May the Fourth!

I've had a bit of an obsession with Star Wars. Just a tad. This includes owning enough Star Wars t shirts to last me a week, two toy lightsabers, two candy dispensers of Darth Vader and R2D2, ANNND a "A New Hope" movie poster... Yeah, it's not obvious that I enjoy it at all.

Is it sad that I almost come to tears when I discover a friend has never heard of nor seen any of the films? It's a classic! How can you not?!

There's been several arguments that the newer ones have not been the best, stick with the old ones, or stick with the new ones because the graphics are better. I've always been one to fight for what I believe true and right but, they are movies and people are entitled to their own opinions. So, let it be. I like both the new and old films because all of it tells an epic story! To be honest, I prefer the old graphics, that's where all the hard work went into or like, the very hands on work. Where you can see how the costumes move when the characters speak. Awesome. But thank God that George Lucas knew how to cast for his films, otherwise it would've ended horribly.

But then we have the people that are against it completely or just refuse to watch or enjoy it to it's full and amazing glory! These are the kind of people that will probably only have one favorite series. They will only be Potter fans, or LOTR fans, or.. God forbid, Twilight fans. While I will admit to not seeing all of the Lord of the Ring movies, I am NOT fully against NEVER seeing it. I've seen most of the Harry Potter movies and I like them! I actually read the Twilight books (I'm a girl, I was curious what the buzz was about) I liked the books... I laughed when I saw the movies. The only point I'm getting at is, people! Be open minded!

I might crack jokes about a series but it's with a good heart, and an ignorant mind. Like I had said, never saw all the LOTR but if I make fun it is because I like hearing peoples' reasons as to why I shouldn't make that joke and why I should see it. You know, like pushing buttons to see what works.

Back to the main part of this awesome day. STAR WARS!! Don't get me wrong, I love Luke and the whole Han Solo gang but I am a sucker for the dark side. I have an unlikely soft spot for Darth Vader, when you watch the movies in order from one through six, you see him become the monster he tried so hard not to become but the power and the want to save his family went to his head, not his heart. But his heart was not gone forever. That's why I cried while watching episode six... When he told Luke that he was right about him, there was still good. And then he died. :,(

I once had an argument with a six year old about who killed General Grievous. Coming to find out he was referring to the tv series and not the movie series. Apparently that part of the story is completely different. Not a big fun of the whole making it into a cartoon series but like I said, it's a matter of opinion. This movie is geniously made. It's not a word but it's my word, deal with it. Lucas made the last three, which, back then, the graphics were like nothing anyone had ever seen! So you can imagine how well that sold. And THEN he made the first three like 20 years later! People would see it to know what happened and because it would probably look just as cool. Millions and millions of dollars. And directing it was just as awesome, it brought you it, it made you laugh, made you cry, made you wanna yell, "What are you doing??"

This, all this, ladies and mostly likely gentlemen is why I love Star Wars!

May the Fourth be with you.