you telling them?"

For today (1/13) - there are 126 days left.

" 'Hello', I think."

[JMK]

125 days left

"That's the only explanation for the ease of our escape."

[darth_mcbain]

124 days to go

"They're tracking us."
>> "Not this ship sister."

[Jedieb]

123
"And then you'll be good as gone."

[JMK]

122 days left

"The fleet's beginning to break up"

[darth_mcbain]

121...

"I really don't see how that is going to help us. Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative. The Empire may be gracious enough to...."
>> "Thank you!"

[darth_mcbain]

120...

"This ground sure feels strange - doesn't feel like rock."
>> "There's an awful lot of moisture in here."
"I don't know... I have a bad feeling about this"
>> "Yeah... WATCH OUT!!!"

[darth_mcbain]

119 for yesterday...

"Get the gun!"

118 for today...

"Point it at the deck!"

[Jedieb]

Sat.
117
"Artoo, you're playing the wrong message!"
Sun.
116
"There's still good in him."

[darth_mcbain]

115 days left...

"Luke?! Luke's crazy, he can't even take care of himself, let alone rescue anybody..."

[JMK]

114 days left

"Don't you call me a mindless philosopher you overweight blob of grease!"

[darth_mcbain]

113 days to go...

"I can't abide those Jawas - disgusting creatures..."

[JMK]

112 days to go

"Do you really think we'll find a pilot here that will take us to Alderaan?"

[darth_mcbain]

111 days left...

"Some of the best freighter pilots can be found here. Only watch your step - this place can get a little rough..."

Edit - Whoops, sorry for the early post.

[Jedieb]

110
"I'm ready for anything."

[Jedieb]

109
"Come along, Artoo."

[Jedieb]

108
"We don't serve their kind here!"

[darth_mcbain]

107...

"Why don't you wait out by the speeder, we don't want any trouble."
>> "I heartily agree with you sir."

[darth_mcbain]

106 days to go...

"Are you an angel?"

[JMK]

105 days to go.

"What does your heart tell you?"

[Jedieb]

104
"Negola dewaghi wooldugger?!?"

"He doesn't like you."

[darth_mcbain]

103...

"Stop that ship. Blast 'em!!!"

[Lilaena De'Ville]

102 days to go...

"Mine! Or I will help you not."

[Jedi Master Carr]

101
"If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possiblly imagine."

[darth_mcbain]

There's an even 100 days to go...

"This is where the fun begins..."

[JMK]

We've broken through to double digits folks!

99 days to go!

"It's too big to be a space station"

[darth_mcbain]

98 days left...

"How you doin' you old pirate - so good to see you..."
>> "Well, he seems very friendly"
>>> "Yes... Very friendly..."

[darth_mcbain]

97...

"If you will not turn to the Dark Side, then perhaps she will."
>> "NEVER!!!"

[Lilaena De'Ville]

96 days left...

"Your friend there is quite a mercenary. I wonder if he cares about anything at all."
>"...I care."

[JMK]

95 days left

"Might I have a word with you please?"

"What do you want?"

[Jedieb]

94
"Before the dark times. Before the Empire."

[darth_mcbain]

93...

"How did we get into this mess? I really don't know how... We seem to be made to suffer."

[JMK]

92 days left

"Do you know who it was you were trying to kill?"

"It was a senatory from Naboo"

"And who hired you?"

"It's just a job..."

"Who hired you...tell us.....TELL US NOW!"

[Lilaena De'Ville]

91 days remaining...

"Well I guess you don't know anything about women."

[darth_mcbain]

90...

"I'm sure Luke wasn't on that thing when it blew."
>> "He wasn't. I can feel it"

[darth_mcbain]

89 days left...

> "Brave, but foolish, my old friend. You're impossibly outnumbered."
>> "Hmph... I don't think so"
> "We'll see."

[Jedieb]

88

"The Dark Side, I sense in you."

[darth_mcbain]

87...

"Why would Imperial troops want to slaughter Jawas?"

[darth_mcbain]

86 days left, and we are now under the three-month mark!!! Whoo-hoo!!!

"There can be no doubt - the mysterious warrior was a Sith"
>> "Hmm... Always two there are - no more, no less - a master and an apprentice"
"But which was destroyed? The master? or the apprentice?"

[darth_mcbain]

85 days to go.

"WATCH OUT!!! It's alright... Yeah, that's what I thought - Mynock."

[Lilaena De'Ville]

84 days remaining.

"Give in to your hate."

[darth_mcbain]

83...

"Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the Dark Side"

[JMK]

82 days left

"Hey, let's keep a little optimism!"

[Jedieb]

81
"Fly casual!"

