If you’ve ever wanted to laze away a weekend watching all seven (going on eight, going on nine, and so on forever because Disney will never stop the chain now) Star Wars movies but didn’t have the DVDs or Blu-Rays at home, there’s some good news for you. TNT and TBS have taken over as the broadcast rights holders for the entire series from Spike, a channel most households don’t have, therefore a limited amount of people could enjoy access to all the films all the time.
If we’re lucky, the Turner network will treat these movies no differently than they treat the Lord of the Rings or American Pie series at least 20 weekends a year. As in, play them around the clock for three days straight no matter if people are actually watching them at four in the morning or not. Nothing sounds better than having insomnia, rolling over and turning the TV on, and finding out that a massive Star Wars weekend marathon has just started on one or the other of the channels. According to io9, TNT is granting that exact wish with a marathon of all the prequels and original trilogy films with a September 20th marathon. Check the schedule below to see when you should avoid the screen lest you be suddenly beset by prequel rage.
Tuesday, Sept. 20
8 p.m. and 11 p.m. (ET/PT) – The Phantom Menace
Wednesday, Sept. 21
8 p.m. and 11:05 p.m. (ET/PT) – Attack of the Clones
Thursday, Sept. 22
8 p.m. and 11:05 p.m. (ET/PT) – Revenge of the Sith
Friday, Sept. 23
8 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: A New Hope
Saturday, Sept. 24
10:45 a.m. (ET/PT) – The Phantom Menace
1:45 p.m. (ET/PT) – Attack of the Clones
4:55 p.m. (ET/PT) – Revenge of the Sith
8 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. (ET/PT) – The Empire Strikes Back
Sunday, Sept. 25
5:15 a.m. The Phantom Menace
8:15 a.m. Attack of the Clones
11:20 a.m. Revenge of the Sith
2:25 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: A New Hope
5:10 p.m. (ET/PT) – The Empire Strikes Back
8 p.m. and 11 p.m. (ET/PT) – Return of the Jedi
2 a.m. (ET/PT) – The Phantom Menace
Rogue One won’t air on either channel until 2018, which only feels a long way off until you remember that Episode VIII will probably have just premiered by then.
(via io9)
