Chicago Force McClurg Court line for Episode II

There was a lot of this--waiting.	Yes, it rained. A lot.	At least we were well armed.
Even the theater manager got in on the lightsaber action.	He looks so cute, you just want to take him home.	The Sunday Lucas-sponsored chairty premiere.
Dave loves me. Really.	This is what line-waiting is all about.	Were you there?
Dave challenges his attacker... Photo by Jedi Autobot	...only to be fried by Hazmatt and his "Spaceballs: The Flame Thrower" toy. Photo by Jedi Autobot	"Oh, Thom! Yes, yes, YES!" Photo by Jedi Autobot
Doin' the Star Wars Limbo Photo by Jedi Autobot	Thom Solo, the Red-Haired Warrior of Nalgoth Photo by Jedi Autobot	Chi-Force shows off it's previous accomplishments. Photo by Jedi Autobot
The line gets longer and longer Photo by Jedi Autobot	Phil needs Thom to shoot him like he needs a hole in the head. Photo by Jedi Autobot	Bob the Battle Droid gets his 15 minutes. Photo by Jedi Autobot
Amber-Eyes picks the wrong day to order the meatball sub. Photo by Jedi Autobot	Costumes attract the TV crews Photo by Jedi Autobot	An Imperial officer shakes down a young Amidala. Photo by Jedi Autobot
The LEGO guys show up and hand out goodies.	They handed out t-shirts and cool hats. Photo by Jedi Autobot	They hold a "Make a wookie sound" contest for nifty LEGO prizes. Photo by Jedi Autobot
LEGO donates this $100 gunship to the Chi-Force raffle. Thanks LEGO! Photo by Jedi Autobot	Only hours to go.	The line really starts to build. It's down to the corner at this point.
Some guy brought a projector and VCR to play the original trilogy.	Heather kept smiling throughout the whole thing. It was either drugs or mental unstability, we haven't figured out which.	Not exactly a standard-issue sidearm.
A truly beautiful marque.	Is that a brain-stem on your head, or are you just happy to see me? Photo by Erica	This sight makes me glad I showed up early. Photo by Erica
Chicago Force - first through the door!	Membership has its priviledges. We pick the primo-seats while the fanboys are still on the sidewalk.	The chaos of getting settled in.
All the beautiful people are "Chicago Force" Photo by Erica	Dave taking a picture of me taking a picture of Dave taking a....well, you get the idea.	If ever there was a "full house", this was it.
CF gettin' the good seats Photo by Jedi Autobot	Anyone who is anybody has a CF shirt Photo by Jedi Autobot	Spot the CF shirts (HINT: there are at least 8) Photo by Jedi Autobot
This must be the row for the REALLY cool people... Photo by Jedi Autobot	Aren't you a little short for a senator? Photo by Jedi Autobot	"Ah, Baby-Wan Kenobi, we meet again, at last." Photo by Erica
Weeee are the champions, my friends... Photo by Jedi Autobot	...and we'll keep on fighting, 'til the end. Photo by Jedi Autobot	Chicago Force in da hiz-ouse!
The tension is palpable!	Just start the damn movie already!