[Master Yoghurt]

Around the world in 80 days

- "Damn fool, I knew you were going to say that.

- "Who's the more foolish, the fool, or the fool who
follows him?"

[Jedieb]

79
"Where did you dig up that old fossil?"

[Jedieb]

78
"Ben is a great man."

[JMK]

March 2nd: 77 days left

"Yeah, great at getting us into trouble"


Today

76 days left

"Curse my metal body it's all my fault....poor master..."

[Jedieb]

March 3rd
76 Days Left
It is a period of civil war.
Rebel spaceships, striking
from a hidden base, have won
their first victory against
the evil Galactic Empire.

During the battle, Rebel
spies managed to steal secret
plans to the Empire's
ultimate weapon, the Death
Star, an armored space
station with enough power to
destroy an entire planet.

Pursued by the Empire's
sinister agents, Princess
Leia races home aboard her
starship, custodian of the
stolen plans that can save her
people and restore
freedom to the galaxy...


March 4th
75 Days Left
It is a dark time for the
Rebellion. Although the Death
Star has been destroyed,
Imperial troops have driven the
Rebel forces from their hidden
base and pursued them across
the galaxy.

Evading the dreaded Imperial
Starfleet, a group of freedom
fighters led by Luke Skywalker
has established a new secret
base on the remote ice world
of Hoth.

The evil lord Darth Vader,
obsessed with finding young
Skywalker, has dispatched
thousands of remote probes into
the far reaches of space...


March 5th
74 Days Left
Luke Skywalker has returned to
his home planet of Tatooine in
an attempt to rescue his
friend Han Solo from the
clutches of the vile gangster
Jabba the Hutt.

Little does Luke know that the
GALACTIC EMPIRE has secretly
begun construction on a new
armored space station even
more powerful than the first
dreaded Death Star.

When completed, this ultimate
weapon will spell certain doom
for the small band of rebels
struggling to restore freedom
to the galaxy...

[darth_mcbain]

73 short days to go... (Been away for a little while, missed being on the Internet... :) )

"You - like your father - are now... MINE!"

[Jedieb]

72
""Your faith in your friends is yours!"

[Doc Milo]

71

"A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine till he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights. He betrayed and murdered your father . . . Vader was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force . . ."

[darth_mcbain]

70 days left... (and one day until the second trailer)

"Good... I can feel your anger..."

[darth_mcbain]

69 days to go... (and today's the day for the second trailer... :) )

"The Emperor has been expecting you."
> "I know, father."
"So. You have accepted the truth."
> "I have accepted the truth that you were once Anakin Skywalker, my father."
"That name no longer has any meaning for me."
> "It is the name of your true self, you've only forgotten. I feel the good in you, the Emperor hasn't driven it from you fully. That's why you couldn't destroy me. That's why you won't bring me to your Emperor now."
"I see you have constructed a new lightsaber. Your skills are complete. Indeed you are powerful as the Emperor has foreseen."
> "Come with me."
"Obi-Wan, once thought as you do. You don't know the power of the Dark Side. I must obey my master."
> "I will not turn. You'll be forced to kill me."
"If that is your destiny"
> "Search your feelings father. You can't do this. I feel the conflict within you, let go of your hate."
"It is too late for me, son. The Emperor will show you the true nature of the force. He is your master, now."
> "Then my father is truly dead."

[darth_mcbain]

only 68 days left...


"Are you threatening me, master Jedi?"

[Jedieb]

67
" YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!":cry

[Jedieb]

66
"You will pay for your lack of vision!"

[darth_mcbain]

65 days left...

"I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again at last. The circle is now complete - when I left you I was but the learner, now I am the Master"
>> "Only a master of evil, Darth!!!"

[JMK]

64 days left

"You will go to the Dagobah system"

[darth_mcbain]

63 days to go...

"A small rebel force has penetrated the shield and landed on Endor"
>> "Yes, I know"
"My son is with them"
>> "Are you sure?"
"I have felt him"
>> "Strange that I have not... I wonder if your feelings on this matter are clear, Lord Vader"

[darth_mcbain]

62 short days to go...

>> "Ohh... We'll never get it out now."
"So certain are you??? Always with you, it cannot be done... Hear you nothing that I say!?"
>> "Master, moving rocks around is one thing - this is totally different."
"NO. NO DIFFERENT!!! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned"
>> "Ok, I'll try."
"No - try not. DO!!! Or do not. There is no try..."

[Lilaena De'Ville]

61 days to go.

"Gungans get pasted too?"

[Doc Milo]

60 days ...

"Jedi Knight! I'm out of it for a short time and everyone gets delusions of granduer."

