REVENGE OF THE SITH — Ten Years On...

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I’m a week late, but it still counts, right?

So, May 19th marked a decade since the release of, what we all thought was, the last Star Wars movie.

It seems we were misinformed!

Some members of these forums – Matt, Kristy, Cen, Rob and myself – were at the New Zealand premiere, and I’m sure they’ll agree that it only seems like yesterday, too… even though it’s been ten years!

Man, good times and good people!

Here are some photos from the event that started the week:

Promotion on Queen Street

The Charity Premiere
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I always loved this image!
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I think the trooper was Chris... shot by Kristy's father?

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That Sandtrooper is Lance - Chris is the one with the orange pauldron behind him.
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Harvey Mushman wrote:...
So, May 19th marked a decade since the release of, what we all thought was, the last Star Wars movie. ...
This notion still spins my head.

But yeah, there were some very cool events organised for RotS. After the Children's Charity premiere, we also had a lot of fun at the Wairau Park midnight premiere, where they had an actual orchestra pumping out the theme tunes and Imp March etc. I think I've got video of it somewhere...will see if I can find it.
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Great photos! Dang, time flies. I saw Episode III at the long-gone Regent Theatre down here in Welly. There were a few members of the 501st present, and I took a couple of grainy pics on my primitive phone camera.

I wasn't in touch with any of the SWNZ community back then - I wonder if anyone remembers donning their armour for this event?
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Woah... I've never seen images from that night!

So, yeah, I was there; and I can name all the people in armour (starting with myself, in the Vader, which was actually a display piece and not for trooping).

What a blast from the past!
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Small world! Afraid I only have one more image from that night - this was back in the days before every person had a camera in their pocket.

I loved the Regent. A great little theatre with awesome staff. The $6.50 student tickets also meant I got to see Revenge more times than I'd like to admit in that first week...
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Outside of these, there are very few photos of the Wellington crew doing promotion over that week, which was a sign of the times…

From memory, we did get pulled into some wedding photos outside of the Amora Love (formerly the Duxton), along with being stopped for some photos with the strippers from Santa Fe.

It was a great week!
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MattG wrote:That Sandtrooper is Lance - Chris is the one with the orange pauldron behind him.
Ah, you're right! It's been just as long since I've seen those two in armour.

I see Lance still posts on these boards, too, so he might also have a few memories from that period.
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