Hey
guys! I want to welcome you to my new Star Wars blog.
I
will be blogging about:
-
the six episodes, original trilogy and prequel trilogy, that make up the main
film series
-the
upcoming seventh episode, which I am stoked for
-
the Clone Wars Cartoon Network TV series (seasons 1-6) and movie
I
don't exactly remember my first exposure to the Star Wars universe, but I had
always been aware of Star Wars, mainly
through watching parts of the movies and going on the Star Tours rides during my
multiple vacations to Disneyland.
However,
I was never really that into Star Wars until recently. At this point, you're probably wondering to
yourself right now, "Wait why is she dedicating a whole blog to Star Wars
if she was never that into it for the first 17 years of her life?". Well readers keep on reading to find
out.
I
have always wanted to watch all of the Star Wars movies, but I could never find
the time to do so or I would forget about it and put it off. When I found out that the movies were going
to be re-released in 3D in theaters back in late 2011, I thought I was going to
be able to watch all the movies in theaters, but that ended up not
happening. I missed episode I unfortunately
because my friend wanted to watch another movie instead. The 3D re-release dates of the other episodes
were postponed and are unknown as of now because of the new focus on Star Wars:
Episode VII. I am still hoping that they
will be re-released.
I
finally found my opportunity to watch last July when I literally took the whole
summer off doing absolutely nothing. I sat
down in front of my computer and blasted through all six episodes, starting
with the prequel trilogy (episodes I-III in that order) and ending with the
original trilogy (episodes IV-VI in that order), within two weeks flat. My life has never been the same since
then.
Just
a few months ago back in January a friend who is also a huge Star Wars fan
suggested to me that I watch this show related to Star Wars called The Clone
Wars and I have become a huge fan of the 6 season series ever since. As a matter of fact, the show just started
streaming at midnight on Netflix on March 7th.
I will be watching as soon as I finish writing this blog post.
I
also visited this Star Wars exhibit, Star Wars: Where Science Meets
Imagination, which focuses on the science and technology behind Star Wars, at
the Tech Museum in San Jose back on January 23rd. This exhibit has actually been to 19 other
science museums across the U.S. and Australia since 2005 before this stop.
I am still not over the experience because it
was so surreal to see actual props, costumes, and models from the movie sets
and ride a simulation of the Millennium Falcon from inside the cockpit. My experience would've been complete if I constructed my own light saber, but I was late for the workshop unfortunately.
I took 61 pictures. Yes you read that right. Here are some pictures I took.
Darth Vader
Princess Leia, R2-D2, C-3PO
Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi
Han Solo and Boba Fett
Yoda puppet
Padmé Amidala
Anakin's prosthetic hand
Darth Maul's light saber
Obi-Wan Kenobi's light saber
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