In May of 2002, I attended a sneak peek charity screening of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. The ticket cost about $400 dollars, most of which was tax deductible. The charity that received the proceeds was one in education, and the two theaters worth of attendees raised somewhere around 300,000 dollars. I also received a grab bag of Star Wars related merchandise, treated to All-You-Can-Eat In-N-Out prior to the showing and a lavish gala premiere party afterwards (where it was basically an all-you-can-eat buffet bar with free wine). Several San Francisco luminaries were there, as was George Lucas.
Since that time, I've been keeping a tighter watch of my finances, but I still found myself looking on TheForce.Net to see if there would be any charity screenings around for this, the final big-screen chapter in the Star Wars Saga.
It turns out that there will be charity premiere screenings, but glancing at the site selling the tickets, even for a techie like me, the price of the tickets would be considered too extravagant. In comparing the SF showing I attended to the LA showing, I feel like I received a bargain in SF 3 years ago, as the meet and greet was with Lucas rather than a minor character who has one line in ESB (and it was $1100 cheaper!)
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