Are there any actual FANS of Star Wars still?

Bodie27 said:
When I hear the Yub Yub celebration song it takes me back to that time and I get to feel the nostalgia and for a few seconds I'm all those years younger and a lot less jaded and caught up in it all. It stops being what was better after viewing it 50 times in slo mo and more that visceral enjoyments. It makes me smile.
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Y'know, I have to agree with this. Something about hearing that silly "Yub Yub" song takes me right back to seeing Return of the Jedi for the first time. Back then it didn't matter that the movie wasn't quite as strong as the first two; it was Star Wars, and I loved it.
 
Star Wars has been too influential in my life for me not to enjoy almost all aspects of it. Sure, I have my little corners I like to hole up in more than others, but (so far, at least) I have yet to find something branded as Star Wars that I didn't enjoy. I think there are just varying degrees of enjoyment associated with various facets of the franchise. I like watching TCW substantially less than I do the OT, but yes, I still enjoy it. I just love getting lost in the vast world that has been crafted in the past 35+ years.

For me, Star Wars has transcended being enjoyable as "just a film". I love it in a totally different, bigger, more integrated way than I love other films, which I like as just that....movies. Take the Nolan TDK trilogy. I love those movies. The themes of finding something to live for, of taking your weaknesses and lows and turning them into your soaring, heroic highs- I intensely identify with, and have a very strong emotional reaction every time I watch them. Plus, they're just fun to watch. But I don't LIVE in that universe. I don't occupy that space. I don't fantasize about living at Wayne Manor like I do about flying to the forests of Endor. The love I have for TDK is just a different breed than my love for Star Wars; or rather, it's the other way around. My love of Star Wars is of a different kind of love than any other entertainment. It's more than "the films", or the "books" or "TV shows". It's the people I met because of Star Wars. The discussions I've had, the debates I've fought, the smiles I've shared. It's been a source for so much good in my life, that anything that resembles those Sci Fi movies my dad showed me on VHS when I was 2 is good in my book.


And so, I just can't personally feel any sort of hate or distaste toward the franchise. Sure, I'll roll my eyes when I see videos of "I'm Han Solo" and "Hologram Girl" from SW Kinect on Youtube. Yeah, I agree that Greedo shooting first is dumb. But those isolated details are so inconsequential when compared to the countless hours spent dreaming of the galaxy far, far away, that I can forgive them. Because for me, at least, Star Wars is greater than the sum of its parts. It's been a huge part of my life thus far, and I know it will be for the rest of it.
 
My perspective in watching has also changed a bit of late. I'm rediscovering my love of props and meeting people who know the props to the nth degree. So recently watching ANH I've started looking more at the surroundings and details instead of just being involved in the story. It's fascinating discovering details I'd never seen before and freshens up the rewatching as well.
I still think Ewoks are lame though ;-)
 
Bodie27 said:
My perspective in watching has also changed a bit of late. I'm rediscovering my love of props and meeting people who know the props to the nth degree. So recently watching ANH I've started looking more at the surroundings and details instead of just being involved in the story. It's fascinating discovering details I'd never seen before and freshens up the rewatching as well.
I still think Ewoks are lame though ;-)
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This is true. You really can notice stuff you would have never noticed before. Put in ANH and do it. Watch the entire movie without ever paying any attention to the main action. Consign yourself to ONLY paying attention to the background. You will be AMAZED by all the stuff you never realized was there before.
 
Laspector said:
This is true. You really can notice stuff you would have never noticed before. Put in ANH and do it. Watch the entire movie without ever paying any attention to the main action. Consign yourself to ONLY paying attention to the background. You will be AMAZED by all the stuff you never realized was there before.
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I did that a few days ago, I put on Star Wars (mine doesn't say ANH ;)) while I was finishing my saber build, and only looked at sets, costumes, props and greeblies. It's amazing how much you can see when you aren't looking at the characters. (especially in HD :D)
 
Are there any actual fans of George Lucas anymore?

I respect all he has done for the movie industry, and I love the Star Wars universe, but after the Special Editions and the prequels, he doesn't hold the high rank he once had with me.
 
rodneyfaile said:
Are there any actual fans of George Lucas anymore?