[darth_mcbain]

59 days left...

"I'm with you too"

[darth_mcbain]

58 days left

"Qui-Gon's defiance I sense in you. Need that you do not... Agree with you the coucil does. Your apprentice, Skywalker will be."

[JMK]

57 days left

"Pilot, land in that assembly area!"

[Doc Milo]

56

"I will not let this Republic be split in two. My negotiations will not fail!"

>"If they do, there aren't enough Jedi to protect the Republic. We're keepers of the peace, not soldiers."

[darth_mcbain]

55 days left.

"Impressive... Most impressive..."

[darth_mcbain]

54...

"I don't believe it."
>> "That is why you fail"

[darth_mcbain]

53 for yesterday...

"You've been a good apprentice, Obi-Wan..."

52 for today...

"... and you're a much wiser man than I am. I foresee you will be a great Jedi"

Happy Easter...

[darth_mcbain]

51 days left...

"No. He will not be trained..."

[darth_mcbain]

50 days for yesterday...

"The boy is dangerous"

49 days for today...

"They all see it, why can't you?"

[Jedieb]

48
"He will bring balance...."

[Doc Milo]

47

"The Chosen One the boy may be. Nevertheless, grave danger I fear in his training."

[darth_mcbain]

We can now say officially that Ep. III will be out next month...

[darth_mcbain]

46 days left.

No quote today

[Jedieb]

45 Days
"I know."

[Doc Milo]

44 days

"Your father he is."

[JMK]

43 days left

"Always 2 there are, a master and an apprentice"

[Jedieb]

42
"And well you should not. Because my ally, is the Force."

[Jedieb]

41
"No reward is worth this."

[Jedieb]

40
"In my experience there's no such thing as luck."

[Jedieb]

39
"You came in that thing? You're braver that I thought."

[Jedieb]

38
"H'm? Oh, yeah, well, I guess you're too small to run away on me
if I take this off!"

[JMK]

37 days left

"Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station"

[darth_mcbain]

36 days to go...

"I can't see a thing in this helmet!!!"

[Jedieb]

35
"Evacuate? In out moment of triumph? I think you overestimate
their chances!"

[darth_mcbain]

34

"No - that's not it. Come on... AHHHHH - Come on..."

[Doc Milo]

33

"I'll try ... "

"No! Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try."

[Jedieb]

32
"General Kenobi, years ago you served my father in the Clone
Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire.
I regret that I am unable to present my father's request to you in
person, but my ship has fallen under attack and I'm afraid my mission
to bring you to Alderaan has failed. I have placed information vital
to the survival of the Rebellion into the memory systems of this R2
unit. My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid
safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour.
Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope."

[Doc Milo]

31.

"A long long time ago
In a galaxy far away
Naboo was under an attack.
I thought me and Qui-Gon Jinn
Could talk the Federation in-
to maybe cutting them a little slack.
Their response it didn't thrill us,
They locked the doors and tried to kill us
We escaped from that gas
Met Jar Jar and Boss Nass.
We took a bongo from the scene
And went to Theed to see the Queen
We all wound up on Tatooine.
That's when we found this boy....

Oh, my my this here Anakin guy
maybe Vader someday later now he's just a small fry
He left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Saying soon I'm gonna be a Jedi
Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi.

Did you know this junkyard slave
isn't even old enought to shave
but he can use the Force they say
And do you see him hitting on the Queen
Though he's just nine and she's fourteen
Yeah, he's probably gonna marry her someday
Well I know he built C-3PO
And I've heard how fast his pod can go
And we were broke it's true
So we made a wager or two....
He was a prepubecent flying ace
And the minute Jabba started off that race
I knew who would win first place
Oh, yes, it was our boy.

We started singin': My my this here Anakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later, now he's just a small fry.
He left his home and kissed his mother goodbye
saying soon I'm gonna be a Jedi
Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi.

Now we finally got to Coruscant
And the Jedi Council we knew would want
To see how good the boy could be
So we took him there and told the tale
how his midichlorians were off the scale
And he might fulfill that prophecy...
Oh, the Council was impressed of course
Could he bring balance to the Force?
They interviewed the kid
Oh, training they forbid!
'Cause Yoda sensed in him much fear
And Qui-Gon said now listen here
Just stick it in your pointy ear
I still will teach this boy.

He was singing: My my this here Anakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later now he's just a smallfry
He left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Saying soon I'm gonna be a Jedi
Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi.

