>Be me, born in 88
>Lifelong Star Wars fan
>Watch OT with Dad and brothers whenever I could
>Play all the games, buy the toys, read the comics, etc etc
>Can literally not get enough Star Wars
>Watch the theatrical rerelease with family
>Hear George is working on the prequel trilogy explaining Anakin's fall
>Don't remember the last time the entire country was this excited for a movie
>See TPM opening night with Dad and brothers
>They hated it, I loved it
>There's a small rebirth of the Old EU
>Some solid new games like Jedi Outcast/Academy, Podracer, Demolitions and Jedi Power Battles
>See AotC with buddy and his family
>Loved it but recognize its flaws. Good parts are great, bad parts are horrible
>Old EU starts to dip in quality
>George, Lucasarts, and Lucasfilm rally
>KotOR
>Genndy Wars comes out, big Genndy fan so I ate that shit up
>RotS is looming on horizon
>There is a Star Wars renaissance
>Genndy Wars are telling full arcs now instead of one offs
>Pandemic's first Battlefront comes out
>Republic Commando comes out
>See RotS opening day with friends
>We mostly love it and take the piss out of the meme scenes
>Seven years of great Star Wars content from TCW and Battlefront II to LEGO Star Wars
>Some lows like SW Kinect, but mostly highs
This was before the dark times, before the Empire.
cont.
Be me, born in 88
cont.
>Hear rumors of George working on 7 8 and 9
>About the make the jump into hyperspace
>Sells to Disney
>TCW Cancelled
>Battlefront 3 Cancelled
>Dark Forces 5 Cancelled
>All EU stories halted except ToR
>Old EU no longer canon
>REBELS
>I'm buttmad
>Hear JJ is directing TFA, small glimmer of hope since JJtrek felt more like Wars anyways
>Get a free ticket, give it a shot
>Would have left partway through if I wasn't friend's ride
>Begin to check out of Disney Wars
>RO comes out
>Decide to boycott Disney Wars seeing as their new "original" canon is just the Old EU shredded and rearranged
>See people who used to make fun of me for liking Star Wars pretending they've been life long fans
>Wonder what Disney is doing to my Star Wars
>TLJ comes out
>Skip it
>For the first time in my life I skip a Star Wars Episode
>Still haven't seen it, don't intend to
Fuck all of this. Honestly. I cannot even believe how badly Disney and Kennedy has fucked up Star Wars.
>Be me, born in 99
>Didn't even watch Star Wars until I was 13.
>Watch all 6
>OT is fine
>PT is boring and laughable
>Don't really care
>NT kickstarts in 2015
>It's fine
Do people really think Star Wars is anything other than a serviceable franchise that's been overrated to oblivion?
What’s the story behind that picture?
GET OUT REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
The Star Wars that could have been before disney killed it
List of working titles for a bunch of Lucasarts games that got scrapped after the Dinsey buyout
>tfw no JK III, BF III, Maul, or 1313
It used to mean a lot to me.
:-(
this was before you grew hair on your balls
this
>See people who used to make fun of me for liking Star Wars pretending they've been life long fans
I think this is the part that pisses me off the most.
In my case those people were old friends who i've tried desperately to get into star wars.
Nothing I did work but lo and behold disney and its propaganda machine and soon all of them are star wars fans.
Finally watch Star Wars TFA with them
For the first time in my life im actually embarrassed to be a star wars fan.
All of them would not stop sucking JJ's dick when the movie was plainly a rehash of the ANH.
They go on pretending they're star wars fan even though they haven't watched the OT or have any plans to.
Now i mock them for being sheep and enjoying shit movies
Everythings come full circle.
>TLJ comes out
>Skip it
>For the first time in my life I skip a Star Wars Episode
>Still haven't seen it, don't intend to
I did the same. it's more than just normies liking a diminished Star Wars, it's the coordinated attack on the core fanbase. Notice that the people who disliked TLJ will criticize the movie itself, while the people who liked TLJ will criticize and deride the people who disliked it.
