It doesn’t matter whether or not your childhood, or adulthood for that matter, included fantasies of fighting with light sabres or you ignored the phenomenon altogether. You’re still being forced by a Wookie to unwillingly absorb every nuance of (fake) life with Luke Skywalker.
I have a soft spot in my heart for Star Wars, having seen it when it first came out and marvelled at the jaw-dropping effects. But it’s a corporation now. And like Apple’s iPhone and Starbucks’ grande mochaccino, worshipping Star Wars is the same as handing over your wallet to any other corporate giant. Enjoy the movies, sure. But the devotion strikes me as cultish. However, I digress.
George Lucas may not be happy with the way Star Wars is going since he sold the franchise to Disney but it doesn’t mean a thing to fans. After putting out only seven films in 38 years, Disney is now lining up one a year for the next five years.
Here is how Time breaks it down, claiming it got the info from the sort-of-secret files of Disney executives:
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story:Â Dec. 16, 2016
Star Wars: Episode VIII:Â May 26, 2017
Star Wars Anthology: Han Solo (working title):Â May 25th, 2018
Star Wars: Episode IX:Â 2019
Star Wars Anthology: Boba Fett:Â Release: 2020 (reportedly)
They’ve all been written and have directors assigned to them. Will fans simmer downwhen they can expect the next film within months instead of decades? It remains to be seen. But if the runaway success of The Force Awakens is an indication, Star Wars nuts will boldly take the box office to where no fan has gone before. Yes, that’s a Star Trek reference and although fans lose their minds if you even suggest there are similarities between Star Wars and Star Trek, in the words of Penny on Big Bang Theory, “there’s no difference!”
Just went and saw the force awakens, good movie, yes, but I was not entirely impressed there was a few twists in the plot but basically it was the same as the first Star Wars.