We caught a ride back to Naboo
'Cause Queen Amidala wanted to
I frankly would have liked to stay.
We all fought in that epic war
And it wasn't long at all before
Little hotshot flew his plane and saved the day
And in the end some Gungans died
Some ships blew up and some pilots fried
A lot of folks were croaking
The battle droids were broken
And the Jedi I admire most
Met up with Darth Maul, now he's toast
Well I'm still here, and he's a ghost.
I guess I'll train this boy.

And I was singing: My my this here Anakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later now he's just a small fry
He left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Saying soon I'm gonna be a Jedi
Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi.

We were singing: My my this here Anakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later now he's just a small fry
He left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Saying soon I'm gonna be a Jedi...."

"This party's over."

[darth_mcbain]

30...

"Send three squads to help!"

[Master Yoghurt]

29

"Patience my friend. In time he will seek *you* out, and when he does, you must bring him before me. He has grown strong. Only together can we turn him to the Dark Side of the Force."

[darth_mcbain]

28

"You're under arrest, Chancellor"

[darth_mcbain]

27 days left...

"I sense a plot to destroy the Jedi"

[darth_mcbain]

26 short days to go...

"Destroy the Sith, we must"

[JMK]

26 days left

"Enter the bureaucrat...the true rulers of the Republic...and on the payroll of the Trade Federation I might add. This is where Chancellor Valorum's strength will disappear..."

[Doc Milo]

25 Days Left

"Wesa going under water now, okeyday. But mya warning you, don't 'spect a warm welcome. Gungans no liken outsiders."

[Lilaena De'Ville]

24 days left!!!!

"We'll see you in hell!"

[darth_mcbain]

23...

"Well, there are two Banthas down there, but I don't... WAIT, there are sand people, I can see one of them now.

[JMK]

22 days left

"Captain."

"Yes sir?"

"Tell them we wish to board at once."

[Lilaena De'Ville]

21 days left

"This deal is getting worse and worse all the time!"

[Jedieb]

20 Days To Go
"Found someone you have."

[darth_mcbain]

19 days left...

"Lock S-Foils in attack position"

[Doc Milo]

18 days left

"You're all clear kid, now let's blow this thing and head home!"

[Jedi Master Carr]

17 Days left
"Bounty hunters. We don't need their scum."

[darth_mcbain]

16 days to go...

"It's a good bet the Empire knows we're here."

[Jedieb]

We're almost there! When we get to the last ten days I suggest that anyone who wants can post on that day and submit their own quote. I remember last time some people got positively nuts about getting to be the "one" to get their post up. This time around I think it should be open to whoever wants to post.

Special props to McBain and JMK who did most of the heavy lifting and kept this thread alive. Great job guys! :thumbup

[JMK]

Yeah we have no lives apparently. ;)
We're almost there....these last 2 weeks are going to probably be the toughest part. 2 weeks from today we're all going to be on the edge of cardiac arrest in anticipation!

15 days to go...

"Not if anything I have to say about it."

[darth_mcbain]

Originally posted by JMK
Yeah we have no lives apparently. ;)


Speak for yourself, dude... :) j/k
It was kinda like that for Eps. I and II - in the long interim between releases, interest in the thread somewhat lags, but I think it's a fun idea and worth keeping going.

[JMK]

Hey, that's why I put 'apparently'! ;)

I think this is something that will continue with any major Star Wars related release. We're nuts that way. :)

[Jedieb]

Nah, you were right the first time, you guys have no lives. Friggin' Star Wars nerds. Gotta go, my SW LEGO is calling me! :crack

[Doc Milo]

14 days to go --

"Threepio, you tell that slimey piece of worm-ridden . . . filth . . . he'll get no such pleasure from us! (Right?)"

[Doc Milo]

13 days to go

"So be it . . . Jedi."

[Jedieb]

12 Days To Go
"How did my father die?"

"A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he
turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi
Knights. He betrayed and murdered your father. Now the Jedi are all
but extinct. Vader was seduced by the dark side of the Force."

"The Force?"

"Well, the Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy
field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us.
It binds the galaxy together."

[darth_mcbain]

11 days left...

"If we can avoid any more female advice, then maybe we could get outta here."

[Jedieb]

This is it, the last 10 Days! Join in and post your quotes!!!!!!!!! :crack

"Did you hear that? They've shut down the main reactor. We'll
be destroyed for sure. This is madness!"

"We're doomed!"

"There'll be no escape for the Princess this time."

"What's that?"

[darth_mcbain]

Allright then... 10 days left...

"Well let's get movin' "

[Doc Milo]

10!

"Don't get excited!"

[Lilaena De'Ville]

9 days remaining.

That's right, we're in single digits!

"You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought."

[darth_mcbain]

9 days to go...

"I've become more powerful than any Jedi - even you..."

