Matt sends in a review of the Star Wars marathon at the Empire Leicester Square in London on May 16th.

by Matt

My eyes and head have just recovered from sitting through the first ever screening of all 6 star wars films in a cinema at the Empire UCI in London. The crowd of about 1,300 people were pumped up practically all day, a few notable highlights were:

• The 501st battalion of stormtroopers took photos all day, with special photos with a live R2 unit and other star wars characters inside the cinema - you can check these out at amdtour.com
• Man dressed as wookiee coming/gelling/hair spraying his wookiee helmet ALL DAY, this guy was crazed and sat in the aisle for most of the screenings.
• Man dressed as Darth Maul assured me he'd never seen 'The Empire Strikes Back' or 'Return of the Jedi' and had only watched the others once. Direct quote: 'I'd be embarrassed to go all out with a costume, I'm not that crazy" - the guy spent an hour doing his make-up.....