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I came across this article the other day and it got me thinking about Star Wars.  The question is an interesting one.  When did Star Wars die for me?  While this website does have a bit of a Star Wars flair, the question did get me thinking.  Go back about 10-15 years and I have no problem saying that I probably watched each of the Star Wars movies at least once or twice a year.  Other than the releases of the new trilogy, I honestly cannot remember the last time that I watched any of the movies straight through.  Maybe that has something to with having children (and a lot less free time), but there is something telling (at least to me about that).

So, when did Star Wars die for me?  I don’t think it has ever truly died for me, but it definitely is on life support.  While I did enjoy parts of the prequel trilogy (the lightsaber battle at the end of Phantom Menace, the beginning of the Clone Wars in Ep II, and the last hour of Sith), the negative just overwhelmed the positive (Jar Jar, poop jokes, whiny Anakin, bad acting, even worse material for actors to work with, Sam Jackson seeming like he was sleepwalking through most of his work, the Jedi Council looking more like a Session meeting than what I had dreamed the Council to be, the death of Darth Maul, the goofiness of the plotline, and so on).  It also just adds to the reality of what it seems George Lucas is doing in basically just trying to squeeze every dollar out of the Star Wars orange as possible (The last Indy Jones movie continues this process by Lucas).

So, is Star Wars dead to me?  No.  I will watch a few eps of the new Clone Wars show on Cartoon Networkto see if its worth my time and, when they are old enough, I am most definitely going to introduce my kids to the movies, but in the order that I saw them in and not in Lucas’ order.  I want them to have the surprise of finding out about Vader and I want the more wonderous world of the orignal films to bring them in before moving to the prequel trilogy (if they go there at all).

Sigh.