Sacrosanct
Legend
What is your favorite part of the Star Wars universe? Please consider this a + thread. If you don’t like Star Wars, please keep opinion to yourself. Thanks.
What is your favorite thing about Star Wars?
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Sacrosanct
Legend
My vote goes to equipment. Ever since I was a kid, it was imagining me flying in a tie fighter, or the AT ST, or the falcon, that appealed the most. Even now, seeing the various new craft and vehicles is one of the best parts. Except for the prequels, when every vehicle had the same sound effect (which was also the same for the creatures; whom whom whom whom whom) lol
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lowkey13
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shawnhcorey
wizard
All of the above. 
Sacrosanct
Legend
Added music
Longspeak
Adventurer
I can't pick just one, so I picked Other. I think because it all gels for me as a whole... very likely wrapped in a healthy dose of nostalgia. But...
I watched the original the other day - the one I will always call "Star Wars" - for about the twelve-thousandth time. I watched the stupid little original cut they stuck on the special edition disks... I bought it FOR the stupid little original cut. You guys know what I mean? The original widescreen, but stuck into a letterbox back in the days of 4:3 TV and never fixed for modern widescreens, so even on HDTV it's either a tiny window, or kinda blurry if you expand it...
But we watched it my son and I, killing time on New Year's Eve, and I asked him "Special Edition or Han Shoots First." And we watched this stupid little picture inside my nice TV... and (I actually spotted a new goof - new to me. I love when that happens)... OMG. The music, the mystique, the moment Obi-wan surrenders, Han saying "We're fine, we're all fine down here, thanks. How are you?" And that face he makes because he knows he's screwed up. And "Use the Force, Luke..." and Han coming back and shouting "You're all clear kid, now let's blow this thing and go home!" And the Death Star going FWOOOOOOOM And the medal scene, and ten year old me falling in love for the first time... And yes, the music all throughout, infecting the mood.
It's... It's Star Wars, y'know? And even when I watch other movies. Even the bad ones that I hate, I still see Star Wars inside of them. Even when I rant (and I do rant) about certain changes and certain people selling out, and about dumbing it down for younger audiences, and about a zillion other things, I never stop watching them. Okay, sure, I fast forward though lots of some of them. But I watch them, and every time I do it's ten year old me, with me dad, and the X-Wings are so frickin' cool I just want to squee at them every time. And the Millenium Falcon? I love that ship! You just put that in a movie and I'll watch it.
And then, this new trilogy, and Rey... Luke Skywalker was the hero of his age, and Rey is that for this age. I'm old and my children are grown, but seeing my daughter - big Star Wars fan, too - react to seeing such a strong role model that she could more easily relate to. Even at 27, watching her. And... also... watching it for the first time with her, and her boyfriend on the other side, and when Finn blows up a target and he's all "WOO! DID YOU SEE THAT???!" and me and her boyfriend both say "Don't get cocky!" like we'd been planning it (but we hadn't because it was the first time for all of us), and seeing her react to getting that in stereo from us. But also Finn and Po, best frickin' friends (and maybe more?) ever, from the first moment? I don't even care that I was basically watching Star Wars all over again. It was glorious and I was ten years old again, and man, I did not expect Rey to give such a beatdown in the very first movie of the series. And Daniel Craig... just hanging around so they stuck him in a Stormtrooper outfit for Rey to mind control? Brilliant.
And then, when I get ready for a game, digging through all this lore, all the wonderful West End Games stuff. Playing KOTOR and the lore there, making my own, making my own alternates for games.
So... It's frickin' Star Wars. And that's my favorite thing about it. And I'll nitpick it until the day I die, but I'll be watching it while I do. Or playing it. Or reading the sourcebooks for it...
I watched the original the other day - the one I will always call "Star Wars" - for about the twelve-thousandth time. I watched the stupid little original cut they stuck on the special edition disks... I bought it FOR the stupid little original cut. You guys know what I mean? The original widescreen, but stuck into a letterbox back in the days of 4:3 TV and never fixed for modern widescreens, so even on HDTV it's either a tiny window, or kinda blurry if you expand it...
But we watched it my son and I, killing time on New Year's Eve, and I asked him "Special Edition or Han Shoots First." And we watched this stupid little picture inside my nice TV... and (I actually spotted a new goof - new to me. I love when that happens)... OMG. The music, the mystique, the moment Obi-wan surrenders, Han saying "We're fine, we're all fine down here, thanks. How are you?" And that face he makes because he knows he's screwed up. And "Use the Force, Luke..." and Han coming back and shouting "You're all clear kid, now let's blow this thing and go home!" And the Death Star going FWOOOOOOOM And the medal scene, and ten year old me falling in love for the first time... And yes, the music all throughout, infecting the mood.
It's... It's Star Wars, y'know? And even when I watch other movies. Even the bad ones that I hate, I still see Star Wars inside of them. Even when I rant (and I do rant) about certain changes and certain people selling out, and about dumbing it down for younger audiences, and about a zillion other things, I never stop watching them. Okay, sure, I fast forward though lots of some of them. But I watch them, and every time I do it's ten year old me, with me dad, and the X-Wings are so frickin' cool I just want to squee at them every time. And the Millenium Falcon? I love that ship! You just put that in a movie and I'll watch it.
And then, this new trilogy, and Rey... Luke Skywalker was the hero of his age, and Rey is that for this age. I'm old and my children are grown, but seeing my daughter - big Star Wars fan, too - react to seeing such a strong role model that she could more easily relate to. Even at 27, watching her. And... also... watching it for the first time with her, and her boyfriend on the other side, and when Finn blows up a target and he's all "WOO! DID YOU SEE THAT???!" and me and her boyfriend both say "Don't get cocky!" like we'd been planning it (but we hadn't because it was the first time for all of us), and seeing her react to getting that in stereo from us. But also Finn and Po, best frickin' friends (and maybe more?) ever, from the first moment? I don't even care that I was basically watching Star Wars all over again. It was glorious and I was ten years old again, and man, I did not expect Rey to give such a beatdown in the very first movie of the series. And Daniel Craig... just hanging around so they stuck him in a Stormtrooper outfit for Rey to mind control? Brilliant.
And then, when I get ready for a game, digging through all this lore, all the wonderful West End Games stuff. Playing KOTOR and the lore there, making my own, making my own alternates for games.
So... It's frickin' Star Wars. And that's my favorite thing about it. And I'll nitpick it until the day I die, but I'll be watching it while I do. Or playing it. Or reading the sourcebooks for it...
Leatherhead
Possibly a Idiot.
It's not really Star Wars without The Force, because Star Wars is basically a fairy tale set in space.
ccs
41st lv DM
Other + the music.
You say SW & I immediately hear the opening fanfare in my head. And then see the Star Destroyer running down the Tantive.
It's not just one thing though. It's a combination of the music, visuals, the equipment, the characters, the settings, & the story + style especially in Episodes IV-VI. And the toys/merchandise.
But mostly it's that spark to my imagination I got from IV. That's my favorite part of SW.
The one thing that I really miss concerning the Disney SW movies? The 20th Century Fox fanfare.
You say SW & I immediately hear the opening fanfare in my head. And then see the Star Destroyer running down the Tantive.
It's not just one thing though. It's a combination of the music, visuals, the equipment, the characters, the settings, & the story + style especially in Episodes IV-VI. And the toys/merchandise.
But mostly it's that spark to my imagination I got from IV. That's my favorite part of SW.
The one thing that I really miss concerning the Disney SW movies? The 20th Century Fox fanfare.
pukunui
Legend
Yup. Hence why even the Mandalorian has a Force user in it.
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