It's just a movie for goodness sake!

Rating: 8/10 (23 March 2008)

Remember that and I sincerely believe you will really enjoy this film. Life is far too short to take all this stuff so darned seriously.
So sit back and get comfy with a nice fresh tub of buttered popcorn and a drink (this is quite a long movie you know) and enjoy! There are no answers to "Life the Universe and... everything!" here. There are no deep and meaningfuls of any kind. What there is here is an alternate universe with alternate problems and alternate joys which allow us to forget our real universe and and our real problems for just a little while. And perhaps, if we're really really lucky, we might just be able to bring some of the perspective, this larger than life universe Lucas has provided for us, back into the reality of our own 'little' lives and realise maybe just maybe our own though perhaps very real problems may not be as large and severe as we may have originally thought. After all, perspective is a wonderfully cathartic thing sometimes.
I was in my mid teens when I saw the original Star Wars 'magic' and though I didn't realise it or appreciate it at the time, that is exactly what the movie trilogy did for me then. It took a very naive and anxious teenager with acne and what seemed then like insurmountable problems and transported him to "A Galaxy Far Far Away" and showed him a universe of teenagers and people struggling with much bigger problems and catastrophes and just said "Believe in the Force young Luke". In other words "Trust in life, the universe and... everything will be alright and somehow work itself out". Well I'm now thirty years older and I hope wiser and I can honestly tell you: He was right! As I said before, life's too short, so relax, and enjoy. Because that's all this film and indeed the series was made for... a little bit of fun and pure escapism, nothing more and nothing less. And on that score Lucas has once again succeeded admirably.
That's really all I wanted to say except please be nice to each other! Kindest regards and best wishes.