[Doc Milo]

Nine

"Then I am a Jedi."

"No. One thing remains. Vader. You must face Vader. Then, only then, a Jedi will you be."

[Jedieb]

9
"Luke! You must complete the training."

"I can't keep the vision out of my head. They're my friends. I've
got to help them."

"You must not go!"

"But Han and Leia will die if I don't."

"You don't know that."

"Even Yoda cannot see their fate."

"But I can help them! I feel the Force!"

"But you cannot control it. This is a dangerous time for you, when
you will be tempted by the dark side of the Force."

"Yes, yes. To Obi-Wan you listen. The cave. Remember your failure
at the cave!"

"But I've learned so much since then. Master Yoda, I promise to
return and finish what I've begun. You have my word."

"It is you and your abilities the Emperor wants. that is why your
friends are made to suffer."

"And that is why I have to go."

"Luke, I don't want to lose you to the Emperor the way I lost
Vader."

"You won't."

"Stopped they must be. On this depends. Only a fully trained Jedi
Knight with the Force as his ally will conquer Vader and his Emperor.
If you end your training now, if you choose the quick and easy path,
as Vader did, you will become an agent of evil."

"Patience."

"And sacrifice Han and Leia?"

"If you honor what they fight for...yes!"

"If you choose to face Vader, you will do it alone. I cannot
interfere."

"I understand. Artoo, fire up the converters."

"Luke, don't give in to hate -- that leads to the dark side."

"Strong is Vader. Mind what you have learned. Save you it can."

"I will. And I'll return. I promise."

"Told you, I did. Reckless is he. Now matters are worse."

"That boy is our last hope."

"No. There is another."

[Doc Milo]

Eight

The dark side of the force is a pathway to abilities some consider to be . . . unnatural."

"Is it possible to learn this power?"

"Not from a Jedi."

[darth_mcbain]

8 days left...

"Luke just isn't a farmer. He's got too much of his father in him."
>> "That's what I'm afraid of..."

[Jedieb]

Ocho
"Look, I'm sure it's delicious. I just don't understand why we
can't see Yoda now."

"Patience! For the Jedi it is time to eat as well. Eat, eat.
Hot. Good food, hm? Good, hmm?"

"How far away is Yoda? Will it take us long to get there?"

"Not far. Yoda not far. Patience. Soon you will be with him. Why wish you become Jedi? Hm?"

"Mostly because of my father, I guess."

"Ah, your father. Powerful Jedi was he, powerful Jedi, mmm."

"Oh, come on. How could you know my father? You
don't even know who I am. Oh, I don't even know what I'm
doing here. We're wasting our time."

"I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience."

"He will learn patience."

"Yoda?"

"Hmmm. Much anger in him, like his father."

"Was I any different when you taught me?"

"Hah. He is not ready."

"Yoda! I am ready. I...Ben! I can be a Jedi. Ben, tell him I'm
ready."
BONK!
"Ready, are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years
have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be
trained! A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious
mind. This one a long time have I watched. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh! Excitement. Heh! A Jedi craves not these things. You are reckless!

"So was I, if you'll remember."

"He is too old. Yes, too old to begin the training."

"But I've learned so much."

"Will he finished what he begins?"

"I won't fail you -- I'm not afraid."

"Oh, you will be. You will be."

[JMK]

7 days left (a.k.a. one WEEK left!)

"There's got to be some kind of reading on that shield up or down!"

Nien Numb: Blah blah blah

"How could they be jamming us if they don't know.......that we're coming?......Break off the attack! The shield is still up!"

"I get no reading, are you sure?"

"Pull up!! All craft pull up!"

[darth_mcbain]

Yup, one week and a few hours to go...

"There will be a considerable reward to the one who finds the Millenium Falcon. You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive. NO DISINTEGRATIONS"
>> "As you wish"
"Lord Vader. My Lord... We have them"

[Jedieb]

7
"I think my eyes are getting better. Instead of a big dark blur, I see a big light blur."

"There's nothing to see. I used to live here, you know."

"You're gonna die here, you know. Convenient."

"Just stick close to Chewie and Lando. I've taken care of everything."

"Oh... great!"

"Blah, blah, blah" (Soon you will learn to appreciate me."

"Oh, I'm terribly sor... Artoo! What are you doing here?"

"beep, whistle, fart"

"Well, I can see you're serving drinks, but this place is dangerous.
They're going to execute Master Luke and, if we're not careful, us too!"

"More whistling"

"Hmm. I wish I had your confidence."

"Victims of the almighty Sarlacc: His Excellency hopes that you will die
honorably. But should any of you wish to beg for mercy, the great Jabba
the Hutt will now listen to your pleas."

