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Author Topic: Thank you, George - The Star Wars Memories Thread
Sturm Antilles 
Title: Former Manager
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39833_Anakin
Date Posted: 6/8/05 1:54am Subject: RE: Thank you, George - The Star Wars Memories Thread
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PadmeLeiaJaina 
Registered: May '02
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Date Posted: 6/8/05 2:35am Subject: RE: Thank you, George - The Star Wars Memories Thread - Date Edited: 6/8/05 2:41am (3 edits total) Edited By: PadmeLeiaJaina
I was born in 1970. As a child, I spent the first 4 years of my life in and out of hospitals, and don't remember much before I was 5. Then I got better and began life as a normal kid. Between 5-6 nobody could figure out what was wrong w/ me, I wasn't doing well in school.

Lightning struck - both my parents are hopelessly near sighted and low and behold, I needed glasses.

1977 arrives.

With it comes this grandoise movie about adventure and excitement in a GFFA. For a child who'd never really seen the world before, my first real visual excitement was seeing Star Wars in the theaters.

It was better than sugar, better than candy. The movie was a stunning, visual feast for the eyes and soul. A junkie was born...I was hooked. I collected everything and still have all of my cherished toys, books, and everything of my youth.

I spent my first grade year chasing the boys around on the playground. I always played the duel role, Princess Leia and George Lucas. If they dared to deviate from the ACTUAL story of ANH, I would immediately correct them and get our play back on course. STAY ON TARGET>>>STAY ON TARGET!

At age 7, STAR WARS was one of those first moments of self realization in my life. I understood full heartedly that this amazing story had been created out of the mind and imagination of one man. George Lucas became my hero and remains so today.

After Jr. High and the trilogy was over, life continued. I always felt there was a void in it, though. In college, I yearned for that story of my youth that spoke of dreamers who became heroes. I dabbled into ST:TNG and Voyager, but it wasn't the same. ST never held the same fascination for me that STAR WARS did.

Finally the EU arrived and I read a lot of it, then promptly lost interest after the story seemed to lose its way and focus.

The SW Renissance in 1996 with the reintroduction of figures, Shadows of the Empire and the SE's reawakened the hungry beast inside of me. I couldn't get enough. Out of college, I had money in my pocket and picked up the missing vintage toys of my youth and added the newer POTF versions where the vintage items were too costly.

Then, magically, an announcement came...George was ready, the prequels were coming.

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine that there would be another trilogy of SW. I thought for sure that GL had forgotten, that he had lost interest. But he didn't and the result was glorious.

I cried when the opening credits rolled for "The Phantom Menace" - I just couldn't believe that the universe of my childhood was back. I cried for the last 1/2 hour of "Revenge of the Sith." It's a testament to the man that his stories can make me weep, for I never cry in movies - never. Nothing else has ever touched me the way SW does.

I suppose I love the prequels because instead of viewing them w/ overly critical eyes, I watch them through the eyes of child who first experienced the world in visual clarity.

The FX were brilliant, and upon multiple viewings, each film beautifully arcs back and forth between the 2 trilogies, creating story circles - showing how the steps that a father took led him to darkness, whereas his son, when faced similar challenges embraced the light.

These will always be my favorite movies. Nothing will ever make me as happy, no story will ever enrich of fulfill my soul the way that STAR WARS does. George Lucas inspires me to write, to dream, and to not be afraid of embracing the strange creative creature that sometimes lurks in my brain, seeking an outlet. The creature who arrived way back when, when I was too sick as a child to do anything other than daydream.

I thank him for allowing my imagination to take flight and soar. And I thank him for allowing me the priviledge of joining him on his magical journey, I know that my life is richer because of it -

even if my pocketbook disagrees tongue

 

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Sturm Antilles 
Title: Former Manager
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39833_Anakin
Date Posted: 6/9/05 1:54am Subject: RE: Thank you, George - The Star Wars Memories Thread
Beautiful story, PLJ.

 

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