Star Wars movie marathon 'golden ticket' had Calgarians doing Darth Vader, Yoda impersonations
The Calgary Eyeopener | CBC News | Posted: December 15, 2015 5:11 PM | Last Updated: December 16, 2015
Winning super-fan will sit through 17 hours of cinema in a galaxy far, far away
For some, it is the perfect way to spend 17 straight hours. For others, pure agony.
CBC Calgary received a lot of entries from people wanting to be our correspondent at the Star Wars movie marathon event happening Thursday at the Scotiabank Chinook Theatre in Calgary.
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To win this coveted seat, we asked you to call the Calgary Eyeopener talkback line and give us your best impersonation of a Star Wars character. Here are some of the calls that came in:
In the end it was Graham White who awoke the force.
White impressed us with his knowledge of Ryl — the language of the alien species Twi'lek, from the planet Ryloth.
"I've got a Yoda licence plate," said White, who says he often gets "May the force be with you" notes left under his windshield wipers.
White says he's always had a crush on Princess Leia and once had a very interesting exchange with actor Carrie Fisher.
"I was kind of in awe, getting her autograph and it just came out of my mouth and I said, 'I love you.' And she looked up and looked me right in eye and said, 'I know' — and went right back to signing."
Which was, of course, is the famous exchange between Leia and Hans Solo in The Empire Strikes Back.