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New 'Star Wars' Movie Opens Nationwide in Two Days

Aired May 14, 2002 - 08:55   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: In case you've been in another galaxy and you missed the news, the new "Star Wars" movie opened nationwide in just two days. And a "USA Today" poll shows 29 percent of Americans say they will definitely go see the flick, but that means an astonishing 71 percent will not.

If you're part of that majority, our Jeanne Moos has, just for you, "Star Wars" for dummies.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): "Star Wars," "Star Wars," "Star Wars."

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: At 9:00, relive the "Star Wars" saga.

MOOS: Relive it? Some of us want to escape it.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is useless to resist.

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MOOS: But a few brave souls have tried.

(on camera): Do you guys know anything about "Star Wars"?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Not a clue.

MOOS (voice-over): What they need is a crash course, "Star Wars for Dummies," led by the biggest dummy of all.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have not seen a single "Star Wars" film.

MOOS (on camera): Wow.

(voice-over): A true "Star Wars" dummy doesn't understand a thing kids say about it.

We can't even pronounce the characters' names.

(on camera): Do you know Jar Jar Bink is?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.

MOOS: Binks. Oh, there's an "s" on the end, sorry.

(voice-over): We stand, or sit, corrected. It's time for the "Star Wars For Dummies" quiz.

(on camera): Obi Kenobi?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A machine.

(voice-over): Tell that to the old guy with the light saber.

(on camera): Jabba the Hutt?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, that one got by me.

MOOS (voice-over): Jabba is currently on view at the "Star Wars" exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, where you can view the model spaceships used in "Star Wars."

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is the Millennium Falcon right here.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's just the biggest hunk of junk in the galaxy.

MOOS: We found our guides in line awaiting Thursday's opening of "Attack of the Clones."

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's our address. We actually do have an address, because we order take-out.

MOOS: Back to the quiz.

(on camera): Wookie? Wokie? Wookie?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Wookie, it's a pet.

MOOS (voice-over): Not exactly.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A rupee?

MOOS (on camera): I think it's a wookie.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it's what my wife cooked me for dinner last night.

MOOS (voice-over): Actually, there's a "Star Wars" cookbook that does include a Wookie cookies recipe, and then there's all this sequel/prequel stuff.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now "Episode II" of the prequel...

MOOS: "Episode II" is the fifth "Star Wars" film to come out.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's like a flashback.

MOOS: There's one character everybody knows.

(on camera): Who is this?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yoda.

MOOS (voice-over): Did we say everybody?

(on camera): Did you hear about the lady who thought she won a Toyota when she won a toy Yoda.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.

MOOS: Do you know who Yoda is?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.

MOOS (voice-over): The woman who won the toy Yoda in a contest sued. She made enough to buy a Toyota.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yoda looks like sort of a dog.

MOOS: Actually, we once met a dog that did a Yoda impersonation.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The basis of the designer's eyes were Einstein's eyes , because Einstein has very kind and very wise eyes.

MOOS: Were he around today, even Einstein might be a "Star Wars" dummy.

(on camera): May the force be with you.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you, the force be with you.

MOOS: But what does that mean

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know.

MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

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