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"Star Wars" Fans Waiting in Seattle for Tickets

Aired January 10, 2002 - 05:57   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: We're just coming up at the top of the hour and I have a question for you, how big of a movie buff are you? "Star Wars Episode 2" does not open until May 16, but two "Star Wars" fans in Seattle are already in line with four-and-a-half months to go.

CNN's Lilian Kim reports these guys are perfecting the art of waiting.

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LILIAN KIM, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's coming May 16, and these guys are first in line.

JEFF TWEITEN, "STAR WARS" FAN: I'm a huge "Star Wars" fan.

KIM: Jeff Tweiten and John Gooth (ph) plan to sit in front of this Seattle movie theater until "Star Wars Episode 2" premieres.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're not a bunch of geeks that just, you know, sit at home in front of our computers.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is all in an effort to produce an artistic project that we're working on to capture what it's like to wait for something.

KIM: Four months of waiting in the cold, but they think they can handle it.

TWEITEN: Sit back, slow down, enjoy the moment of, you know, just sheer anticipation.

KIM: John, a small business owner, and Jeff, an artist, spend the day chatting with passersby and talking on the phone. They're updating their artistic project on their Web site, but moviegoers just don't get it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Be nice to have that much time on my hands.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it's kind of a complete waste of time, actually.

KIM (on camera): What's interesting is that this theater doesn't even know if "Star Wars Episode 2" is going to be playing here, but that's not deterring Jeff and John. They say they'll move if they have to.

(voice-over): Until then, these "Star Wars" fans will stay right here, hoping that the force will be with them.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You could call it the force. I guess that's appropriate for the setting, sure.

KIM: In Seattle, Lilian Kim reporting.

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