I respect all he has done for the movie industry, and I love the Star Wars universe, but after the Special Editions and the prequels, he doesn't hold the high rank he once had with me.
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I`m in the same boat. Heaps of respect for what he built though.
 
He's sure alienated a lot of his fans. TBO the more i see disney laying people off left and right the less i want anything to do with any of their products including starwars.
 
:lol If we boycott every company that lays off workers, we'll get mighty cold, hungry and wet pretty quick ;) Why not praise Disney for actually employing so many people? :lol (not that I do, just an exercise in logic ;))
 
Lucasfilm has to have a lot of employees for administration. Disney wouldn't necessarily need them. I'm guessing that it's those types of jobs that are being axed.
 
seelsa73 said:
I'm being facetious, of course there are, but the most vocal fans are the ones who refuse to accept the PT and, to a lesser extent, the EU as anything even remotely resembling Star Wars. So I mean ALL of Star Wars: OT, PT, Clone Wars, and the EU. I want to hear from those of you who love SW in every aspect of the Universe, story-wise. That's not to say you can't think that they misstepped along the way, but that as a whole it entertains you.

So sound off, I'd like to hear your thoughts. And let's everybody please be respectful, we get enough hate on other threads.
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I'm 45 and have recently re-discovered STAR WARS. Mostly fascinated with the making of it and all the technical stuff but I played some of the DVD the other day during lunch and enjoyed it as much as I did when I was 10. Looking at the trilogy overall, however, I'm not as much interested in ESB or ROJ; except for the making of them which I do plan to get the large "Making of..." books.

For the life of me I have no idea what OT, PT, Clone Wars, and the EU are.

Jon
 
I agree. I'm not saying you have to like or dislike any films in particular, yet really.. as for all the moaning about the prequals... You don't like it. You made that clear. We get it people, We do. Yes, I like the movies, all of them. I like the EU as well, although there are some books out there that I don't care to read. Here's an interesting point, though. I've seen it said quite a few times before, stuff along the lines of, "no TRUE/self respecting/real fan would watch that stuff" (the prequals) Whoa whoa, hold on now. Because I like the prequals, that gives you grounds to insult me? Not me specifically, yet I fall under those people. I can watch and like anything I want. I consider myself a true fan of all the films. What's more, never once have I insulted anyone else for something They like. Those Batman Nolan films for example. I like Batman, yet I can't stand those films. Have I ever had the nerve to say, "You're no true batman fan if you watch them!" ? No. Because even if I don't like them, I still show enough respect at least, for those who do, and I don't take to insulting them about it.

seelsa73 said:
I have no problem with people not liking the PT, EU, etc. But I really don't care to hear it any more. .
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Frosteon said:
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This is why I have never used the "No self respecting fan" argument; not only is it a bad argument, but it comes off as rather immature as well.

I personally don't like the Prequels, but I won't ram it down your throat either.:popcorn
 
You must like everything I like and hate everything I hate, or you are clearly a heretic and must be burned at the stake. Or eaten alive by hamsters. I'll have to consult the rulebook on that one. :p
 
Glad to hear that. :thumbsup What about real/true fan? am I not such because I like the prequals?

Shade88 said:
This is why I have never used the "No self respecting fan" argument; not only is it a bad argument, but it comes off as rather immature as well.

I personally don't like the Prequels, but I won't ram it down your throat either.:popcorn
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Did you get that indication from me? I posted it's fine not to like something that someone else does and vice versa.. or are you just making a joke about extremeists with that mindframe? lol

Solo4114 said:
You must like everything I like and hate everything I hate, or you are clearly a heretic and must be burned at the stake. Or eaten alive by hamsters. I'll have to consult the rulebook on that one. :p
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Solo4114 said:
You must like everything I like and hate everything I hate, or you are clearly a heretic and must be burned at the stake. Or eaten alive by hamsters. I'll have to consult the rulebook on that one. :p
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:lol:lol:lol EXACTLY what I was thinking! Wait ....who is it that only deals in absolutes?:confused:confused...:devil
 
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