The school year is over and a lot of my readers no longer have fast internet access, so as a result readership is down. In order to boost flagging visits, I'm selling out and making a post about Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. When Google crawls my page tonight it will find much Star Wars Episode 2-related content and boost my rating in that department. Because the movie, Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones, is coming out next week, I will get a lot of visitors looking for movie tidbits or copies of the illegal bootleg.

Unfortunately, I haven't actually seen the movie like David has, although I have read a lot of the reviews. The consensus among fans of the trilogy seems to be that it is much better than Episode 1, which begs the all-important question: Why is there no name for rabid Star Wars fans? When someone says the word "Trekkie", you can instantly conjure up an image of someone who can speak Klingon and has endless online debates about whether or not Captain Kirk slept with Mr. Spock. However, the phrase "die-hard Star Wars fan" just does not do justice to someone who waits in line for four months to see the movie and has a bumper sticker that says "My other car is the Millennium Falcon".

There is an amusing article on CNN.com about Star Wars fans and the crazy things they do with the following hilarious snippets:

-"Before heading to class, University of Washington history student Jacob Kenagy sets his VCR to record commercials -- yes, commercials -- in hopes of finding a new ad for 'Star Wars.'" Sounds like someone who is firmly grounded in reality.
-"Fans also got early conceptual drawings and photos from spies on the set and at manufacturers of 'Star Wars' merchandise, said Gary Demirdjian, 32, an aspiring filmmaker who frequently posts as 'Lord Mauly Mall' at TheForce.net." Wow.
-"Lucasfilm sometimes objects when sites reveal copyrighted footage, try to make money or mix R2-D2 with pornography." Regretfully I could find no examples of said pornography in a quick search of the 'net.

Speaking of the crazy fans who have been waiting in line since January, I bet they were pretty pissed when, after four months of skipping work and wasting time, a bunch of 'net geeks saw the movie before they did. That's a shame.

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So hopefully I am now ranked #1 on Google for all things Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. I'll be seeing the movie after work next week so I'll most a real review of it then. Until then, keep your Boba Fett costume on and get back in line.