>Notice that the people who disliked TLJ will criticize the movie itself, while the people who liked TLJ will criticize and deride the people who disliked it
Absolutely this. It's horrifying. It speaks to the utter lack of character of Nu Wars fans that they are so unable to handle dissent
Should have just adapted the Yuuzhan Vong saga. Strip it of its worst parts, make it into a trilogy and it would have been good.
i honestly didn't realize that till now
Very similar story to me as well. I skipped it too, and glad I did.
goddamn . . .
Noticed this too. Proof that SW is now just a political vehicle
Die you faggot. This isn't your personal blog. Literally no one cares. Hit yourself in the head with a tack hammer until you're dead.
That’s literally the worst thing about the old canon. Fuck that noise
shadows of the sith would have been kino
fuck tfa!
That's exactly how I felt. Even the friends of mine that I know love Star Wars gave it a pass because it's the first of a new trilogy. They didn't even care that it was a rehash of ANH. Brushing it off as 'they need to introduce it to a new audience' and I always reply with 'then show them the OT'. They always end up changing the subject rather than talk about what these movies mean for the rest of the franchise.
Are you me user? Literally exact same timeline, except it took watching TLJ to finally swear me off of Star Wars.
I honestly don’t understand how normies keep eating this literal shit up.
fuck off faggot
See:And fuck off
GTFO shill
>Be me born in 92
>TPM comes out, I enjoy it
>AOTC, boring but at least the Lego is decent
>friend makes me watch all the movies at a sleep over before we go see 3 at the cinemas
>holy fuck I'm way too old for this
>see 3 and it feels like I'm losing brain cells by the minute
>years later they're making a new trilogy
>Disney's making it so it should be quality children's entertainment
>nieces and nephews love it
>grown adults unironically watch them and moan about plot inconsistency and bad characters
I don't even want them to watch the whole trilogy just ESB.
Stay strong brother the next trilogy will be Kino promise.
The prequels are bad. All EU stuff was bad. Get over it.
>born in 99 is actually old enough to post now
Born same year, went through the same arc, OP.
No
>Be me born in 94
>Prefer Star Trek over Star Wars.
Do 18 year old really think anyone cares about their opinion?
we did now we're shitting on Nuwars
"this is what you got when you don't put enough money into advertising"
t.disney crew
>For the first time in my life I skip a Star Wars Episode
>Still haven't seen it, don't intend to
same with me
Thrawn Trilogy still remains my headcanon sequel to the OT
>enjoy Star Wars as a kid
>somehow avoid becoming an autistic retard
Seems that I dodged a bullet
>Born in '00 is old enough to post now
...
>Be me, born 96
>Saw OT same year TPM came out
>liked OT, couldn't remember half the plot of TPM because it was too long for a kid's movie
>thought OT had better humor, but liked the worldbuilding of PT more
>thought PT had more interesting art, design, characters, etc
>Genndry Wars comes out, don't like it
>it's just like Samurai Jack which i find boring
>all style, no substance
>begin to realize that if you watch star wars after the age of 12 you probably won't like it because it's not that great
>anyone who watches it after that age and loves it probably has shit taste
>OT has campy acting but is still lovable
>TCW comes out
>don't watch it until 2015
>love it
>think it's the most star wars of all star wars material out there
>really makes the universe feel interesting, diverse, and huge
>watch TFA
>it shrinks down the size of the universe
>laughable character motivations
>no sense of scale
>no sense of sex appeal in the world building
>R1 comes out
>it's surprisingly okay and better than I thought it might be
>still pissed that there's only human characters
>doesn't even make sense in the new canon
>the movie is scored terribly though
>better music could have made it fantastic
>TLJ comes out
>haha I ain't watching that shit I got all the webms i need
QED Star Wars isn't that great and what akes it good is the music, honestly, that's about 90% of the reason why people like it.
TCW is the best of SW out there.
Thrawn was cool but Jedi Academy is my head cannon ST. Felt the most Star Wars-y to me. Even the Baby's Day Out chapters felt like Lucas's special kind of autism that originally drew me in.
I've also seen TFA with normie friends and their reaction was just "eh, it's okay". Exactly the reaction they get from Marvel flicks. That's how little new SW audience actually cares about SW. The Mouse did his best to alienate old SW fans and the new audience is only there because it had nothing better to do and the weather was nice, so they went out to see a movie.
