Get it? That's the joke behind today being Star Wars Day, a yearly time to celebrate all that is Star Wars with costumes, movie rewatches, and spin-off novels.
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The eminent launch of the long-anticipated Star Wars: The Old RepublicMMORPG brings the saga back into the limelight and offers the perfect opportunity to explore the impact it's had on our society.
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In the summer of 1977, I was nine years old, and my life was about to be forever changed. Star Warshappened, and it was the greatest thing in the history of...well, ever.
You all know the movies. Star Wars has made it to the undeniable peak of the Sci-Fi world. To honor this achievement, we are celebrating Star Wars Day in style with The Force Has Come to the Library.
Disney has learned the Jedi ways and taken on Lucasfilms. George Lucas, writer and director of the Star Wars Saga, has decided to retire and sold his legacy for a whopping 4 billion to Disney Studios, who immediately announced their intentions of releasing Star Wars Episode 7 in the year 2015. This will be the beginning of a new trilogy we are told. The question is how will Star Wars long-time, loyal fans handle the change? Will Disney make it epic, or disappoint us?
The biggest news in the entertainment industry this year is that the Walt Disney Corporation has acquired Lucasfilm, and thus the Star Wars franchise. George Lucas has ceded control of his greatest creation, although he will remain active as a consultant. I think that any reader of this blog is aware that I might just be a bit of a Star Wars fanboy. However, I was surprised to find that some of my fellow Star Wars fans think that this news is somehow a very bad thing. I believe the exact opposite. I think this is a match made by the Force.