"Threepio, you tell that slimy piece of... worm-ridden filth he'll get
no such pleasure from us. Right?"

"growl"

"Jabba! This is your last chance. Free us or die."

"blah, blah, blah" (Move him into position.)

*Luke kicks <smallfont color={hovercolor}>-Censored-</smallfont> and I'm in nerd nirvana.*

[Doc Milo]

Six

"They told me they fixed it. It's not my fault! It's not my fault!"

[darth_mcbain]

Six days left...

"One more pass..."

[Jedieb]

SIX
"...my only conclusion can be that it was a Sith Lord."
"A Sith Lord?!?"

"Impossible! The Sith have been extinct for a millenium."

"The very Republic is threatened, if involved the Sith are."

"I do not believe they could have returned without us knowing."

"Hard to see, the dark side is. Discover who this assassin is, we
must."

"I sense he will reveal himself again."

"This attack was with purpose, that is clear, and I agree the Queen is the target."

"With this Naboo queen you must stay, Qui-Gon. Protect her."

"We will use all our resources here to unravel this mystery and
discover the identity of your attacker... May the Force be with you."

"May the Force be with you."

"Master Qui-Gon more to say have you?"

"With your permission, my Master. I have encountered a vergence in the Force."

"A vergence, you say?"

"Located around a person?"

"A boy... his cells have the highest concentration of m
idi-chlorians I have seen in a life form. It is possible he was conceived by the midi-chlorians."

"You're referring to the prophesy of the one who will bring balance to the Force...you believe it's this boy??"

"I don't pressume..."

"But you do! Rrevealed your opinion is.

"I request the boy be tested."

"Trained as a Jedi, you request for him?"

"Finding him was the will of the Force...I have no doubt of that."

"Bring him before us, then."

"Tested he will be."

[Doc Milo]

Five

"Your Highness, if I am elected, I promise to put an end to corruption."

[darth_mcbain]

5 days to go...

"Qui-Gon Jinn would never join you"
> "Don't be so sure. You forget he was once my apprentice as you were once his. He would never have gone along with this had he known the truth"
"The truth?"
> "The truth... What if I told you that the Senate was under the control of a Dark Lord of the Sith?"
"Impossible - the Jedi would know about it."
> "The Dark Side of the Force has clouded their vision, my friend. Hundreds of senators are under the influence of a powerful Sith Lord called Darth Sidious."
"I don't believe you."
> "The viceroy of the trade federation was once in league with this Darth Sidious. But he was betrayed, ten years ago, by the Dark Lord. He came to me for help, he explained all of this. You must join me Obi-Wan, and together, we will destroy the Sith!"
"I will never join you Dooku"
> "It may be difficult to secure your release..."

[Jedi Master Carr]

Hard to believe only five days to go, I can't imagine what Wednesday will be like.

[darth_mcbain]

4 short days left...

"Why didn't you tell me? You told me Vader betrayed and murdered my father."
>> "Your father was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man that was your father was destroyed. So what I told you was true - from a certain point of view.
"A certain point of view?"
>> "Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view. Anakin was a good friend. When I first knew him, your father was already an amazing pilot, but I was amazed at how strong the Force was with him. I took it on myself to train him as a Jedi. I thought I could train him as well as Master Yoda. I was wrong..."
"There is still good in him"
>> "He's more machine than man, twisted and evil"
"I can't do it"
>> "You cannot escape your destiny. You will face Darth Vader again."
"But I can't kill my own father"
>> "Then the Emperor has already won. You were our only hope..."

[Jedieb]

Quatro
"What is thy bidding, my master?"

"There is a great disturbance in the Force."

"I have felt it."

"We have a new enemy -- Luke Skywalker."

"Yes, my master."

"He could destroy us."

"He's just a boy. Obi-Wan can no longer help him."

"The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi."

"If he could be turned, he would become a powerful ally."

"Yes. Yes. He would be a great asset. Can it be done?"

"He will join us or die, my master."

[Doc Milo]

Three!

"Anakin, what's wrong?"

"I killed them. I killed them all. And not just the men. But the women. And the children too. They're animals, and I slaughtered them like animals. I HATE THEM!"

"To be angry is to be human."

"But I'm a Jedi. I know I'm better than this."

[darth_mcbain]

Three days - can't believe it's almost here...

"I saw a city in the clouds"
>> "Mmm - friends you have there."
"They were in pain"
>> "It is the future that you see."
"Will they die?"
>> "Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future"
"I've got to go to them"
>> "Decide you must, how best to serve them. If you leave now, help them you could, but you will destroy all for which they have fought and suffered."

