Today marks a special anniversary for the greatest (and longest) trilogy ever told, one that changed our lives forever in a million different ways: it’s Happy Towel Day, commemorating the death of Douglas Adams, creator of the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”
Oh, yeah, it’s also some “Star Wars” thing.
Specifically it’s the 30th anniversary of George Lucas’ original film, which opened in 32 theaters on May 25, 1977, introduced us to Luke, Obi-Wan, Leia, Darth Vader, Han Solo, Chewbacca, R2D2, and C3P0, and went on to make a billion kajillion dollars with five more sequels/prequels, a staggering amount of action figures and other toys, books, artwork, novelty ties, and much, much more. There is no aspect of human life that “Star Wars” has not touched, or at least been marketed to. "Star Wars," like a bowling ball dropped into a punch bowl, changed everything and affected everyone nearby.
Which makes it impossible to write about, since in the last 30 years we’ve pretty much read everything about it. Columnists desperate for something to write about (i.e. all columnists) have talked about the movie, the making of the movie, Lucas' dreams, Lucas' nightmares, Lucas' grocery lists, the other movies, the merchandise, the fans, the secret Lucas grocery list uncovered years later that revealed Lucas hated milk despite earlier reports, the prequels, the original novels, the conventions, the even-secreter Lucas grocery list that proved Lucas loved milk and showered in it but removed it from the list in post-production, and what they thought when they saw it. That last is the easiest since you don't have to research anything, a big plus when deadline is looming over you like a small moon.
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: The "Chopped Off Hands" link gives a "Forbidden" message.
Works fine for me.
I'm not a SW fan, but loved the column anyway. And GLIL was awesome -- even if the UCLA campus is completely uncredited. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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