Star Wars

 

Star Wars is huge and part of several human generations, and right now, could possibly be bigger than ever as the so called Sequel Trilogy has finally started in last year's december. It is without a doubt one of if not the biggest communities of fandom out there.

My preference goes to Lord of the Rings's universe, but seeing as that story and The Hobbit are both fully adapted by now, our focus is entirely onto Star Wars's even larger universe, and the announced movies alongside spin-offs will keep even the main movie audience interested.

My first movie was Episode IV: A New Hope as a kid, and it kind of was the only one I saw until seeing V and VI much later in my teenage years, forgetting about those two then, and reinvigorating interest in all three after seeing the Prequel Trilogy which is infamous for it's mixed reactions.

Of course, massive amounts of merchandise including video games, comic books, action figures and more mediums combine all into the popularity it gets, and recognizable themes such as the Jedi and the Sith, robots, aliens, space opera and the Death Star keep up the familiarity.

George Lucas was also inspired by numerous older movies including Westerns and Japanese art houses from the 50's before directing Star Wars in 1977, and clever videos like on YouTube portray exact similarities towards them.

Star Wars is so huge that I honestly can only talk individually about the Episodes now, as I am not even familiar with the so called Expanded Universe term that fans often like to point out when it comes to canon.

Perhaps I will speak more about this franchise sooner or later, but for now, I am glad that I have been able to experience these space opera stories alongside the rest of the fan community.