[Jedieb]

Three
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good
blaster at your side, kid."

"You don't believe in the Force, do you?"

"Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I've
seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me
believe there's one all-powerful force controlling everything. There's
no mystical energy field that controls my destiny."

"It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense."

"I suggest you try it again, Luke. This time, let go your conscious self and act on instinct."

"With the blast shield down, I can't even see. How am
I supposed to fight?"

"Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them."

"Stretch out with your feelings."

"You see, you can do it."

"I call it luck."

"In my experience, there's no such thing as luck."

"Look, going good against remotes is one thing. Going good against the living? That's something else."

"Looks like we're coming up on Alderaan."

"You know, I did feel something. I could almost see the remote."

"That's good. You have taken your first step into a larger world."

[Doc Milo]

TWO

"I have a bad feeling about this."

"I don't sense anything."

"It's not about the mission, Master, it's something elsewhere, elusive."

"Don't center on your anxities, Obi-Wan, Keep your concentration in the here and now, where it belongs."

"But, Master Yoda says I should be mindful of the future."

"But not at the cost of the present. Be mindful of the living force, my young Padawan."

[darth_mcbain]

Just two more days left...

"Your destiny lies with me, Skywalker. Obi-Wan knew this to be true."
>> "No"
"All too easy... Perhaps you are not as strong as the Emperor thought..."
>> ** Clank **
"Impressive... Most impressive... Obi-Wan has taught you well. You have controlled your fear. Now release your anger. Only your hatred can destroy me."

[darth_mcbain]

1 day (and 16 hours) to go...

"The Force is with you, young Skywalker. But you are not a Jedi yet..."

[JMK]

1 day, 12 hours and 6 minutes to go.

I don't know how I'm going to get through this next day and a half. Tomorrow at 5pm when I head to the theater I'm going to be a hurricane of excitement and haste.

[Jedieb]

ONE!
UNO!
UN!
EIN!
day and 10 hours
:crack

"You know, I think that R2 unit we bought might have been stolen."

"What makes you think that?"

"Well, I stumbled across a recording while I was cleaning him. "He says he belongs to someone called Obi-Wan Kenobi."

"I thought he might have meant old Ben. Do you know what he's talking about? Well, I wonder if he's related to Ben."

"That old man's just a crazy old wizard. Tomorrow I want you to
take that R2 unit into Anchorhead and have its memory flushed. That'll be the end of it. It belongs to us now."

"But what if this Obi-Wan comes looking for him?"

"He won't, I don't think he exists any more. He died about the
same time as your father."

"He knew my father?"

"I told you to forget it. Your only concern is to prepare the new
droids for tomorrow. In the morning I want them on the south ridge
working out those condensers."

"Yes, sir. I think those new droids are going to work out fine.
In fact, I, uh, was also thinking about our agreement about my staying on another season. And if these new droids do work out, I want to transmit my application to the Academy this year."

"You mean the next semester before harvest?"

"Sure, there're more than enough droids."

"Harvest is when I need you the most. Only one more season. This year we'll make enough on the harvest so I'll be able to hire some more hands. And then you can go to the Academy next year. You must understand I need you here, Luke."

"But it's a whole 'nother year."

"Look, it's only one more season."

"Yeah, that's what you said last year when Biggs and Tank left."

"Where are you going?"

"It looks like I'm going nowhere. I have to finish cleaning those droids."

"Owen, he can't stay here forever. Most of his friends have gone. It means so much to him."

"I'll make it up to him next year. I promise."

"Luke's just not a farmer, Owen. He has too much of his father in him."

"That's what I'm afraid of."

Ahhhh, pretty suns.........

[Doc Milo]

Twenty Three Hours and Thirty Five Minutes!

"Anger, fear agression, the dark side are they."

"Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will. As it did Obi-Wan's apprentice."

"Vader. . . . Is the darkside stronger?"

"No. Quicker. Easier. More seductive."

"But tell me why I can't . . ."

"No, no. There is no why. No more will I teach you today."

"I feel . . . cold."

"That cave is strong with the darkside. A domain of evil it is. In you must go."

"What's in there?"

"Only what you bring with you. . . . Your weapons, you will not need them."


Tonight. Tonight. The Sith will rise tonight
The Shroud of the DarkSide will fall.
Tonight. Tonight. Vader comes tonight.
And the Jedi will die one and all.

All but Obi-Wan and Yoda
They go into hiding
Awaiting Luke to grow...

(Okay, enough of the West Side Story music....)

[Jedieb]

16 Hours 57 minutes!!!!! :crack
"There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you. You do not yet
realize your importance. You have only begun to discover you power.
Join me and I will complete your training. With our combined strength,
we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy."

