Geekin' Out! ( the 1st of many)

   If anybody had to ask me what my favorite movie is, I'd have to tell them Star Wars. I. Love. Star Wars! It was literally the first movie I ever saw. I'm not just talking about non-cartoon movies, I mean this was literally the only thing I watched besides Thomas the Tank Engine. I'm not talking that less-than-impressive prequel schtuff, I'm talking the original trilogy, George Lucas' masterpiece (well maybe not Return of the Jedi...). George Lucas was a great story teller, he made us believe that these characters could have existed and these events could have occurred "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." He gave us the perfect amount of action, adventure, mystery, and humor that kept us (or at least me), thoroughly entertained from start to finish. He used so many elements in his epic that to even begin to list them would take several blogs! He has the "damsel" in distress, Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), who is actually a strong woman like the feminist women of the seventies when the film was made. The desperado, Han Solo (Harrison Ford), is the mysterious companion who is only along for fortune and fame. And finally we have the unwitting hero-to-be, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). Luke Skywalker was just a farm boy on a desert planet, always longing to get away, living with hims aunt and uncle because he was an orphan, never thought himself special in any way. He finds himself dragged into the quest of the ages, learning about a mysterious power called "the force," meets a wise old mentor named Obi-Wan Kenobi, saves a princess from the depths of a battle station as big as a planet known only as the "Death Star," and destroys said station in a stunt fighter with no assistance from his automated targeting systems!! Man that was a mouthful! Sorry for geekin' out there, the movie is just so freaking sweet! I haven't even talked about Empire yet! But, oh well, thats a geek out for another night. If anybody out there got anything about what I just said, I'm proud of you. Good night and peace to all.