The Star Wars Drinking Game --------------------------- To play the Star Wars Drinking game: Begin by inserting your weatherbeaten "Star Wars" videotape into the big slot on your VCR. Dim the lights for dramatic effect, and play the tape. The game begins right as "20th Century Fox" appears on the screen. Once the game has begun, you watch the movie for the listed events. Every time one of them occurs, everybody takes a sip of their drink. Drink when: 1.Someone has a bad feeling about this. 2.It's their only hope. 3.An entire planet is described as having one climate. 4.Somebody gets choked. 5.a woman other than Leia is on screen 6.An old Jedi starts to ramble about the Force. (Vader counts.) 7.Somebody's hand gets cut off. 8.A gigantic technological marvel explodes in a single blast. 9.There is a tremor in the Force. 10.It's not someone's fault 11.One or more heroes are almost eaten by a Thing 12.A Jedi is much more powerful than he looks 13.Someone exclaims "No!" 14.Someone does something apparently suicidal that turns out to be a good idea 15.Twice if it's not Han 16.Someone wears the same outfit in all three movies--it counts if they change at the end 17.Someone is mind-controlled using the Force 18.People kiss 19.A good guy wears white or a bad guy wears black 20.Twice if a bad guy wears white and a good guy wears black (for uniforms, only the first person on screen counts) 21.Three times if someone hovering in between wears gray 22.Every time you find yourself talking to the people on screen 23.An elaborately made up alien has no lines 24.Someone or something tries to get money from Han 25.Some ship crashes into something after being hit. 26.Someone has a light saber duel (includes just using light saber) 27.An Ewok dies, and the camera lingers longer than it did when the Death Star exploded, killing billions of people. (Fourteen seconds. Count'em.) 28.It is Luke's destiny. 29.Luke whines. 30.Luke discovers a long-lost relative. 31.Luke fights monsters or savages. 32.Luke does some nifty acrobatic flip. 33.Luke teeters on the brink of a chasm. 34.Luke is upside-down 35.Luke and Lando are in the same place at the same time 36.Twice if they speak to each other 37.Luke's parentage is Foreshadowed 38.Luke refuses to take someone's advice 39.Luke yells "Artooooo!" 40.Leia insults somebody. 41.Leia wears an outfit that covers everything except her face and hands 42.Twice if it covers her neck 43.Three times if she's almost totally nude 44.Obi-Wan Kenobi materializes for a guest appearance. 45.Obi-Wan Kenobi plays detective. ("...Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise.") 46.Han brags about the Millenium Falcon. 47.Anybody insults the Millenium Falcon. 48.Something doesn't work on the Falcon 49.Twice if it's the hyperdrive 50.Yoda uses bad grammar. 51.Yoda talks like a fortune cookie. 52.R2-D2 gets thrashed. 53.R2-D2 plugs into the wrong socket and his head spins around. 54.C-3PO loses a body part. (Take two drinks if he is completely dismembered.) 55.C-3PO informs us of just how many forms of communication he's familiar with 56.A Rebel pilot is of a race other than white 57.Twice if they're non human (co-pilots count) 58.A Rebel Pilot says "Nice Shot..." 59.A Rebel Pilot says "I've been hit..." 60.Tarkin brags about the Death Star. 61.The Emperor cackles evilly. 62.The Emperor has foreseen something. 63.Vader runs into one of his kids and doesn't recognize them 64.Twice if he tries to kill them 65.Boba Fett talks. 66.Stormtroopers shoot everywhere but where they're aiming. 67.Stormtrooper armor proves useless. 68.Any Imperial Ship is destroyed 69.A TIE fighter explodes for no reason. 70. Luke loses a family member/close friend and acts remarkably composed. 71. Carrie forgets her lines and has to have someone mouth them to her. 72. Han uses a crisis to sneak a grope at Leia. 73. There are more cardboard figures than actors on screen. The game ends when a bunch of Ewoks start dancing. No matter what you've been drinking, you will remember this image. The last person to give up drinking on each cue is the winner. Of course, ties are possible. If at some point you find that no one can successfully operate the VCR anymore, the game may as well be abandoned. Special!!!! And especially for those non-drinkers, there is: THE STAR WARS DRINKING GAME FOR MORMONS The rules are basically the same as the other game but the drinking cues are different. Drink when: 1.Stormtroopers display intelligence, courage, or training in battle. 2.Multiple Ewoks are killed. 3.Fantastic technology is explained. 4.Somebody listens to C-3PO. 5.Somebody cares about the environment. 6.The Emperor acts like a charming politician. 7.An Imperial woman is on screen. Last, but not least, don't forget to print out copies of this (in very large letters) to refer to. Have fun!!!