The world is in the grip of the Force today, and I've succum to it as well. While the pervious enstallments of SW have been really uneven with too many CGI battles adn lack luster acting Lucas has me stoked. It's not often the fan-boy in me comes out anymore. Too old and too many times dissapointed...and perhaps I will be again. I still remember how disapointed i was with the absolute mess the Matrix became. i was a Star wars fan with teh first movie, skipping school at 15 years old to see it's first show at the Biarwood mall in Ann Arbor. I saw it over 20 times in it's first run in the movies between the drive-in and mall. I still remember my dad falling asleep during the Death Star trench scene!
I've been wanting to see this chapetr even since I read about it in Steranko's Media Scene some 25 years ago, darth getting pushed into the lava etc.
It still speaks to the power of Lucas' creation that despie his lackluster delivery since Empire, ( FUCK EWOKS!) coupled with the supernova overexposure that all the promotion creates, so many people world wide as so jonez'n to see this baby.
My prediction is he will return again to this universe, and on the big screen, maybe 10-15 years from now, after the TV shows and other spin-offs.
I used my Jedi mind powers to avoid an consequences.
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