The Circle is Now Complete
It's taken almost thirty years to tell the tale... the whole tale. Six films to complete the most ambitious film project ever conceived.
If you're a girl, or if you haven't seen the latest -- and last -- Star Wars film, you might want to jet now, because I'm about to enter official Geek mode.
SPOILERS GALORE AHEAD!
Speechless. For once I am left speechless.
After seeing this movie, I forgive George Lucas for anything he might have done wrong in Episodes I and II.
There's really nowhere to start, nowhere to begin. The original Star Wars trilogy was the first series of movies I consciously remember watching as a child. By the time I was six I knew almost every line by heart. I had the toys (I used to tie firecrackers to them and freeze them in cups of ice); me and my friends played make-believe (while everyone else argued over who got to be Luke Skywalker, I simply leaned back and twirled my blaster... I was Han Solo); I even read the books (ah, the Thrawn trilogy). Star Wars is permanently ingrained into my psyche. It is a part of me. And it's the same with guys like me everywhere, between the ages 25-40. It came to us during a time in our young lives when we lusted for adventure, and the Star Wars movies delivered and then some. The movies had everything: the archetypal heroes and villains; cool robots; laser guns, lightsabres, space ships and aliens. It was the battle of good vs. evil on a galactic scale.
I was a little disappointed with Episodes I and II. There were a lot of good parts, but there were a lot of bad parts, too. In all I enjoyed them, but they just didn't have the "feel" of Star Wars. I believe if George Lucas handed the reigns over to another scriptwriter and director, we'd have three totally different movies... probably better movies. As it is, though, Lucas pulled a rabbit out of his hat with Episode III. I left the theater feeling a certain finality, mixed with a little sadness. I mean, it was the end... the END... of Star Wars. That was it. The story had been told. But at the same time I had that final sense of closure, you know... now you know the whole tale in its entirety. All the secrets had been revealed. I thought it was the perfect ending for such an amazing modern myth.
If you're a girl, or if you haven't seen the latest -- and last -- Star Wars film, you might want to jet now, because I'm about to enter official Geek mode.
SPOILERS GALORE AHEAD!
Speechless. For once I am left speechless.
After seeing this movie, I forgive George Lucas for anything he might have done wrong in Episodes I and II.
There's really nowhere to start, nowhere to begin. The original Star Wars trilogy was the first series of movies I consciously remember watching as a child. By the time I was six I knew almost every line by heart. I had the toys (I used to tie firecrackers to them and freeze them in cups of ice); me and my friends played make-believe (while everyone else argued over who got to be Luke Skywalker, I simply leaned back and twirled my blaster... I was Han Solo); I even read the books (ah, the Thrawn trilogy). Star Wars is permanently ingrained into my psyche. It is a part of me. And it's the same with guys like me everywhere, between the ages 25-40. It came to us during a time in our young lives when we lusted for adventure, and the Star Wars movies delivered and then some. The movies had everything: the archetypal heroes and villains; cool robots; laser guns, lightsabres, space ships and aliens. It was the battle of good vs. evil on a galactic scale.
I was a little disappointed with Episodes I and II. There were a lot of good parts, but there were a lot of bad parts, too. In all I enjoyed them, but they just didn't have the "feel" of Star Wars. I believe if George Lucas handed the reigns over to another scriptwriter and director, we'd have three totally different movies... probably better movies. As it is, though, Lucas pulled a rabbit out of his hat with Episode III. I left the theater feeling a certain finality, mixed with a little sadness. I mean, it was the end... the END... of Star Wars. That was it. The story had been told. But at the same time I had that final sense of closure, you know... now you know the whole tale in its entirety. All the secrets had been revealed. I thought it was the perfect ending for such an amazing modern myth.
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