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peresephoknee · 6 months ago

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deconstructions and analyses of how fandom is utilised for profit are frequent nowadays and no one wants to hear my gurning but I do miss there not being a constant content mill of Star Wars shows. it used to feel like an event and now I’m just tired

#oh the perils of geekdom #guess who watched empire strikes back today #I’ll watch return of the Jedi tomorrow #this is what happens when you hear Austin walker say ‘you know what I love? Star Wars. the original trilogy’#and I said yeah you’re right mr walker I’ll remind myself why I love these films #I love the sets #I love the lighting #I love Harrison Ford’s performance #I love the stop motion hoth monster #I love Vader’s costume #I love Leia’s ferocity #I love that they have a bigger budget than the first one #I love Luke. that’s all he’s been my favourite since forever #I love Lando: his cape and also how the charm is a mask for guilt for what he’s doing to protect his people #I love that the whole film asks what would you do to protect your people over and over #these tags are digital sand on an electric beach that will be erased by the great unplugging (whenever that day comes)#i have finite time on this ball and I’m glad I’m able to spend some of it with these films #they matter to me.

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