So recently Disney bought lucas film, and unless they want to make a
star wars battlefront 3 a reality (which would be amazing) they really want to
make a new star wars trilogy. To get this out of the way, I’m all for this. In
a huge way. The purists who are crying in despair about the ruining of star
wars should shut up and watch avengers again, that was done by Disney. Hell the
whole marvel universe that has been built up for the last couple of years has
been because of Disney. Also the extended universe is very hit and miss, but
some of the hits are pretty damn good. So there are plenty of good story ideas
out there, but even if they decide to ignore that all there is still a good
chance that it will be awesome. Anyway back to the issue at hand, it really is weird
if you haven’t watched star wars.
Star wars has become huge, a cultural cornerstone which has been referenced
thousands or even hundreds of thousands of times, in the unlikeliest of places,
from serious dramas to light hearted comedy. Think about that for a second, no
other film has that much of a reach, or so many of them in one series. If a
film is very lucky, and extremely popular then maybe an idea, phrase or motif
will start to spread, for example everyone remembers the t rex scene in Jurassic
park, or the ending to citizen Kane. It’s incredible that star wars has so
many, think about it most people could name five maybe ten concepts or lines
that would immediately make anyone think of star wars. If someone says “that’s
no moon”, or pretends to have a lightsaber even the philistines who have never
seen it will know the reference. There was even a satellite system named after
star wars (imaginatively called star wars, but hey that’s what you get when you
put a retired actor in the white house).
Star wars then is film that speaks to both the previous generation and
the current one, especially with the new movies coming out there seems to be no
signs that this will change any time soon. People who saw the first film in the
cinema are in their mid forties now, and with the internet taking off at much
the same time it isn't too much of a stretch to say that stars wars has changed
our world, even if it was in small ways
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But do you know the real reason why you should watch star wars? because
they are great movies. They are included in almost every single greatest movie
list. They have won countless awards and been watched millions if not billions
of times. It’s been translated into a hundreds of languages and is generally
pretty darn good. It is a huge shame that for some reason genre films are
looked down upon as films, that their artistic merit is seen as somehow less
then serious films. Think about it what other film has had such a huge impact
but is so widely trivialised, and for no good reason. It’s not as if they
aren’t great movies, they have everything a films needs. The journey is
satisfying, the world building is top notch, each films story is pretty great
though the overall plot is sometimes a little spotty (the whole sister brother
kissing fiasco). The series is filled with more archetypes then Jung could
psychoanalyse, the wandering hero, the wise man, Good vs. Evil, the redemptive journey.
Plus it has laser pistols!
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| i love this poster for so many reasons, but the fact that in India a moon that can destroy planets isn't scary enough, it has to have eyes to make it really scary is probably the greatest thing ever. |
Star wars then is one of the all time classics, has permeated so far
into our society that to not have seen it is to not quite understand current
pop culture. You may understand where the references and quotes are from, but
if you haven’t watched Darth Vader tell Luke he is his father (and not know
beforehand) then whenever someone makes the reference that memory just won’t be
there making the joke mediocre at best. Even if you aren't a big fan of sci fi,
everyone should watch them, at least once just to understand (also light sabers
are the best thing ever).
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