#toyshelf: CREATURE: (irritated) “I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience.” BEN’S VOICE: “He will learn patience.” CREATURE: “Hmmm. Much anger in him, like his father.” BEN’S VOICE: “Was I any different when you taught me?” CREATURE: “Hah. He is not ready.” LUKE: “(realizing who the creature really is) Yoda! I am ready. I…Ben! I can be a Jedi. Ben, tell him I’m ready!” Luke hits his head on the hut’s ceiling as he hurries to stand. #starwars (Taken with instagram)

#toyshelf: CREATURE: “Why wish you become Jedi? Hm?” LUKE: “Mostly because of my father, I guess.” CREATURE: “Ah, your father. Powerful Jedi was he, powerful Jedi, mmm.” LUKE: (a little angry) “Oh, come on. How could you know my father? You don’t even know who I am. (fed up) Oh, I don’t even know what I’m doing here. We’re wasting our time.” #starwars (Taken with instagram)

#toyshelf: EXTERIOR: DAGOBAH — CREATURE’S HOUSE: A heavy downpour of rain pounds through the gnarled trees. A strange baroque mud house sits on a moss-covered knoll on the edge of a small lagoon. As rain tap-dances a tune on Artoo’s head, the stubby little droid rises up on his tip-toes to peek into one of the glowing portals. LUKE: “How far away is Yoda? Will it take us long to get there?” CREATURE: “Not far. Yoda not far. Patience. Soon you will be with him.” #starwars (Taken with instagram)

#toyshelf: VADER: “If he could be turned, he would become a powerful ally.” EMPEROR: “Yes. Yes. He would be a great asset. Can it be done?” VADER: “He will join us or die, my master.” #starwars (Taken with instagram)

#toyshelf: INTERIOR: VADER’S STAR DESTROYER: VADER: “What is thy bidding, my master?” EMPEROR: “There is a great disturbance in the Force.” VADER: “I have felt it.” EMPEROR: “We have a new enemy — Luke Skywalker.” #starwars (Taken with instagram)

#toyshelf: The moment spoiled, Leia exits quickly. HAN: “Thank you. Thank you very much.” THREEPIO: “Oh, you’re perfectly welcome, sir.” Han turns back to disappointingly discover Leia gone. #starwars (Taken with instagram)

#toyshelf: Suddenly, Threepio appears in the doorway, speaking excitedly. THREEPIO: “Sir, sir! I’ve isolated the reverse power flux coupling.” #starwars (Taken with instagram)

#toyshelf: HAN: “You like me because I’m a scoundrel. There aren’t enough scoundrels in your life.” Leia is now very close to Han and as she speaks, her voice becomes an excited whisper, a tone completely in opposition to her words. LEIA: “I happen to like nice men.” HAN: “I’m a nice man.” LEIA: “No, you’re not. You’re…” and with that, they kiss. #starwars (Taken with instagram)

#toyshelf: HAN: “Come on, admit it. Sometimes you think I’m all right.” LEIA: “Occasionally. maybe…when you aren’t acting like a scoundrel.” HAN: (laughs) “Scoundrel? Scoundrel? I like the sound of that.” LEIA: “Stop that.” HAN: “Stop what?”LEIA: “Stop that! My hands are dirty.” HAN: “My hands are dirty, too. What are you afraid of?” LEIA: “Afraid?” HAN: “You’re trembling.” LEIA: “I’m not trembling.” #starwars (Taken with instagram)

doctorwho:

Obsession can be good

zanderpants:

From Cracked.com’s 5 Celebrities Who Got Famous for by Being Obsessed Fan Boys

#2. The Geek Who Would Be Doctor Who

Started Out As:

A young, obsessed Doctor Who fan whose schoolteachers had to tell him to shut up about it.

But Became:

The Doctor.

Recently, Doctor Who won a victory over Star Trek by becoming the longest-running science fiction series ever. Twice as many actors have played the Doctor over its entire run as have played James Bond. All the way back in the ’70s, the role belonged to Tom Baker (the fourth Doctor), and his biggest fan in the universe was a geeky kid named David McDonald.

And McDonald was a megafan to an extent that few men could begin to realize. As a child in school, it was all he ever wrote about, to the point where his teacher had to tell him to stop before she had to fail him. His most treasured possession was the stripy Doctor Who scarf his grandmother knitted him.

But he was a talented kid, even if he channeled all that talent into incessantly ranting about Doctor Who (a teacher still has one of his essays about the Doctor, titled “Intergalactic Overload,” in which McDonald talked about becoming obsessed with the thought of being the Time Lord himself). And where most kids eventually drop their fantasy of growing up to be, say, a Jedi, David McDonald stuck to his guns and joined acting school. Only, because they already had a guy named David McDonald, he changed his name to something that a lot of nerds will find instantly familiar: David Tennant.

Tennant worked hard, forging himself a successful career in Shakespearean stage productions, until one day, while recording a radio play, he learned of a project that was being recorded next door: a Doctor Who animation being produced in an attempt to revive the series after a 14-year hiatus. This was Tennant’s big break. He crashed the production and managed somehow to convince the director to give him a small role. Now that his foot was in the door, he was able to audition for the role he was born to play once the series geared up again. And guess what? He lost to Christopher Eccleston.

Oh, but they gave Tennant the role a year later, when Eccleston quit. And Tennant went on to be voted the best version of the Doctor ever by fans, which makes sense, because he knew the character better than anyone in the history of the universe. As if that wasn’t a big enough screw you to the realists who mocked his obsession, he also married the daughter of Peter Davison, the fifth Doctor. Because apparently his good fortune just wasn’t implausible enough already.