Adulthood a new hope
ADULTHOOD : A NEW HOPE - CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF STAR WARS
As a young girl with a mom that was rather fond of the Sci-Fi/Fantasy genre in film and TV, I was aware of Star Wars at a very young age. Silly me, I thought because my mother enjoyed the trilogy that it obviously wasn't cool enough for me. All this changed the winter of my 16th year, when Star Wars : A New Hope was re-released in theaters.I saw the movie opening night in a packed theater. I couldn't even sit with my friends because we arrived late and seats were scarce. It might have been peer pressure that got me into the movie house that night but after that it was not even an hour into the film before I had an epiphany and professed my utter devotion to everything Star Wars. From that moment on I was obsessed.How obsessed you ask? I support my assertion with 3 items for your consideration:#1 : August 1999, I get my one and only tattoo, the Imperial Symbol (aka The Dark Side!):Though my mom is just as much as fan as I am, it seems her love does not translate the same way. She is surprisingly *not* a fan of the tattoo.I was partial to the fact that usually only the hardcore Star Wars fans are able to recognize the symbol. No regret on this one.#2 : October, 1999, I dress up as Darth Maul for Halloween.True, this is a character from the 2nd trilogy, but you really can't go wrong with any costume that allows the wielding of a double-bladed light saber.Fun Fact - this is a little boy's costumeOh and...my light saber didn't really light up, one of my friends photoshopped this pic. But no worries kittlings, my lack of "light" in the "saber" was eventually alleviated...#3 : January, 2007, my boyfriend acquires a "functional" light saber for my pleasure.My boyfriend does not share my interest when it comes to Star Wars and I am quite sure he finds my utter fangirl-dom a bit strange. Nevertheless the boy saw this Darth Maul light saber at Sharper Image and knew that I would love it. He was right. The realistic hum when this baby is turned on is enough to make me squeal in delight. Out of all of my film props and replicas I possess(and I have quite a few), this is by far my favorite.It's been 30 years since the original Star Wars, longer than I've been alive. I can't say that I grew up with Han Solo and Darth Vader yet I maintain that my most treasured memories of my teenage years as I matured and "came of age" are littered with scenes of Chewbacca, Emperor Palpatine, and Yoda.If anything, the trilogy gave me the grand push into pop culture. Thanks be to Star Wars.++++++++end of transmission+++++++++
As a young girl with a mom that was rather fond of the Sci-Fi/Fantasy genre in film and TV, I was aware of Star Wars at a very young age. Silly me, I thought because my mother enjoyed the trilogy that it obviously wasn't cool enough for me. All this changed the winter of my 16th year, when Star Wars : A New Hope was re-released in theaters.I saw the movie opening night in a packed theater. I couldn't even sit with my friends because we arrived late and seats were scarce. It might have been peer pressure that got me into the movie house that night but after that it was not even an hour into the film before I had an epiphany and professed my utter devotion to everything Star Wars. From that moment on I was obsessed.How obsessed you ask? I support my assertion with 3 items for your consideration:#1 : August 1999, I get my one and only tattoo, the Imperial Symbol (aka The Dark Side!):Though my mom is just as much as fan as I am, it seems her love does not translate the same way. She is surprisingly *not* a fan of the tattoo.I was partial to the fact that usually only the hardcore Star Wars fans are able to recognize the symbol. No regret on this one.#2 : October, 1999, I dress up as Darth Maul for Halloween.True, this is a character from the 2nd trilogy, but you really can't go wrong with any costume that allows the wielding of a double-bladed light saber.Fun Fact - this is a little boy's costumeOh and...my light saber didn't really light up, one of my friends photoshopped this pic. But no worries kittlings, my lack of "light" in the "saber" was eventually alleviated...#3 : January, 2007, my boyfriend acquires a "functional" light saber for my pleasure.My boyfriend does not share my interest when it comes to Star Wars and I am quite sure he finds my utter fangirl-dom a bit strange. Nevertheless the boy saw this Darth Maul light saber at Sharper Image and knew that I would love it. He was right. The realistic hum when this baby is turned on is enough to make me squeal in delight. Out of all of my film props and replicas I possess(and I have quite a few), this is by far my favorite.It's been 30 years since the original Star Wars, longer than I've been alive. I can't say that I grew up with Han Solo and Darth Vader yet I maintain that my most treasured memories of my teenage years as I matured and "came of age" are littered with scenes of Chewbacca, Emperor Palpatine, and Yoda.If anything, the trilogy gave me the grand push into pop culture. Thanks be to Star Wars.++++++++end of transmission+++++++++
posted by Mary E. Brickthrower at 1:01:00 PM
1 Comments:
Pretty much the same deal with me, though I liked Star Wars growing up I didn't become a nut job for it until the re-release. It wore off around Attack of the Clones as I suffered some burn out and ending up more of a generalised geek again. Always bubbling under the surface though...
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