Thoughts on Star Wars

I grew up on Star Wars. I reveled in the epic thrills of laser shootouts, lightsaber combat, space dogfights, and the struggle of a small rebellion against one of the most awesome villains brought to cinema. I emulated them in my playtime. LEGO, "House" (which was really a catch all for any sort of improv acting we kids partook in), books, and the occasional video game at a friend's house; all were permeated by the incredible variety of adventures offered by the limitless galaxy far far away...

...Then I got older...

...And the prequels happened...

Episode I: Phantom Menace, came out when I was 8 years old. By then I was old enough to recognize bad acting and poorly-written dialogue when I saw it. But the incredible finale between Jedi and Sith warriors made up for it. But then the second one happened, and I knew Lucas was overreaching. (Episode III wasn't that bad...compared to the previous one at least. Don't even get me started on that lame excuse for a TV show they have going)

So I turned to books for my Star Wars fix. Timothy Zahn, Michael Stackpole, Kevin J. Anderson, and others I have by now forgotten; they were what kept me up late into the night, reading. I read almost every novel our library contained that was stamped with the iconic logo before I got tired of them. The plots became generic. Every novel with a Jedi character became a slugfest of trying to one-up any previous author on creative and bizarre ways to use the Force. When Jacen Solo survived falling from the top of a spacescraper (like a skyscraper, but much taller), my eyes were opened to just how lame the novels had become.

I moved on. I was still a great Star Wars fan, but it did not occupy much of my time as it used to. I had hopes for the Clone Wars show (oh great, I got started), but the writing and acting is even worse than Attack of the Clones. I think I'll leave it at that.

But then come trailers for this new MMORPG that Lucas has coming out. The Old Republic? For those of you who have seen, you know what I'm talking about. For those who haven't...well...I've got one thing to say:

This is how Star Wars should have been...





Enjoy?

~Tommy

P.S. It's about time someone dropped me a comment...kthanx :)