>no interest in SW until late teens
>watch I+II, they're shit
>ROTS comes out, I'm hooked
>watch OT
>play KOTOR
>get into EU
>play star wars P&P RPG
>grow older
>start realizing EU is pointless fanboy shit
>disney buyout
>EU scrapped, makes sense to me
>VII boring but servicable
>R1 refreshing
>TLJ kino and cultural milestone
there. fuck shitlords and prequel fanboys
you fuckers gotta evolve your tastes
You're such an intelligent badass, user.
>outgrowing children's movies before the age of 30
You want a trophy or something? What an entitled fucking generation.
Congratulations, you've wasted your life and your fandom
You hit the nail on the head, my story is about the same except I have no clue what genndy wars is. I will look it up though. Fully agree what you said on shredding and reusing EU too. Jan Ors / Jyn Erso WTF
I know that feel user.
>born in 89
>ride star tours at Disney World at 4 years old
>mom buys me old school bendy toys of all the main line characters in gift shop, become infatuated
>see movies shortly after, changes life
>start collecting toys, reading books, comics etc
>see all prequels, faith shaken by II but restored by III
>continue on the path of fandom into the age of adulthood
>find out Disney is buying star wars
>find out eu is wiped clean, new movies on the way
>red flag 1: lucas arts dissolved
>oh well at least the old cast is coming back for 7-9
>red flag 2: total hack nobodies chosen as directors announced that movies will be churned out on a yearly basis
>alright well at least JJ is directing 7 he isn't that bad, maybe it's in good hands.
>see 7 have some problems with it but tell myself I like it in all hysteria.
>decide to pick up new book since setting made no sense and I want some kind of hint or info.
> red flag 3: book is of such low quality it is unreadable.
>oh well that sucks maybe the others will be better. (they aren't)
>see RO the night Carrie Fisher goes into the hospital.
>red flag 4: RO is a joyless mess, cgi Carrie fills me with a sense of dread, wake up next day to find out she died.
>any excitement that was left now gone.
>stay cautiously optimistic for VIII, at least I get to see Mark Hamill my old friend.
>watch VIII, worst fears realized.
>friends and family shaken, Sup Forums in an outrage, join outrage.
>realize actual love for star wars has not faded only strengthened.
Star Wars ended in as soon as Lucas signed it over to the rat.
>be oldfag
>see the OT at the theater with my family
>whole family is into it, my mom especially
>vividly remember the whole theater cheering when Vader turned on the Emperor, one of the high points of my childhood
>pic related
Fuck Disney.
MAGA am I right fellow pede?
>Born in 1395
>see the rise and fall of many great civilizations
>have seen many trash humans over the centuries
>have never seen anything as fucking fey as The Last Jedi™ apologists
>despite having gift of eternal life, I decide to end my life after watching TLJ™
>it will be worth it to never speak to another unfuckable hamplanet that suggests that Le force is female
I want to give that mom a hug
>Luke SKYWALKER
>is good a piloting a spaceship
>Han SOLO
>solitary guy who doesn't want to be part of the Rebellion
A little too on-the-nose, but not that bad. Bravo Luc-
>Boba Feet
>his ship looks like a fucking shoe
>18 year olds think that we care about their opinions
Vader is Dutch for Father
Vegeta is Japanese for Vegetable
People named Smith more than likely had an ancestor who was a smith.
Congratulation you just discovered basic naming conventions.
Genndy Wars was the Clone Wars cartoon before the CGI one. Started off as just quick one offs showing snippets of the war across the galaxy. Later on they started doing full story arcs and paved the way for the TCW.
I feel you, 100%.
I'm starting to hate other Star Wars "fans" more and more these days.
I miss when Star Wars was fun and special and getting to talk about it with people just made the whole thing feel like a community. Now I'm a Nazi for not liking the new movie. What the fuck?
But omg Kylo Ren is shirtless in this one! Best Star Wars eva!!!!
