Just a very quick entry on this Sunday Before Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens,T-minus four days until our first glimpse into a larger world…
I have diligently avoided most things Star Wars for weeks now, months even. I’ve viewed nothing beyond the first full-length trailer (several thousand times, but still…) and stopped clicking on any link that leads to the Dark Side. Or Light Side, for that matter. As I type, a commercial for the latest installment of our beloved saga just popped onto the TV screen in the other room, and I literally put my fingers in my ears and shouted, “LA LA LA LA LA LA LA…” until it was over. Immature, but effective.
I WILL be surprised and thrilled and enlightened at 7:30PM on Thursday, and you don’t need to see my identification…
In preparation for Thursday, I began to watch the saga in Machete Order. You know. Episode IV, V, flash back to Episodes II and III, then Return of the Jedi for the BIG FINALE! I assume that this is the remastered Episode VI we’re talking about, fireworks and Hayden Christensen. I won’t watch it any other way now, no offense to Sebastian Shaw. They say this machetes out Episode I, turning Anakin’s story into Luke’s, but…but…but..I LIKE Jar Jar, and Star Wars will always be Anakin’s story to me. Will it still be after Thursday? I wonder. Alas, with five kids, a husband, a cat, and Christmas, there’s just no way my movie viewing could happen before this blog entry was due. I’ll let you know how it goes.
I also have an issue with Yoda these days, ever since Jay Krebs made a comment to Jeff McGee on his podcast, Banta Banter. Is Yoda or is Yoda not the Jedi who said the words, “Do, or do not. There is no try?” Isn’t that an absolute? Don’t SITH deal in absolutes? Hold that thought, and I’ll try to discuss that next time, too.
For now, may The Force surround you and penetrate you and bring you joy as it awakens this Thursday. Enjoy this holiday season. Love to all from amidalooine, and remember…
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