Star Wars 'Stand-a-Thon' Kicks Off in New York

Patient force waits, raises money ahead of series’ final installment. A black-clad Darth Vader and storm troopers in white armor flanked a Jedi knight with an angelic smile as die-hard “Star War” fans on Saturday launched a marathon “stand-a-thon” countdown to the opening of the final film of George Lucas’ intergalactic science fiction saga. Source: Reuters