Good don't see tlj
Battlefront 2 2017 is dogshit as well don't let normies talk you into it
>Be me, born 96
>Saw OT same year TPM came out
So when you were 3 years old? Maybe that's why you don't remember it very well.
Been boycotting EA since Mass Effect 3. I have no illusions of how garbage EA is.
None of those games were ever actually in development, though, they were just vague concepts they were throwing out in creative brainstorming sessions
And lucasarts folded before the Disney buyout
>he says this without a hint of irony
1313 was in development, even had gameplay trailers if i remember correctly
OP i was born in 92 but i loved star wars from the cradle and i agree with your post 100%
>loved star wars as a child
>played battlefront 2 all day every day
>played lego star wars all day every day
>still have my old star wars legos in my closet
>tfw made friends as a child just by bonding over star wars
>tfw everyone "likes" star wars now
>theres no community
>theres no sense of belonging
>its just another watered down franchise
>the magic is gone
>forever
is this what comic book nerds felt like when capeshit started getting popular?
>See people who used to make fun of me for liking Star Wars pretending they've been life long fans
I can realate user.
Back to your crib faggot. Let the real men mourn their loss.
Were you deprived of oxygen at birth or something?
Same thing. Saw it with my mom as well. She introduced me to Star wars and has been a fan since 77. She was also crying after the movie and visibly unnerved. To quote her "I waited 40 years for that?"
>"be me "
Welcome redditor
Does it hurt to be so fucking retarded?
>They hated it, I loved it
Stopped reading right there. Fuck off, prequel baby
>Likes KJA
You're in the wrong neighborhood, fuccboi
Vedas also have to deal with Hindu spiritual literature.
So, dark spiritualism also kind of fits along with dark father.
>See people who used to make fun of me for liking Star Wars pretending they've been life long fans
Now you know how comic book fans have felt since 2008...
Are you me user? Some of the best friendships I have ever had started when we started talking about star wars during recess.
>Born in 89
>older brother always said Star Wars was great so felt obliged to watch and enjoy a classic
>Never found Fisher attractive, but the movies were pretty enjoyable
>New Hope was chill, Empire kicked major ass, never enjoyed Return of the Jedi, thought everything that occurs on Endor was retarded with the carebear brigade
>Star Wars games were typically shit, like the early one on N64. And I enjoyed gaming a lot more than watching television and film when I was a boy
>Phantom Menace came out, it was okay I guess, saw in theaters with my grandmother and twin sister but can't remember my impression being much one way or the other
>Phantom Menace game on x-box sucked dicks
>can't remember if I saw AofC in theaters
>Star Wars Battlefront kicks serious ass, and Battlefront II is fucking amazing
>Film nut wannabe in high school jerking his dick over star wars, from narrative to acting to film technique.
>See RotS with best friend and sister and her friends from high school, was okay but the fight at the end went on too long
>Give no fucks after that
>brother dies in 09 (had muscular dystrophy), thinking back, I wish I saw RotS with him, we played Battlefront together a shit ton and he always tolerated the shit Star Wars games out of love of the series
>TFA comes out, GF is very into Star Wars (obsessed with Obi-Wan and the actor who portrayed him in the prequels, mainly for his facial hair).
>See it with her, think it's kind of boring, think of ways I would have taken the series over all, as well as ways I would have handled the lousy direction they decided on
>gf doesn't enjoy hypothetically rewriting universes, so I keep my in depth ideas to myself
>she sees TLJ with her mom (long distance relationship atm)
>Says it's bad
>I see it with my friends
>A legit fan is left shaken and speechless after the shit stream we witnessed on the screen
>whatever, fag series, at least I can still day dream about ways I would have taken a pretty rich universe.
>born in 89
>grew up on VHS tapes of the originals
>watched them so many times the tapes start wearing out
>never got into EU, preferred Star Trek (literally read all of the books)
>prequels come out
>like them all, even AotC
>play KOTOR, shit is cash
>Abrams makes Star Trek
>hate it because it's a nostalgia cash grab instead of something new
>gets all the characters wrong
>skip Beyond
>JJ leaves to go do Star Wars. Fuck that guy
>hear it's basically ANH rehash, skip it
>1 year ago, finally watch The Clone Wars
>8/10 series
>get into new EU now that Trek is dead
>wtf no new video games?
