Star Wars Geek is the post were I showed off my tickets for Episode I. So seeing how Episode II opens tomorrow officially and the sneak previews tonight I figured I put up the link to my past geekness.

I had talked about how I read the comic book adaptation and how I wasn’t so thrilled about seeing the flick. Well now that it’s just a number of hours away I’m getting that fanboy itch to see it. I’m going to see if I can get tickets for tonight’s late showing. I just hope the movie plays out better than the comic book.

Well you win some and you lose some. My computer has decided to take a crap on me. When I boot up I get this wonderful Windows XP blue screen of death:

I think that I need a new hard drive.

I picked up a digital camera and the first thing I did was take some no flash shots of Star Wars Episode II in a dark theater. Home much of a Star Wars geek am I? It’s god damned Yoda man!

Yoda of course being the sole reason to see the movie. George should do some great word of mouth business off of Yoda dueling.

Here an interesting article from yesterdays Beloit Daily News called “Ramada owners identified“:

Two Chicago area people have been identified as the new owners of the Ramada Inn of Greater Beloit. Noor and Farida Sadruddin of Bloomingdale, Ill., have registered through the Illinois Secretary of State’s office to create a limited liability company to run the hotel at 200 Dearborn Ave., South Beloit.

It appears they started a company just to run the hotel:

According to information provided from the Secretary of State’s office, the company will be known as Serena Hospitality LLC. The papers were filed May 9. While an Internet search indicated Noor and Farida Sadruddin living in Bloomingdale, Serena Hospitality LLC has a business address listed at 200 Dearborn Ave. _ the same address as the Ramada Inn of Greater Beloit.

The new GM even got in the paper again:

Noor Sadruddin was the highest bidder when the hotel was auctioned April 30 in Chicago, according to current Ramada Inn of Greater Beloit manager Reaz Chowdhury. “He’s going through due diligence right now,” Chowdhury said. “He was the highest bidder and needs to make sure of everything.”

The auction guy brought up again the notion that these people are supposedly from the stateline area:

…the auctioneer of the hotel, would not confirm Sadruddin was the buyer, but did say the person who bought the hotel has a local connection in the Stateline Area. “There’s a local connection there, and it’s going to be great for the community and it’s going to work out well,” Kravets said.

Sadruddin sure doesn’t sound like a stateline area name to me. I can see why these people didn’t want to give out their name.

I’m going to end with soothing words of wisdom from the Dude:

“I think they’re going to put a lot of money into the hotel. We think the buyers got a great deal.” Chowdhury said Serena Hospitality plans to continue operating the property as a hotel and at the least a Ramada Inn. “At the minimum, it will stay a Ramada, but they are looking at flying other flags,” Chowdhury said. “They are very excited and looking forward to working with the community here.”

I failed to mention that my computer problem is fixed. For now. I still think that my hard drive is on the fritz. I still think it has a little to with the last time my pc took a shit on me. I’m may pick up a new hard drive this Monday just to be on the safe side.

So did you see Star Wars Episode II? I’ve seen this one three times now. Three times. I think three times is enough. Don’t get me wrong. I liked it. Of course I could watch Empire over and over. But that’s another story isn’t it? The love story is necessary. Lucas has to set up the whole turning to the dark side and becoming Vader thing.

If you didn’t like it, here’s some advice. Keep it to yourself. If you don’t like it without even seeing it, keep it to yourself. People getting bent out of shape about how much it sucked are wasting their time. Not to mention wasting my time.

This made me laugh until snot came out of my nose. It’s a picture and a story explaining the picture.

Here is the picture:

You have to read the story at the link to really enjoy this picture. Now excuse while I go wipe my nose.

The Case for the Empire is an interesting read that try’s to explain why the Empire of the Star Wars flicks are not such bad guys as we all assume. This article is really one of those things you have to read. And it help’s to be more than a little bit obsessive about the Star Wars movies. Here is a little snip from it:

“It’s a difficult leap to make–embracing Darth Vader and the Emperor over the plucky and attractive Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia–but a careful examination of the facts, sorted apart from Lucas’s off-the-shelf moral cues, makes a quite convincing case.” [Read More]

Also this article does reveal some small spoilers about Episode Two. So consider yourself warned if that bothers you.