From TheStar.com:

Toronto Star Wars fan Lelila is more than a little excited about Attack Of The Clones, the latest episode of the space fantasy franchise.

"Whoa! Rush! *garble* *pant* *drool* ... just watched the Mace (Windu) spot," she writes in the FanForce section of TheForce.net, a leading Star Wars Internet site. "Gasp! I need this movie HERE, NOW!"

Another Toronto fan, code-named Darth Sunder, suggests Lelila really needs a cold shower. But still another local Star Wars freak, Adam-the-Indifferent, shares Lelila's enthusiasm, despite his unenthusiastic name.

"This movie is going to so rock!!!" he proclaims, figuring that one exclamation point isn't enough.

Everybody is just going to have to take a stress pill until May 16, when Attack Of The Clones makes its galactic premiere. The online chatter suggests the fan frenzy for all things Star Wars is as unruly as ever.

It's funny, then, how calmly everyone is queuing to get into the big show. All across the world, fans are planning elaborate lineups and stakeouts to make sure they're the first to see Attack Of The Clones, just as they did for the previous Star Wars instalment, The Phantom Menace, in May 1999.

They're pumped, but they're not pushy. They're organizing themselves with a thoroughness that could make a convention of Swiss watchmakers look like an exercise in anarchy. The ever-orderly Canadians, natch, are helping to set the standards of decorum.

A group called The Toronto Long Line, with about 40 members and counting, is planning to begin queuing day and night outside the Sheppard Centre Grande Cinemas in North York beginning May 10 at 6 p.m. The site was chosen for its perceived friendliness to Star Wars freaks, and its close proximity to grocery stores and pizza shops. Long Line members visited the site last Saturday to approve the location.

The Long Liners have their own T-shirts, their own Web site (www.thetorontoline.com) and a FAQ list answering the questions someone might ask about people who are crazy enough to stand for a week to see a movie. The most pertinent query is: Why line up when you can just purchase advance tickets?

"This isn't meant as a test of endurance; it's supposed to be fun," says Rob Clark, one of the Long Line organizers. "If we just wanted a line we can get that at any bank branch or government office."

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