I watch every piece of Star Wars content that is released, in theaters or on Disney+. You’d think that would make me a hardcore Star Wars fanatic. I suppose it does, from a certain point of view. Yet if I’m going to choose an adjective to describe the nature of my fanaticism to George Lucas’s 47 year old science-fantasy space opera, it would be “die-hard.” That’s because I think that I am going to continue to watch every piece of Star Wars content released forever, until I die, regardless of quality. This is because I was so hooked in my youth, so formed by both the original and prequel trilogies (plus the sundry media surrounding them), that I have become somehow intrinsically tied to the series. Its successes bring me joy, and its missteps bring me frustration.

I watched those movies religiously in my youth. It was the whole point of loving the series – enjoying the great stories play out on the silver screen. The last time that I saw the original 1977 picture, at a Star Wars Day showing in 2022, I was giddy with how great of a movie it still is. As a movie fan, it’s fun to go back and watch movies that you love, flaws and all. As a Star Wars fan, you’d think I’d rewatch my favorite Star Wars films on occasion. Yet I don’t.