======== Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc Subject: **TV Interview Transcript** From: chewie@trory.demon.co.uk (James Trory) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 19:57:28 GMT Hello RASSM and anyone I've e-mailed this to... Well it finally happened. ITV broadcast the infamous "appearance" last night at 2:35am. I made the mistake of staying up that late to watch it, so I'm knackered beyond belief today. I suddenly came to the conclusion that they must have held back this show because of the SW content - it's "in" topic, isn't it, what with the rereleases just hitting our shores. They broadcast The Official RASSM Homepage URL on the bottom of the screen, and also on their Web site, so I ought to get a few more hits this week. Anyway, for your literary pleasure, here is the interview in all it's glory: --------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO: [Woman talking] James has been fighting his Star Wars battles on the Net for months. Now David is trying to take over. [Shot of me and Dave laughing. Hey, my models look good!!] [We were the first "article", so after the usual talking about stuff, they got on to us] Wingham: This is James. He spends a lot of his time in the discussion groups set up on the Net for people who want to discuss Star Wars, but he's in there fighting battles. How did this start for you? James: Well I got introduced to it by my Dad, and I'd been a Star Wars fan for a couple of months - I didn't really know much about it. I discovered this discussion group, which was absolutely brilliant. All these people talking about Star Wars and swapping news - that sort of thing. So I just started posting there, and sending messages, and it just went on from there really. [My models look good here too. Hey, there's my Dad in the background!] Wingham: Right, we need to explain what it is you do. You and a group of other people around the world play this game where you take on a ficticious identity. You send a message describing what you're doing to one of the opposing characters - what sort of situation you're putting them in. They then have to send a message saying how they escape, and then if they do it to your satisfaction, they can attack you in the same way. [During the next bit they have a screen shot of RASSM and the other RASS newsgroups on a monitor] Wingham: The discussion group where you're fighting these battles is set up for people who want to have sometimes...[pause]...intellectual discussions about the Star Wars films. How do they react to people like you coming in and saying "I'm throwing a bag of Wookiee puke at you right now"? [Hey, Watson! Our little fight gets a mention! ;) ] James: They don't like it at all. The Star Wars purists don't like it. They say the discussion group is purely for discussing and not for humourous....[pause while I think of how to get out of a dead end]...interchanging, if you like. Wingham: You've now got yourself a fan club. There are about 20 people around the world who call themselves the James Trory Fan Club and they are dedicated to playing this game purely in the role as followers of you and getting you out of situations. What was the genesis of that? James: Well that started after a previous war where somebody suggested that I should be worshipped, and the James Trory Fan Club was born. [Ah, the Millennium Falcon looks especially nice here! :) ] Wingham: Tell us why they decided you were worth worshipping. James: Uh, I think it was because I posted so many messages. I spent a lot of time there. I used to spend 2 or 3 hours a day just answering everything. Wingham: Right, well, like all leaders you must fear losing the support of those who follow you and you're actually under threat at the moment because... come on David... [Wingham waves on David who sits next to me] Wingham: This is David, who's a mate yours from college, who is actually challenging you as leader of your own fan club. What have you done to try and take over James' fan club? David: Well I set up like a rival organisation called "The Cause" which I'm High Priest of... [High Priest??? Nice models! :D ] ...and I attempt to disrupt as many groups as I can - mainly James' - so they can free themselves and be who they are so they don't have to follow anyone. Wingham: Are you having much success - are the members of the fan club deserting him and following you instead? David: No, they're staying pretty loyal at the moment, especially someone called Rakelle... [Rakelle gets a mention. I'm starting to laugh in the background at this point :) ] ...I tend to get a lot of hate mail off her in particular, but they generally just don't like me. Wingham: And James, why do you think he's doing this? James: Uh... probably because he's jealous... of my power! David: You're a raving megalomaniac, why would I be jealous of you?! -------------------------------------------------------------------- And there ends the infamous interview. My models looked pretty cool on TV BTW! ;D Anyway, they seemed to cut out a lot, namely where I describe how Jedi Scott put cling film on the JTFC's toilets (even though it was Happy - but Wingham couldn't stop laughing, I'm surprised they cut it) and they also cut off several other things I thought were quite good. Never-the-less, I was pleasantly surprised at the way it turned out in the end, and apologies to this entire newsgroup for making such an enormous fuss about it a couple of months ago. -- James "I'm totally optimistic about nearly everything. I tried to commit suicide yesterday with a potato peeler. I didn't like it." -- John Bolduc (Spaceman Spiff) The Official RASSM Homepage http://www.trory.demon.co.uk/rassm/index.htm