You Know You're Addicted to Star Wars When
You believe John Williams is the best composer ever (which, of course, he is!), and George Lucas is a god (which, too, is pretty much true!)
While listening to the soundtrack without knowing the name of the song you are listening to, you know exactly what's happening while it's playing.
While playing Star Wars, you are always one of the good guys, while your siblings, whether older or younger, play the part of the bad guys.
You always know what the characters are about to say in the movie before they say it.
You know all of the script by heart and most of the songs as well.
Instead of counting down the days left of school, you count down the days until the first prequel comes out into theaters. (May 1999 I can't wait!)
You have read the original scripts, all the books, and believe movies should be made of them too.
You have ever seriously tried to use the Force.
You love to baby-sit for kids going through their Star Wars phase, so when they go to sleep, you get to play with their toys.
You have ever been kicked out of a poker game for suggesting, "Okay guys, lets go for random Sabaac. The stakes: planet Earth, and your new Dodge Neon."
Somehow, whenever you are in a conversation with someone, little subtle references to Star Wars are made.
You honestly believe that you can't argue with Star Wars.
You quote from Star Wars regularly.
Subtitles are more of a hindrance when aliens speak.
In foreign language class, you tell the teacher, "Hey! If I'm fluent in over six million forms of communication, then how come I'm getting such a bad grade in this class?"
When your friends confide in you and tell you their deepest, darkest secrets, you say, "You are far too trusting."
You need to watch the entire trilogy at least once a month.
When your dad says, "I am your father," you begin to scream uncontrollably and shout, "NOOOO! It's not true!" at the top of your lungs.
When you see a flashlight lying around, you can't help but pick it up and begin to hum and wave it around aimlessly.
You have ever thought the world would be a better place if it were like the Rebel Alliance/New Republic.
You now want to become an astronaut to see if there really is a Lando system.
Your dream about Star Wars in almost every moment of your life, both night and day.
Obiwan Kenobi and Yoda come to you in your dreams and give you advice about tough situations you're dealing with.
Yoda's little sayings have had a profound impact on your life, and you abide by them religiously.
You cry when Darth Vader dies.
You've created lyrics to the songs in Star Wars.
Instead of saving for college, you save up for Star Wars stuff you plan to buy.
Anyone who doesn't like Star Wars you proclaim is an Imperial.
When you watch the trilogy, it feels like coming home after a vacation, and after it's over, you always feel refreshed.
When you get mad at someone, and they apologize, you strangle them to death before accepting their apology.
When the band teacher yells out at the students, "The key of D flat is your weakness!" you, (the oboe player, of course) yell out, "And your faith in your friends is yours!"
You can't look at a swamp without thinking of Dagobah.
You would throw yourself down into the Sarlacc pit if it meant you would find out who Luke and Leia's mother is.
The worst insult you can think of to call someone is a "scruffy-looking nerf herder," or a "laserbrain."
You know what a nerf herder is.
There's a creepy guy that is totally obsessed with you, and when he asks you out on a date, your immediate reply is, "I'd sooner kiss a Wookiee!"
Final exams start tomorrow, and you haven't had any time to study, with all of your free time being dedicated to Star Wars and all. The fist phrase that comes into your mind is: "I've got a bad feeling about this."
When you are ticked off at somebody, you send bounty hunters all over the place to find them and then you encase him in carbonite for a new wall decoration.
All of the sites bookmarked on your computer are Star Wars related.
Offhand, you can quote about twenty sayings from Star Wars, know ten inside jokes, and have memorized the URLs for ten different sites.
You spend your time making these things up!
When you hear a song on the radio that somebody made a Star Wars song parody to, the only lyrics you can think of are the Star Wars related ones.
Half of your hard drive is stuffed with Star Wars clips, music, pictures, and other stuff.
Your e-mail address is Star Wars related.
You have a web site dedicated to Star Wars.
When your alarm clock goes off in the morning, your reply is, "Unexpected this is... and unfortunate!"
You find yourself discussing characters from the books and movies as if you knew them personally.
You find yourself discussing characters from the books and movies as if they were actually old friends of yours.
When riding your bike, you look behind you and accelerate wildly by pressing down on the petal with your right toe.
