Star Wars

Star Wars. How does one start with such a big topic as Star Wars?

In terms of nerd-dom franchises Star Wars stands in the top tier, challenged only by others of it's level such as Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, etc. The incredibly ardent fandom is spread worldwide and has a strong presense in popular culture, many of the characters of Star Wars, such as Darth Vader and Yoda, becoming ironic to the public.

The rise of the original trilogy

A long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away....etc etc you all know the lines.

A man called George Lucas had the idea to create a series of epic sci-fi space operas that became more successful that Disney took notice and long gave it the franchise fluttering eye lashes, trying to seduce it.

He decided to start with the four movie in the films he had envisioned, for at the time he didn't have the special effects to create the first three to the standard he wanted. So Episode four A New Hope was created and it is not an exaggeration to say it changed the face of sci-fi, bringing a new era of special effects and imagination to cinema and changing the lives of many who would go onto to become dedicated fan boys.

With episode five The Empire Strikes Back and Episode six The Return of the Jedi, the legend of Star Wars and it's place in cultural history was assured.

The coming of the prequel trilogy

With the year 2000 coming, George Lucas felt that special effects technology had reached the level he wanted and began to create the first three movies in the star wars story he had envisioned.

The hype for the movies was immense.

And then the first movie, Episode One the Phantom Menace came out.....and there was nerd rage beyond expectation.

The problem was the immense expectations of the fandom had grown so much anything less then perfect would not do so perhaps that is a bit to blame for the reaction to the prequel trilogy.

But there was nothing to cover the problems that did exist with the first movie. Jar Jar Binks has become such a figure of ire to the star wars fandom mentioning him will incite rage and prayers to Khorne for his swift demise.