I'm a geek. This should come as no surprise; my blog's name is about how I want a jetpack. Today, as you can see by the pun in my title, is Star Wars day. I'm a big fan of Star Wars. I was a little kid when the first one came out and it just blew me away. The epic story, the special effects, the aliens everywhere, the technology that seems so much more plausible than Star Trek. Star Trek was too clean, too pristine while Star Wars was gritty and grimy and seemed so realistic. The music was amazing and a friend and I used to listen to the soundtrack on vinyl as elementary school kids. My dad used Star Wars to get me interested in science by giving me a telescope and taking me to planetarium shows and giving me science books.
George Lucas is a controversial figure in some ways due to the prequels that the fans HATE and that he can come off as surly when talking about the fanboys. Hell, there's a movie called 'The People versus George Lucas'. Still, his movies made millions of people happy for two generations and he's always been great when it comes to letting people make fan movies in his franchise. There are thousands of people who were inspired to work in movies because of his work and his special effects company, Industrial Lights and Magic, have created a large percentage of new movie technology, especially when it comes to CGI. He's the movie version of Steve Jobs. And the first three movies are damn good, especially 'Empire'. So Happy Star Wars Day! Or as R2 would say, beep-boop-chirp-doop-weet!
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