You've ever pretended the orange in your lunchbox was a thermal detonator, and thought about using it to get a better price at the milk counter.
Whenever your mother asked you to babysit your little brother, you always instilled confidence by replying, "Leave him to me. I will deal with him myself."
When you're looking through your drawer for that other black sock, you aid your search by telling yourself, "Lock on to the strongest power source, it SHOULD be the power generator."
You've made your Kenner Darth Vader figure a "proper" cloak out of cloth, to replace the cheap vinyl one he came with.
You've kept
the "good" action figures stored separately from the
"bad" ones.
Whenever you went
anywhere outside with your friends, you always walked single
file, to hide your numbers.
You've written several letters to the President recommending that he dissolve the council, put power in the hands of the regional governors, and let fear keep the local systems in line.
You won your car playing sabacc and made a lot of special modifications yourself.
You've ever called somebody "laserbrain' - and meant it.
You've ever used fishing line to try the snow speeder - tow cables maneuver on your cat.
When you and a friend have been on one of those amusement park rides where you had to sit back to back, and you started calling him Dack and told him to stop whining about his approach vector.
When trying unsuccessfully to snare that last Cheerio floating in your cereal bowl, you remarked, "the Force is strong with this one."
On Halloween, you would never dress as one of the following:
Luke
Han Solo
Leia
Vader
Chewie
Threepio
Artoo
However, you would
dress as:
Wedge
Porkins
Crix Madine
that spider droid from
Jabba's palace
that fat dancer from
Jabba's palace
Sy Snootles
Imperial Death Star
firing officers (dorky hat patrol)
Wuher (Mos Eisley
Cantina bartender)
Bobba Fett!!
The Dianoga (sewer
monster)
An Imperial probe
droid
You always kept a bowl
filled with live three-legged frogs next to your bed, just in
case you wanted a snack.
As a child, whenever you had broken something, your response was always, "It must've had a self-destruct mechanism. I didn't hit it that hard."
You actually CAN move things with the Force.
You've refused to enter a cave/cavern/tunnel without a handgun and a large stick.
You've told the mall Christmas elf, "You will take me to Santa now."
When you waited for a friend to catch up with you, you told him to hurry up or he'd be a permanent resident.
The girl you've been going out with suddently tells you she loves you and you said, "I know."
You've bought Wing Commander III and/or IV just because Mark Hamill was in it!
You've tried to create your own Yoda puppet out of a green sock and some buttons.
You have lightsaber duelled with cardboard tubes, rolled up periodicals, or common garden vegetables.
When nobody else is around, you've seriously tried to draw something into your hand with the Force.
You've used one of Solo's lines in an intimate situation.
You've been pulled over by a policeman and when asked to see your drivers' liscence you replied, "You don't need to see my identification."
You have physically threatened anyone who referred to "Hans Solo" or "Dark Vader", confused Star Wars with Star Trek, or spelled Wookiee with only one "e."
You have held up an onion ring and said, "Look sir, droids."
You've referred to Wedge Antilles or Boba Fett as "The Man."
Everytime you put a glove on your right hand you say... "that's right, Artoo. We're going to the Dagobah System. I have a promise to keep to an old friend."
You've ever found yourself in a chat room, training Jedi.
You've tried to make your own lightsaber.
You've gotten into a fist fight with a Trekkie.
You've told family and friends that your children LOVE Star Wars, even though they really don't, just so you can play with the toys!
You've bought a white Isuzu Trooper, strictly because of the name!
You've eaten popcorn and heard Yoda's voice saying, "Good food, yeeesssss!"
You've been pulled over by a cop for speeding and the only excuse you can come up with has something to do with either hydro-spanners, alluvial-dampers, or hyperdrive-motivators.
While sitting on the couch with your girlfriend, she comments about being cold. So, naturally, you slice open the side of the cushion and stuff her in.
When someone enters your house that you don't like, you point at them and exclaim, "We don't serve their kind here!"
You've ever been jipped of your change by a store clerk and said, "Hey! What are you trying to push on me?"
You've ever gotten a hold of an answering maching message and said, "TK-421, why aren't you at your post? TK-421, do you copy?"
You've ever told your younger brother at the dinner table, "Use the fork, Luke."
You've ever roped off your Star Wars Action Figure collection, claiming it to be an independent nation.