a hard core Warsian

it’s sad, that things had to be like this, that people could not tolrate each other's culture, just because their opposite, preffered vision of a futururistic society disgusts them.

defining myself as a Warsian is a product of the existance of Trekkies. if trekkies did not exist, then i would nor be a warsian. i would be simply a star wars enthusiast. i am saying this just so you will understand the unbridgable divide that exists in western culture since the late 70′s. perhaps in ancient Athens it was the same, people arguing over Sophocles and Eurypedes. but in our time it is THE rift. perhaps in a parralel uninverse things would be different and both narratives could be reconciled. but i am a warsian and we don’t do time travel. that is for trekkies.

no time travel. no doovers. reality.

it is hard and painful, and drives many to acts of violance. but it is real. there is no copout. things break and can never be mended, the dead can not be recreated on a different planet...

now, sure, i’ll admit that some aspects of the starwars universe is preposterous. i try to ascribe that to the commercial tensions that drive much of the entertainment industry. there are plot holes, there are annoying aliens, some of the acting is bad, some of the writing is bad, if you get caught up in the extensive novels that were written.

but what is art? what is fiction? is it some perfect moment that encapsulates all that could ever be without fault, without pain?

no. sadly, the human race is not capable of such a feat. all we may hope to acheive in our modern versiob of grunts, snorts, and fecal-flingung, is a glimpse of how things are. star wars holds a mirror to our face. it shows poverty, abuse, weakness, fear, corruption, cruelty. but it also shows the greatness in man. i am not talking only of jedi fighting it out with lightsabers. i am talking of existential struggles, of ordinary people that rise above their misery, even if it is just for short periods of time.

honestly, i have watched all the movies several times over. and though at times i find things laughable, i still go back for more. star wars has everything in it for me.

i’ll conclude by recommending Kurt Vonnegut to you. i have written several posts abt this amazing writer, but i feel that it is relevant. one of vonnegut’s charachters is a failed science fiction writer call Kilgore Traut. Kilgore writes insane science fiction stories that hardly get published. they are laughable, preposterous creations. but each one shows, something meaningful about humanity. they are an outlet for Kilgore to externalize the suffering he sees around him and his wretched state. such is star wars for me in many ways. i won’t leave anything out, even episode I and IX. watch them all and be aware of yourself AS you watch.