I’m going to see the Rise of Skywalker this evening!

I’m excited (and a little scared) but mostly excited.

I’ve got my X-Wing t-shirt and my BB-8 sweater and I can’t wait for that jolt when the theme music starts up. Iconic.

You know what before I go see Rise of Skywalker I’m going to ramble a little more.

I don’t think it’s a secret that I wasn’t exactly The Last Jedi’s biggest fan. There was stuff I didn’t like but that’s not what this post is about – this is about what I did like.

Just off the top of my head:

– The Phantom Menace gave us Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon who I can still hear in my head and that epic duel of the fates Obi-Wan vs Maul.

– Attack of the Clones gave us Count Dooku, the arena battle and the schemes of Palpatine against Jar-Jar.

– Revenge of the Sith had the iconic “this is how liberty dies”, the amazing heroics of Bail Organa, Obi-Wan breaking hearts and that poor young Jedi who defended Bail when he went to see what was going on 🙁

– A New Hope IS the original and thus iconic in so so many ways. I could quote a lot. It’s a thing.

– Empire Strikes Back had that “No I am your father” line which is again iconic and it brought Lando.

– Return of the Jedi was “I am a Jedi like my father before me” and Lando saying something like what idiot would take on that level of danger and Han going well…

– Force Awakens gave us BB-8, Finn, Poe, Rey and General Leia. It literally brought all of that. I can’t imagine no Finn or BB-8.

– The Last Jedi hurt my heart with so many who fell in the resistance. Then there was that brilliant moment when Poe makes a suggestion and everyone turns to look at Leia, who turns to look behind her “don’t look at me, follow him”

And those are just the core movies! Rogue One gave us a bit more Bail with “I trust her with my life” and the heartbreaking heroics of the rebellion. Solo was cool, I wish they had done another so we could have seen where they were leading with Maul. Then extended universe! I adore The Clone Wars because it fleshes out so much – Maul, Mandalore, the Clones and even JarJar grew on me because of it! Then there’s Rebels which gave us Hera, Chopper, Sabine etc.

Nothing is ever perfect but I have loved a bit of everything I have listed here. That doesn’t include video games either. There’s a lot of Star Wars to love. I don’t know how George Lucas dreamed up laser swords in space but I am eternally grateful he did. So while I am nervous about what’s to come in Rise of Skywalker I also know there will be good.

Also I promise #NoSpoilers on my return 🙂 I would never do that.

I can’t believe I missed Ahsoka off that list I just made. The spaceships too: The Millenium Falcon, The Ghost (I don’t think I could pick between them). Captain Rex, although I did say about the clones development. There was Duchess Satine and Obi-Wan.

Have I mentioned how much I rate The Clone Wars?

Sorry I’m just babbling now because it’s Star Wars day. I get hyped for new things. I was massively hyped for Jedi Fallen Order last month. I can’t express it in real life because I don’t have any Star Wars fans around me so spilling out onto the tumblr 😛 as per usual 🙂