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‘Sith’ lets soldiers drift into space

May-28-2005 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

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By Matt Misterek, The News Tribune

MOSUL, Iraq – A night or two ago in a country far, far away, hundreds of “Stars Wars” fans wearing Stryker brigade patches on their shoulders got a rare treat.

They saw a big-screen version of “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith” almost as soon as the folks back home did.

The contractors who run the Morale, Welfare and Recreation office here landed a DVD copy of the sixth and final film in George Lucas’ science-fiction saga. They’ve been playing it once a day since Monday, switching up the showtimes between noon and midnight to accommodate the soldiers’ crazy schedules.

Spc. James Gentry grabbed a box of popcorn on his way into the auditorium Friday night and said he’d been trying all week to catch the movie, but the screenings kept conflicting with his unit’s Stryker missions chasing down insurgents.

The 34-year-old soldier said he was impressed with how quickly “Sith” made it to the war zone.

“It’s hard to express how difficult it is for us to catch up with the outside world over here,” said Gentry, who’s part of the brigade’s 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, known as Deuce Four. [...]


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