GUYS It’s Star Wars week! \o/ I am so excited and I am not really sure how I got here.
I mean, I’ve always been more of a Trekkie. Yes, I saw the original trilogy at a young age and I’ve seen them a fair amount of times since then. I even went through a phase in middle school (though, admittedly, driven by wanting to have something to talk about with a friend who was way more into it than I was) where I read a bunch of the EU (now, sadly not canon) novels.
(I also saw each of the prequels on opening night, each time, hoping against hope, that it would be a good experience. My parents always told me about seeing the original trilogy in the theaters, especially the first one, with the Star Destroyer coming in from overhead, and I guess on some level I was hoping to recreate that.)
So I’ve been kind of following what’s been happening in the Star Wars universe out of a vague, detached interest. It all seemed kind of inevitable, Disney buying the franchise (I mean, they’ve had that ride at DisneyWorld forever, right?) and J.J. Abrams directing the first new movie.
(Coincidentally, some members of the Trek community refer to Mr. Abrams as Jar Jar Abrams. Not in a nice way. And I would tell you why but then we’d never get out of here, so you’ll just have to extrapolate.)
And then they started filming, and then the trailers started coming out, and still I was just following along because of my like for the original trilogy, and nothing was really doing it for me.
And then, bam, about a month ago, it kicked in. Not a full-out obsession, no–I’m not stalking actors or fandom or any of that ilk–but a definite sense of anticipation. And then a definite looking forward to seeing the movie. (We have tickets for Saturday morning.) And now it just kind of bubbles up. I’ll be editing a lesson about accounting and all of a sudden my brain goes, “STAR WARS! Starwarsstarwarsstarwarsstarwarsman, remember how awesome Princess Leia is? And Han and Luke and Chewy and…”
Part of it may have been because of Lego Star Wars. My eldest asked if we could play it, and playing through it has reminded me of how much I enjoyed watching the movies as a kid, and how much fun the story is. And seeing him be so excited about it has been catching.
So I’m excited! And hopefully, this time, it will live up to the hype.
Are you going to see the new movie? Have your tickets already?