30 years down road !

Rating: 10/10 (29 April 2007)

I'm not going to ramble on about how good Star Wars is, it has reached a point now where mere words just cant do it justice. I just love it, it is like a drug, a few seconds with it and i'm somewhere else, it just makes your mind take flight, so on that level it is like a kind of intoxication.
It forces you to imagine and wonder, like any well told story, it demands audience participation on some level. This kid in 1977 didn't stand a chance, after 2 hrs i was in for life, even though my Dad called it "daft".
I love all of it, the films, YES all the films. Just cannot understand the whining about the prequels, all i could think of when watching them was "Yaaaay we're back in the Star Wars universe". The merchandise, all of it, to me it all boils down to 3 letters F U N.
Its a shared experience, i saw the re-release in Manchester in 97 with my friends and about 300+ students, when the logo came up the screaming and shouting was deafening. When you consider that most of those students would have been just born or not even with us yet, on the films original run, it just shows how truly unique its lasting effect is.
So heres to 30 years of Star Wars, thanks for all the F U N and heres to another 30. ( get cracking with those TV shows George !) Sorry i did ramble a bit, but hey ,how often does the 30th anniversary roll around, as Woody from Cheers would say "dont ask me, i'm not a fan!"