>canon has no depth now
>Pre-order BF2
>cancel once everything comes out about that cash grab
>TLJ comes out
>Terrible movie that murders my favorite characters from childhood
>Feel like I got played once the credits roll
I'll never give Disney another dollar unless they fix this. Until then, Im going back to the old Lucas EU, which you can get used now for cheap.
Im with you buddy, Im also a great eu fan
The disney purchase was a terrible mistake
I can't watch the clone wars. The animation style makes me feel sick.
Reminds me of my ex.
>be me over 2 years ago
>want my ex to watch the OT
>she watches TFA, loves it
>ask what she loved about it
>"oh my god I love kylo ren"
>tells me she thinks han solo is boring and a normal person
>pissed at the time, but I realize he didnt do much in the movie
>she loves the movie. Her sw experience is ruined.
Disney Wars is essentially Star Wars for normies.
Star Wars isn't just a thing for socially alienated white men/boys anymore. It's grown beyond that little niche, and it also needs to lose the baggage associated with whiteness/maleness to reach a larger audience and have more influence.
Lots of the lessons and teachings embodied by Luke Skywalker are white, masculine and western in character. They've been done to death. The monomyth, Joseph Campbellian structure is dated and stale, and it can't keep running on those fumes forever.
I sympathize with lots of the grumbling white male neckbeards are doing. Star Wars was their thing and they don't want to share their beloved toys. And they're obviously gonna hate The Last Jedi because, in essence, it's about how Luke's legend really was flawed and limited in its scope.
The Jedi philosophy, just like the phallocentric white male western patriarchy, was bogged down in its own dogma. There's something beautiful and touching about the sentiment of "passing the torch" in TLJ. The white western male, long held as the only source of heroism and power in the canon, gracefully steps aside not only for his own good, but for the good of the universe.
In more diverse and progressive hands, there's no telling what this universe, and the force along with it, might become. It's an exciting prospect, to say the least, for those who aren't embittered neckbeards living in their parents' basements.
TLJ is going to be a watershed moment in sci-fi and genre films generally. It's all about letting go, letting your creation grow beyond you. And Star Wars, like civilization itself, has evolved beyond its parochial and patriarchal past.
Great pasta. Almost al dente
>Disney Wars is essentially Star Wars for normies.
and you had a hand in it.
>We mostly love it and take the piss out of the meme scenes
But those scenes are genuinely good. We quote them because of how good the script was.
She didn't want to see those movies. It was too late. It's not like I had a choice. I regret not being strict enough, sure. But she just wasn't into it until TFA. I had no idea she wanted to see it in the first place.
87 here. Pretty much same story here. Would have skipped it but my wife surprised me with tickets
>born in 99
>heard about starwars, didn't want to watch them
>friend lend lego star wars, liked it
>mom brouth lego star wars 2, liked it
>finaly watched movies, liked them
>tried to keep up with CG clone wars movies, liked them
>TFA is okayish
>R1 is good
>TLJ is somhere inbetwen
well put, I had just about the same reaction to most of things you mentioned. the removal of all the EU stuff was a final kick in the balls.
>See people who used to make fun of me for liking Star Wars
I assume you're talking about other kids in your age cohort? Most boomers were at least aware of the cultural phenomenon that the original trilogy was even if they never bothered to see the movies themselves.
what is bottom right?
I'm you user, but don't worry the franchise is dead but they cannot take the good times we had
15 year old wants to know if his opinion on SW is valid
Those are the Saga Edition rpg covers. I ran a two year long game using the Old Republic book. Probably my fondest star wars related memories aside from the movies themselves.
>be you
>be a manchild
This fuckin mouse shill. God damn you and everyone like you is the reason why our world is fucked. Thank god you were all too busy hosting dildo parties and scissoring each other during the 2017 election. All we can do is hope that Trump continues to raise your blood pressure until you all have collective heart attacks.
>unabashedly like everything Star Wars up until recent years
my man I think you literally just outgrew star wars