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Since May 27, 1977, on the opening of Star Wars episode IV: A New Hope, audiences everywhere have been captivated by the storylines and special effects of these movies. With a sequel released in 1980 and yet another in 1983, a total of 1.3 billion dollars was earned in the box-office. Another 4 billion dollars of merchandising was made from 1977 to 1997. Throughout the years, thousands of people have become addicted, in a way, to Star Wars. Not only do they know much about the making and filming of the movies along with the cast and crew, they also live as if they were "Jedi". This tends to scare some.
As many of us may know, the new Star Wars movie, named Attack of the Clones, was released into theatres on May 16, 2002. Since then, the movie has made a total of 202.5 million dollars in the box-office. Many Star Wars fans saw midnight showings of the movie the day it opened. It is completely acceptable to stay up and watch a movie that one is expected to like but there is a definite line between liking something and being obsessive about something.
Junior Darren Giglio states, "There is a difference between Star Wars freaks and people that know a lot about Star Wars. Star Wars freaks are people who wait in line for the twelve o'clock showing in full costume, running to the top of parking structures screaming, 'How many hours are left until the showing?' That's bad." Freshman Tony Mayes also commented on the subject saying, "I saw Star Wars. For a second, I became confused because there was a waiting line outside. Lines are horrid. Then there was the movie. People who dress up as the characters that's odd people who memorize facts and idolize Yoda, that's fine. As for the "freaks", as long as you're not living with your parents at the 28-year mark and consider yourself part of the movie, I'm fine with you existing. God bless Yoda and Solo and all those happy Jedi."
I don't get all the hoopla surrounding Star Wars in general. Sure, there was a big, hairy beast who grunted like a dying moose, and a chick with cinni-buns in her hair, but all in all, the movies are rather predictable. The first three movies were about a bunch of left-wing, militant hippies who wanted to live in harmony and save a planet from all evil. They were opposing the so-called "Dark Side" that contained all the cool characters in all the movies: Darth Vader, the Emperor, and that weird old dude in the Death Star in the first movie. And then they have that dyslexic muppet who speaks English as if it were Spanish.
These new movies, sadly, are even worse than the ones before. Jar Jar Binks is easily the most annoying character in the whole spectrum of characters that were ever conceived- and this is, mind you, includes Carrot Top. These movies are way too confusing to follow considering they don't go in order and I'd only watch them again because they have some pretty nifty one- liners.