What is the Star Wars Fever, Why is everyone in United States crazy about it ?
Let's Demystify The Theory.
You are coming from a foreign country to US and must have seen the whole country cheering about "Star Wars". I was amused as literally everyone was crazy for it, from Google changing its maps navigator to a Star Wars ship to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg posting pictures of his daughter dressed up a Star Wars character. I was new to all this and wanted to understand what was this and why is everyone so crazy for it. I dug the Internet to understand and this and this is what I found, let's see if you end up being a Star Wars fan by reaching end of this blog.
Wikipedia Says:
Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas. It depicts the adventures of various characters "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away."I suggest you watch this before reading:
What I found and could interpret:
Star Wars, It takes the best bits of the greatest stories ever told since the dawn of time, puts a relatable and normal kid in the lead role (for all the other kids to look up to), gives him amazing powers (for all the other kids to wish they had), gives him the support of a rag tag team of other relatable characters, a couple sexy and dangerous types (Han & Leia), some comic relief (R2, C3, and Chewie), an old wizended wise teacher (Yoda), a father and son, a bunch of fun monsters, and pits them all against a monolithic and purely evil power. With a dash of redemption. With cool weapons and and even cooler religion and even cooler ships. IN SPACE.
Its the same feeling like, if you are an Indian the same way you were crazy for sitcom
"Shaktimaan" or the classical "Tom & Jerry
". If you like good old fashioned story telling, with relatable characters, witty repartee, groundbreaking for their time special effects, cool powers, great love stories, epic backgrounds, smart performances and some of the most influential cinema of all time I'd watch it. Get the original version if you can, without the special edition nonsense.
A answer on quora says:
- Star Wars is genre-defining. It was the first feature film of its kind and it opened the gate for space-based science fiction to occupy an unshakeable position in mainstream culture.
- The story of the original trilogy of Star Wars is one of humanity's favorite stories. David beats Goliath. The underdog good topples the powerhouse evil.
- The universe is vast. Multiple planets are mentioned, visited and explored. All manner of sentient and non-sentient beings are on display, including the primary antagonist being a mixture of both. Entire books have been written just about the spaceships, land vehicles, and weapons that exist in Star Wars. And those are just the films...
Unlike other Star Wars is telecasted in a strange sequence of movies:
- Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
- Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
- Episode VIII (2017)
- Episode IX (2019)
Diving in deep:
Star wars characters:
Force Awakens released on 18th December 2015 trailer:
I hope now you are at least aware of the fact and definitely watching star wars.
