Yesterday was a HUGE day for Star Wars fans everywhere — we got the FINAL trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens! After what seemed like the longest first half of a football game EVER, the trailer debuted during Monday Night Football and it totally delivered. It gave just the right dose to hold us off until December. And at the end of those 2 and a half minutes, Star Wars fans all felt the same thing: we're home.
I was too young to see the Original Trilogy in theatres — I was born in August of 1983, 3 months after “Return of the Jedi” opened. Thankfully my dad had seen them on the big screen, and knew that once I was old enough he would show me the films. I don't remember when I first saw them; they've always just been there in my mind. Other than the Back To The Future trilogy and Batman '89, no other films have impacted me more than Star Wars.
I love Star Wars because it made me love sci-fi, fantasy and genre stories, and it made me love movies even more. It fired my imagination and it continues to do so. In the late 90s, all 3 original films were re-released in theatres as “Special Editions” — my first time seeing them on the big screen. A few years later, I was among the throngs of fans who waited in line for the prequels. I got suspended for two weeks in high school and my parents were cool enough to let me go see the midnight screening of “Attack of the Clones” I had tickets for. They knew how much Star Wars meant to me. I love Star Wars so much, even the prequels are alright in my books — and that's a BIG statement.
Some people have been wondering what all the hype over this new Star Wars film is about. See, when Star Wars fans walked out of “Revenge of the Sith” back in 2005, we all thought that was the last time we'd see a new Star Wars movie. George Lucas said time and time again he would not make any sequels, and for many years it seemed like that would hold. Things changed in 2012 when Disney bought Lucasfilm and revealed they were going to make Episode VII! The news blew my mind fifty different ways.
Three years later and here we are — just under 2 months away from The Force Awakens and it's amazing. I now have my tickets purchased for the earliest showing on Fri, December 18. Christmas is coming a little earlier this December, kids — and it's from a galaxy far, far away!