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adult is interesting, if a little irritating to someone

set as my phone wallpaper before I’d finished

who doesn’t really like Hayden Christensen.

the end of the series. The first thing I did after I’d

I felt Ewan McGregor did a stunning job with

finished the last film was order the Blu-ray box

his character and you really see growth as he

set from Amazon. I’m afraid to say that I’ve been

becomes more and more like Alec Guinness.

sucked into the cult I mentioned earlier. The most
amazing thing that has come from this though is

There were some real standout moments for

that even with me being 28 years late to the party

me, probably different moments to people who went

and already knowing most of the spoilers; I still

into it as a newly created film though. For example,

felt like I came away with an amazing experience

Luke finding out that Vader was his father wasn’t a

out of it. I formed that special attachment to the

surprise so only had so much impact. The dogfight at

characters that you only ever develop with a really

the end of Return of the Jedi was amazing. It’s been

great film. Except Jar-Jar Binks: he can sod off.

parodied so much that I already knew what to expect
but it still blew me away. The slaughter of the Jedi

are elements of Westerns, Samurai films, WWII films

in what is essentially the buff, but it feels a little bit

and Attack of the Clones is essentially a love story for

exploitative by 2015 standards and it made me a little

the first half. This is probably why it hasn’t aged as

uncomfortable. Normally I have to search Liveleak to

badly as other sci-fi of the era because it’s not just

find naked pictures of the stars of my favourite films.

about the special effects and science, but about the
characters and their relationships. The only thing I felt

I’ve developed a new love in my life as a result

in Revenge of the Sith though, was the one for me.

of this experiment, one that will probably end up

I knew it would come but I didn’t realise it would be

costing me a fortune in t-shirts and figurines. I

so moving. When Aayla Secura falls in Felucia, that

was stubborn for a long time and then lazy for a

juxtaposition of stunningly beautiful scenery with

long time so I shouldn’t have reached my thirties

senseless murder actually brought a tear to my eye.

before getting round to watching the films, but

Part IV: The Aftermath
So overall, I did pretty much what I didn’t expect
and loved the films. The Force Awakens poster was

as they say; better late than never. I might regret
having left it this long, but I’m sure I can make up
for lost time when my Blu-rays arrive and I can
watch them all over again in High Definition. ■

Luke comes across as very weak for a hero

didn’t stand up to my modern sensibilities is Carrie

throughout a lot of the first film, but that’s clearly

Fisher’s outfit in Return of the Jedi. She looks great

intentional. It’s an interesting thing to see for the
first time. I have only known him as the hero of
the Star Wars universe but to start with, he’s just
a simple farm hand. To the first time watcher who
didn’t already know his destiny, I imagine it would
be a great thing to see. From my point of view, I
was expecting a hero and got a lettuce initially!
Character development is great throughout
though. Watching Palpatine’s transition to the
Dark Side is great. Watching Anakin go from
petulant pre-teen to petulant teenager to petulant

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