It is that most sacred of days, if you use the ANSI INCITS 30-1997 date system and not the easier ISO 8601 today, which I will allow as without it we couldn’t be celebrating Star Wars Day!
This isn’t a place to complain about the franchise - as a fan since I was small I’ve heard them all and have my own very strong opinions on what it is good or bad in it - but a place to discuss what you like about the stories set A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Who knows, maybe we can put together a list of the best moments in Star Wars if enough people have the right answer!
For me, it’s the fact that after a couple of years of keeping Luke Skywalker’s father a secret from my sons, that today we’re going to sit down and watch Empire for the first time. No idea how they will react but I am hoping it will be a good one and a surprise, as keeping that quiet for so long is one of the toughest things I’ve had to do - they mention it it across so much other media that the fact they don’t know at this point is one of the high points of my parenting skills.
Somehow my youngest firmly believes Dark Vador is the hero of the story and The Imperial Death March is the true theme of Star Wars. I sense evil inside him, but after meeting him for five minutes, most people get that impression as well so no shock there.
May the Force be with you all - unless you don’t like Star Wars, then live long and prosper I guess…?