"I'll never join you!"

"If you only knew the power of the dark side. Obi-Wan never told
you what happened to your father."

"He told me enough! He told me you killed him."

"No. I am your father."

"No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!"

"Search your feelings. You know it to be true."

"No! No! No!"

"Luke. You can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is
your destiny. Join me, and we can rule the galaxy as father and son.
Come with me. It's the only way."

[Jedieb]

15 hours..........

I enjoyed Doc's song so much I thought I'd post another. Sing it to the Kink's 'Lola.'

Yoda

I met him in a bog down in Degobah
Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda
S-O-D-A, soda
I saw a little runt sitting there on a log
I asked him his name and in a raspy voice he said:
Yoda, Y-O-D-A, Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda

Well I've been around but I ain't never seen
A guy who looks like a muppet but he's wrinkled and green
Oh my Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo, Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda
Well I'm not dumb, but I can't understand
How he can lift me in the air, just by raising his hand
Oh my Yoda, Y-O-D-A, Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda

Well I left home just a week before
And I never ever been a Jedi before
But Obi Wan, he set me straight o' course
He said go to Yoda and he'll show you the force.
Well I'm not the kind that would argue with him
So it looks like I'm gonna start all over again
With my Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda

So I used the Force
I picked up a box
I lifted some rocks
While I stood on my head
Well I wont forget what Yoda said
He said, "Luke stay away from the darker side,
And if you start to go astray let the Force be your guide."
Oh my Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda
"Well I know Darth Vader's really got you annoyed,
But remember if you kill him then you'll be unemployed."
Oh my Yoda Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda

Well I heard my friends really got in a mess.
So I'm gonna have to leave my Yoda, I guess.
But I know that I'll be comin' back someday;
I'll be playin' this part 'till I'm old and gray,
Cuz a long term contract I had to sign
Says I'll be making these movies 'till the end of time
With my Yoda, Y-O-D-A Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo- Yoda

Yoda, Y-O-D-A Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda
(Repeat and fade)

[JediBoricua]

14 hrs, 10 minutes...

Yoda: "Yoda, you seek Yoda"

(First post here, yay!)

[Jedi Master Carr]

Getting very close about 14 hours to go from here.

[darth_mcbain]

15 1/2 hours to go here (MST)...

"I cannot teach him - the boy has no patience."
>> "He will learn patience."

[JMK]

8 hours to go!

"This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobi, and will soon see the end of the Rebellion."

[Dasquian Belargic]

Only 3hrs here! :crack

(if I was going to a midnight showing :()

[Master Yoghurt]

1 hour and 40 minutes..

IF I had the midnight screening. Instead, I have for the 9 am screening, which is in..

10 hours and 40 minutes.

"I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your uncle wouldn't allow it. He feared you might follow old Obi-Wan on some damn fool idealistic crusade like your father did. It's your father's lightsaber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or as random as a blaster, but an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times, before the Empire..."

[Peter McCoy]

I'll be waiting for the lights to dim in 11 hours. Dru, however, is probably on his way there right now as he's goint to a 12:30 showing. No doubt he'll post something here as soon as he gets home. And I shall expect either a phonecall or a text message to gloat at me. Oh well, I'll stay up all night and watch the DVD's, get a shower, have some breakfast, go to uni, hand in my work, then go straight to the cinema. Sounds like a plan :)

I really can't wait for the line 'Are you threatening me, Master Jedi!?'

[Jedi Master Carr]

4 hours and 43 minutes
Remember: Your focus determines your reality.

[Master Yoghurt]

6 hours 20 minutes

"A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi knights. He betrayed and murdered your father"

[Jedieb]

3 hours...... 9 minutes..... HOLY SITH ON A STICK!!!! :crack
"I am a Jedi. Like my father before me!"

[Peter McCoy]

Still a long wait for me - I could level up on World of Warcraft in the meantime, or watch Attack of the Clones - got to get this essay done first though! Grr!

'It is obvious that this contest cannot be decided by our knowledge of the Force...but by our skills with a lightsaber.'

[Jedi Master Carr]

I watched both of the prequels the last few days to help catch up heh. Only a couple of hours to go I can't wait.

[Master Yoghurt]

1 hour.. Im heading out!

"The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together."

[darth_mcbain]

It's here...

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[JMK]

It's all over folks....

1 day since the big event

"This party's over."

[Jedi Master Carr]

It is sad to see the end of this countdown. So what happens to this thread now?

[Jedieb]

It'll just fade away..... :cry

[Jedi Master Carr]

I guess we could save it and lock it and put it in the miscellaneous forum eventually.