{"id":67573,"date":"2015-12-18T01:19:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T06:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=67573"},"modified":"2015-12-18T01:19:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T06:19:55","slug":"the-force-awakens-new-orleans-style-revelry-with-the-intergalactic-krewe-of-chewbacchus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/12\/18\/the-force-awakens-new-orleans-style-revelry-with-the-intergalactic-krewe-of-chewbacchus\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Force Awakens&#8217; New Orleans style revelry with the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_67575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67575\" style=\"width: 2400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Star_Wars_The_Force_Awakens.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-67575\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67575\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Star_Wars_The_Force_Awakens.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo from Wikia)\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Star_Wars_The_Force_Awakens.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Star_Wars_The_Force_Awakens-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Star_Wars_The_Force_Awakens-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Star_Wars_The_Force_Awakens-1024x692.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo from<a href=\"http:\/\/starwars.wikia.com\" target=\"_blank\"> Wikia<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW ORLEANS\u2014In a unique mashup of cultures\u2014one from a galaxy far, far away; the other from a New Orleans bar\u2014a Mardi Gras parade club is celebrating the premiere of the latest \u201cStar Wars\u201d movie with Wookiee and Jedi costumes, a brass band and a parade into the French Quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus (motto: \u201cSaving the galaxy one drunken nerd at a time\u201d) planned early screenings of \u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d for 100 of its officers. The first Thursday evening screening was to be followed by a New Orleans-style \u201csecond line\u201d march into the French Quarter. Members in garb from fantasy and science fiction were to be accompanied by a brass band playing a medley of<br \/>\n\u201cStar Wars\u201d tunes\u2014including the jaunty music from the cantina full of aliens in the original film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a big, spinning, crazy nerd party on wheels,\u201d krewe co-founder Ryan Ballard said ahead of the march.<\/p>\n<p>Ballard said the krewe&#8217;s genesis dates back about six years to a conversation he and a friend were having at, fittingly, the Saturn Bar. Topics included the furry co-pilot of the Millennium Falcon spaceship in the \u201cStar Wars\u201d franchise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a barroom joke,\u201d Ballard said. \u201cIf there was a nerd krewe, it should be a mashup of Chewbacca and Bacchus, the god of wine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chewbacchus was born. And the group grew from a few hundred early participants to roughly 1,000 now. Their annual Mardi Gras season parade generally takes a different meandering route through New Orleans neighbourhoods each year.<\/p>\n<p>Ballard said Thursday&#8217;s early \u201cForce Awakens\u201d screenings were arranged for krewe leaders who are instrumental in the group&#8217;s community outreach efforts, including food drives and programs to help disadvantaged children participate in Mardi Gras events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW ORLEANS\u2014In a unique mashup of cultures\u2014one from a galaxy far, far away; the other from a New Orleans bar\u2014a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":67575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-67573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle","tag-original","mauthors-kevin-mcgill","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}