World of the Bizarre

Man watches Star Wars for 46 hours straight

By T.K. Randall
December 23, 2015 ·  9 comments

Star Wars remains a global phenomenon. Image Credit: CC BY 2.0 Doug Kline Fans of the epic sci-fi saga will have been eagerly queuing up to watch The Force Awakens at cinemas over the last few days, but even the most die-hard of Star Wars obsessives is unlikely to have attempted to watch all the movies back-to-back non-stop for a whole 46 hours.

40-year-old Braden, who is a content strategist at Dell, was one of seven fans who participated in the Alamo Drafthouse cinema chain's Star Wars marathon which involved sitting in a movie theater to watch through the entire saga - all six of the original and prequel films as well as episode VII - repeatedly in an endless loop until all the other participants had dropped out.

"I wanted to demonstrate my passion," he said. "I grew up with Star Wars. As a kid, the simple morality just appealed to me. Everybody likes a white-hat hero they can get behind."Braden had to rely on US Navy Seal breathing techniques to help him get through the ordeal.

"We put ourselves through hell mentally and physically," he said. "Watching it became almost a hallucinatory experience… one other guy complained of having chest pains and dropped out."

"I came out of it saying that I still enjoyed the movie. That's how you know it's good."

Source: The Guardian | Comments (9)

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