Back to my roots
Nov. 3rd, 2009 12:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jedimara77My fandom roots, that is.
On Sunday I had the opportunity to see Star Wars In Concert at the St. Pete Times Forum. My best friend Amanda bought me the tickets as a combined Christmas/birthday present because she said "it would be wrong if I didn't go see it," and I haven't been wanting to spend a lot of money lately. In short, she is awesome. Since Amanda couldn't attend herself, I invited my friend Vanessa to go with me, since she's also a Star Wars fan and had said she would love to see the concert. (My husband, who I met at a STAR WARS CONVENTION, did not want to attend. Weirdo.)
We got to Tampa early and ate lunch at Precinct Pizza, formerly NYPD, and it was delicious! Then we walked to the Forum and ended up getting upgraded to the lower bowl section, yay!
The concert was AMAZING. The orchestra and choir sounded beautiful. The LED screen was the clearest I've ever seen. The first clip they showed was, of couse, the Star Destroyer flying overhead from ANH, and I immediately turned to Vanessa and said "Wow that looks awesome!" It definitely convinced me that I need a Blu-Ray player once the movies are finally released in that format.
Anyway, the concert followed the same format at the Star Wars: A Musical Journey DVD that was released with the ROTS soundtrack, except that Anthony Daniels was the narrator, they changed the order of songs just a tad, and they added "The Flag Parade" from TPM to the first act. Also, the intro to the second act was "Clash of the Lightsabers," one of my favorite songs from ESB, accompanied with mood-setting lasers. It was pretty awesome.
During the first half of the concert I mainly restrained myself from bouncing around. The first act started with the "Main Title," of course, they showed clips from the movies in order that they were released, which I thought was really cool. The first act ended with "The Imperial March," and I was so pumped that I had to go buy a t-shirt. (I had originally said they were too expensive, lol.) The second half was much more emotional for me, mainly because there seemed to be more slow songs. "Princess Leia's Theme" had me convinced that I need to name my potential future daughter Leia. "Yoda's Theme" made me feel really sad for him, especially since the last clip they showed was Yoda dying. "Luke and Leia" made me smile and misty-eyed, especially at the clips of them hugging at the end of ANH and greeting each other at the rendez-vous in ROTJ. The worst, though, was "Light of the Force," which showed clips Luke and Vader fighting in ROTJ, then Vader dying, and then Luke lighting the funeral pyre interspersed with clips of Anakin throughout the prequels, ending with the shot of him turning around to run back to his mother in TPM. Ohhhhhhh that nearly made me bawl. I have such mixed feelings about Anakin as a character, and things like this really make me feel sad that he had such a tragic life (and make me think "Why did you have to be such a DUMBASS?"). The last song was "The Throne Room and End Title," ending with clips of the actual throne room scene, as well as the end parade from TPM and the new celebrations at the end of ROTJ. Then they came back on for an encore, which was a much-desired reprise of "The Imperial March."
If you get a chance to see this concert, I HIGHLY recommend it. I am back on a Star Wars high. I came home from the concert and immediately put in TPM. :)
There are some clips of the concert on YouTube if you are interested. This user has several in high def. http://www.youtube.com/user/michelleilovemusic#p/u/1/6wV3REPGWL4
On Sunday I had the opportunity to see Star Wars In Concert at the St. Pete Times Forum. My best friend Amanda bought me the tickets as a combined Christmas/birthday present because she said "it would be wrong if I didn't go see it," and I haven't been wanting to spend a lot of money lately. In short, she is awesome. Since Amanda couldn't attend herself, I invited my friend Vanessa to go with me, since she's also a Star Wars fan and had said she would love to see the concert. (My husband, who I met at a STAR WARS CONVENTION, did not want to attend. Weirdo.)
We got to Tampa early and ate lunch at Precinct Pizza, formerly NYPD, and it was delicious! Then we walked to the Forum and ended up getting upgraded to the lower bowl section, yay!
The concert was AMAZING. The orchestra and choir sounded beautiful. The LED screen was the clearest I've ever seen. The first clip they showed was, of couse, the Star Destroyer flying overhead from ANH, and I immediately turned to Vanessa and said "Wow that looks awesome!" It definitely convinced me that I need a Blu-Ray player once the movies are finally released in that format.
Anyway, the concert followed the same format at the Star Wars: A Musical Journey DVD that was released with the ROTS soundtrack, except that Anthony Daniels was the narrator, they changed the order of songs just a tad, and they added "The Flag Parade" from TPM to the first act. Also, the intro to the second act was "Clash of the Lightsabers," one of my favorite songs from ESB, accompanied with mood-setting lasers. It was pretty awesome.
During the first half of the concert I mainly restrained myself from bouncing around. The first act started with the "Main Title," of course, they showed clips from the movies in order that they were released, which I thought was really cool. The first act ended with "The Imperial March," and I was so pumped that I had to go buy a t-shirt. (I had originally said they were too expensive, lol.) The second half was much more emotional for me, mainly because there seemed to be more slow songs. "Princess Leia's Theme" had me convinced that I need to name my potential future daughter Leia. "Yoda's Theme" made me feel really sad for him, especially since the last clip they showed was Yoda dying. "Luke and Leia" made me smile and misty-eyed, especially at the clips of them hugging at the end of ANH and greeting each other at the rendez-vous in ROTJ. The worst, though, was "Light of the Force," which showed clips Luke and Vader fighting in ROTJ, then Vader dying, and then Luke lighting the funeral pyre interspersed with clips of Anakin throughout the prequels, ending with the shot of him turning around to run back to his mother in TPM. Ohhhhhhh that nearly made me bawl. I have such mixed feelings about Anakin as a character, and things like this really make me feel sad that he had such a tragic life (and make me think "Why did you have to be such a DUMBASS?"). The last song was "The Throne Room and End Title," ending with clips of the actual throne room scene, as well as the end parade from TPM and the new celebrations at the end of ROTJ. Then they came back on for an encore, which was a much-desired reprise of "The Imperial March."
If you get a chance to see this concert, I HIGHLY recommend it. I am back on a Star Wars high. I came home from the concert and immediately put in TPM. :)
There are some clips of the concert on YouTube if you are interested. This user has several in high def. http://www.youtube.com/user/michelleilovemusic#p/u/1/6wV3REPGWL4
