Namaste and welcome to my blog, my friends, family, and fellow knowledge seekers. Thank you for joining me today as I talk about one of my favorite movie franchises of all time; in particular the fan base of often cantankerous viewers. Let's jump right in by stating emphatically that I LOVE ALL THINGS STAR WARS...
As you may be able to tell from the title of the blog, this message is about the haters.
Whether you like the Star Wars franchise or not, the movie series has no doubt been divisive, spread across 42 years, multi-generational, and beyond George Lucas's wildest imagination. There has been every type of marketing and product manufactured with the Star Wars logo and/or character iconography from t-shirts and plush toys to toothpaste and wallpaper... which is part of what I think has led some to Star Wars fatigue.
Let's be honest and clear here, though... the "original trilogy" of Episodes 4, 5, and 6 came out with "A New Hope" in 1977. There are MANY "fans" of the franchise out there that have not been true fans since the end of the original trilogy in "Return of the Jedi". These same "fans" didn't like the "prequel trilogy" of Episodes 1, 2, and 3. Some claimed the acting of Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen ruined these movies. Other hater "fans" actually made death threats to young actor Jake Lloyd, who portrayed a young anakin in "The Phantom Menace" and also made death threats to Ahmed Best who played the goofy Jar-Jar Binks. Cause-heads even got offended believing Watto was racially depicting an alien as a Jew. I can't even fathom this...
These same "fans" hated the holiday specials. They hated the Ewoks. They hated the "Clone Wars" animated movie and the follow on series of the same name. There were even hater "fans" that had to rag on the Clone Wars short episodes from the Cartoon Network. Oh, but the "fans" didn't stop hating there, despite the majority never reading any of the supplemental canon books/novels, graphic novels, comic books, technical manuals, etc.; chasing the dragon of that feeling Star Wars gave them as a youth, even though after 42 years, we've all grown up a bit...
These "fans" hated Episode 7 "The Force Awakens", they hated "Rogue One", they hated "Solo:A Star Wars Story", they hated on "Rebels" and they especially hated on Episode 8: "The Last Jedi" the MOST. Adam Driver has been compared to Hayden Christensen and Daisy Ridley has been compared to Natalie Portman from the prequel trilogy, but I think that's kind of the point. Seemingly random events have happened throughout the movies to culminate in the finale of the Skywalker saga in Episode 9: "the Rise of Skywalker".
December 20th, 2019 will see the end of the story come to your local theater and soon to home video after that, yet the saga will live on. The power of the force is strong with this franchise. Shows like The Mandalorian with the Child (baby Yoda) on the Disney+ streaming service are bringing the Star Wars universe to whole new generations of people and breathing a breath of new life into the franchise that will likely lead to other spin-offs including other Disney+ shows like Obi-wan Kenobi, Yoda, and Boba-Fett, to name a few that have been thrown out there on social media... which brings me to my next point: social media.
The Internet is a blessing and a curse. Endless amounts of information and data at a finger-tip and still a world full of ignorance and hatred. True fans don't go onto social media and trash the movies, video games, and cartoon shows. Those are the FAKE "fans" that haven't ACTUALLY LIKED Star Wars since the original film trilogy: 4, 5, and 6. That's not a real fan.
These fake "fans" have become trolls; online starting fights on Facebook and in their homes.
Everyone has a right to their own opinions about everything, BUT we don't have the right to go around being a jerk to others that don't believe the same as we do...
It's really simple. If you don't like or no longer like the movies... watch something else. Get a hobby. Get a boyfriend or girlfriend (or whatever, depending how you roll). DON'T, however, feel the need to spread hate across the world about a freaking MOVIE. I wish these "fans" would that emboldened and worked up about something in this world that ACTUALLY MATTERED like equal rights and equal pay; climate change, forest and wild animal conservation; pollution; green technology, freedom, foreign relations, etc.
Fuck the fake "fans" and haters. Episode 9: the Rise of Skywalker is going to be AMAZING!!! Emperor Palpatine may be back, like WHAT?!? Finn, Poe, Rose, and Rey along with R2-D2 and C-3P0 are going to unite the rebels, kick the Empire's ass, and bring about a new order of force users that are in BALANCE with the Force. Sounds awesome to me. Make up your own mind and don't believe the drivel of online trolls. You are NEVER too old to enjoy the Star Wars franchise. May the Force be with you. Always.
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