Star Wars: In Concert - I Can Die Happy Now
11 04 09 - 16:48 Category: .
Last night David and I went to Star Wars: In Concert. All I knew about it was that it was a live performance of the Star Wars scores along with movie clips. That alone was worth the ticket price. The violinist in me would die to do a Star Wars concert. Seeing it performed live was amazing.
Turns out, it was so much more. First of all, it's not just an orchestra concert. It's an orchestra concert, with good lighting effects with a bit of a laser show, HD movie clips, and it's told in a narrative style between pieces by Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) live. They opened it with the THX tone and the Twentieth Century Fox theme, exactly like Star Wars starts in every fan's head does. I had no idea. I was squeeling like a kid.
On top of that, they had a lot of the original costuming on display beforehand and afterwards including Vader, Chewie, and Yoda. They also had some of the original scores on display too. I didn't even think to bring my camera. We didn't get a super close look because of the crowds, but it was still amazing.
The other great part was the cadre of people there, best emphasized by six seats in our row. Amongst our six we had a mother who fell in love with the original series with her then nine-year-old son in the 70s, now a grandma still loving it. She gave David and I tootsie rolls. There was a guy, maybe in his early thirties, and his four year old son (in costume). I can only imagine his son loves I-III and dad was a fan of IV-VI. And then you have me and David. We had all the generations covered. Three decades of fandom.
Sadly we didn't get any souvenirs. The cheapest was a light-up lightsaber keychain for $10, they wanted $30 for the program and $40+ for shirts. Looking to move means we're cutting back on expenses. I'm determined to get a replica lightsaber (one of the light-up ones) now. Vader's... for Christmas... I wants it.
If you are a Star Wars fan it is a definite must, and if you are an orchestra/movie score fan it's still something worth going to.
Well, I hope you get commission, as you’ve just ‘force’d me to order tickets from my most hated vendor, Ticketmaster…
Palace of Auburn Hills Sat of Thanksgiving Weekend.
Whoo Hoo for sure. (That’s metro Detroit)
I just love your Jedi mind control games, Derek!
Doug (Email) - 15-10-’09 20:16
sounds FUUUN! You should defs get a FX lightsaber :) I have 2, vaders and anikin’s. They are insanely awesome to play with. Just… err… Watch your overhead fans and lights… ::whistles::
Paul (Email) - 18-10-’09 23:11
I went to this in Phoenix 2 weeks ago! It was AMAZING! I wanted to go home and watch all the movies that night. It was so much better than I thought it would be. I too was shocked by the prices of the t-shirts and other items. $30 for a program is a bit out of control and $40 for a t-shirt is just crazy talk.
Daniel (Email) (URL) - 15-10-’09 10:29