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Founder
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 Thu May 26, 2005 1:33 pm "Sith" Fans Maimed in Lightsaber Mishap |
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| Quote: | The Force--let alone common sense--was definitely not with them.
Two British Star Wars fans sustained critical injuries after constructing their own lightsabers from fluorescent light tubes filled with liquid fuel.
According to British media reports, a 20-year-old man and his 17-year-old female friend were filming a mock duel in homage to Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith, the latest chapter of George Lucas' record-breaking franchise.
The duo were reportedly emulating one of Sith's key battles, a lightsaber clash between Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker.
The two Brits suffered severe burns when their homemade sabers exploded. The two had been videotaping their clash. They have been hospitalized at Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire since the accident Sunday.
Aside from fiery accidents, the Sith craze is being blamed on a string of robberies. In separate incidents in Illinois and Florida, dark side-inspired crooks wearing Darth Vader helmets are being sought by police on assault and robbery charges.
Meanwhile, in other Sith-related news, federal authorities have shut down online file-sharing network Elite Torrents. The network had Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith available as a download hours before the film even bowed in U.S. theaters on May 19. Officials for the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security said users of the site had downloaded Sith more than 10,000 times in its first 24 hours of availibility.
Still, the online leak hasn't hurt Sith's bottom line, as the film broke all kinds of box-office records, including a Chewbacca-size $50 million on its first day of release.
All told, the film has raked in nearly $183 million domestically, per BoxOfficeMojo.com, with the lucrative Memorial Day weekend looming. |
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20050526/en_movies_eo/16633
This is why I hate most of the Star Wars fandom.
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Leo Wyatt
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| Thu May 26, 2005 1:51 pm |
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WOW! People are just getting alittle to bit into it. I would not go that far of what they did. I value my life and body. I don't want to harm it.
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
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| Thu May 26, 2005 2:16 pm |
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They were idiots. They give nerds a bad name. Me and my friends fight with cheap plastic lighsabres bought when Episode 1 came out. We also use wooden rounders bats, metal poles and anything else that's handy if we want to pretend to sword fight. I'm going to take up fencing soon so I can get really good!
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Leo Wyatt
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| Thu May 26, 2005 2:38 pm |
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sounds like me and my kids playing with their toy life sabers. Harmless but those two in that article need their head examine in my opinion  Nah I better not say that, might cause an arguement.
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Theresa
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| Thu May 26, 2005 2:41 pm |
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Have to LMAO, 
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
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| Thu May 26, 2005 2:47 pm |
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They are giving British people a bad name! I'm moving to... Iceland
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Leo Wyatt
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| Thu May 26, 2005 3:00 pm |
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Ok I still learning abbr for things whats LMAO?
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
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| Thu May 26, 2005 3:02 pm |
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Laughing My Ass Off
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Leo Wyatt
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| Thu May 26, 2005 3:05 pm |
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Oh ok, I remember now. Thanks. Mean what was in their minds. did they have a death wish or what? Or they get a thrill out of it?
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
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| Thu May 26, 2005 3:08 pm |
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They were stupid. They didn't have anything in their minds. They had thought nothing through. Ergo, they deserved what they got for being stupid. I mean, disgracing the name of nerds like that! 
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Alucard
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| Thu May 26, 2005 3:31 pm |
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| Leo Wyatt wrote: | | sounds like me and my kids playing with their toy life sabers. Harmless but those two in that article need their head examine in my opinion Nah I better not say that, might cause an arguement. |
it's lightsabers lol I have a Darth Vader one lol.
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Founder
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| Thu May 26, 2005 3:50 pm |
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This is why if the Government created lightsabers, they would never distribute them to us. Damn. They messed it up for the people with intelligence.
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Alucard
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| Thu May 26, 2005 3:56 pm |
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I want a real one  I'm just gonna have to invent it aren't I?
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
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| Thu May 26, 2005 4:04 pm |
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| Founder wrote: | | This is why if the Government created lightsabers, they would never distribute them to us. Damn. They messed it up for the people with intelligence. |
If? You mean "when"?
My dad once told me that it would be possible to make a virtually indestructable cutting tool like a lightsabre, but the beam would be infinate or something (he explained this when I was 7)
If you put out a lightsabre on a table somewhere, every male in the vicinity will want a play with it. This is a proven fact.
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Dirt
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| Thu May 26, 2005 4:29 pm |
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Sheesh, dumb kids.
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Republican_Man
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| Thu May 26, 2005 5:44 pm |
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Funny, somewhat, but sad and stupid.
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webtaz99
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| Thu May 26, 2005 6:51 pm |
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Natural selection at work! Definitely one for the Darwin Awards.
Most people could correctly identify a fuel-filled flourescent tube as a pipe bomb.
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Alucard
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| Thu May 26, 2005 7:11 pm |
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Yeah, those were pipe bombs, not sabers
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Jeremy
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| Fri May 27, 2005 6:01 am |
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I heard about this a week ago or so, it's pretty funny in a way, 
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Leo Wyatt
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| Fri May 27, 2005 7:29 am |
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mad_doggie wrote | Quote: | | it's lightsabers lol I have a Darth vader one lol |
I know it was lightsabers, just my mind is faster so I type fast and yes I do make mistakes lol
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madlilnerd
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| Fri May 27, 2005 9:55 am |
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| webtaz99 wrote: | | Natural selection at work! Definitely one for the Darwin Awards. |
I so agree with that...
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