There are a few genres and franchises that in life we hold dear, Films, Tv, Games all sorts, in the filming world there’s a few that stand out LOTR, Marvel, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park etc, and Star Wars. The franchise is older than me (just) but for me, it’s been around my whole life, at this point I’ve seen all of the films several times, the TV series’s with the exception of the Mandalorian Series, this kicks off a new era of Star Wars.

The begining
When I was growing up, I like millions watch the Original 3 on the TV whenever they were on, and as many others fell in love with the franchise on these alone, it set the benchmark of all space films even to this day, at the time the special effects and graphics were brilliant and were even improved in the late 90’s reworked versions, (much to a debate).
The story was simple yet compelling, it created a whole new Religion, Universe, set of rules and space rules, in essence, this was a shift in pop culture. It still gets referenced now, many shows refer to it, and yet all people may not like it, they know parts of it and references to it, how many Shows and Films can ever say that.
The New wave
After the original ones starting in 1977, the Prequel trilogy started in 1999 with Phantom Menace, to much hype, arguably more hype than any other films in history, (maybe Avengers), unfortunately, it was never going to be successful to die-hard star wars fans, and that is where we are at with films. But this trilogy I think has aged well, when I first watched these they were ok,
I wasn’t a fan of Phantom menace but I did like Darth Maul, the second one was a step up in graphics and created a whole new genre with Star Wars with the Clones, the third was essentially the built-up end of the first 2, and that’s my opinion of these films unlike 4,5,6 where they are great stand-alone films with cohesive story across the three, the 1,2, and 3 were all building to the final events of 3, which are some of the more significant in Star Wars history and were great.

The Universe expanding
With this whole new extra universe being created, it brought TV shows like Clone Wars and Rebels, which in turn brought more level of depth the universe of Star Wars, alongside books and novels of the last 30 years we had begun to create a whole universe of so much detail that Star wars fan like myself loved it, even more, personally I think the Clone Wars series is as good as any other part of Star Wars.
Let’s be honest the Mandalorian detail in the new series and Rebels spawned from here. The clone War series and the Prequel trilogy are both great to go back and watch and for me have aged well.

Those Newer films…
With Disney buying Star wars we see new age, a new set of star wars films, a new series, and potentially more spin-offs to come to yet expand the series, however, the big thing was the final Skywalker Trilogy, much like the Prequel this was never going to be good with Die-hard Star Wars fans,
These days everyone picks holes and points out things, we get it, thats what the internet is for lol, but it needed to end the Saga, the 7th film was actually for me a great start, it was essentially a carbon copy of 4, which isnt a bad thing, but they took many essences from it and produced this, 8th…..that film, different director and it seemed to get lost,
There were parts of really poor ideas, and then there were ok parts and more about the Universe, but in reality, its the worst, the 9th and final film was good, and whatever the internet says it was fine, there still some issues but to be honest it felt like it was trying to pieces together back the trilogy form it’s up and downs.
For me, it was a chance to say goodbye to one of the biggest Sagas if not the biggest in film history, telling a story of ver 40 years with actors like Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and many others, so whatever you think, you have to respect that and the franchise, just enjoy it for what it is.

Reflection time
One of the main things I love about Star Wars is its storytelling through the years, but not just the main parts the sub-levels of it all, the universe that it has essentially created, as I said with Disney buying it, the money, the Disney+ platform behind it, we are now into a New Era, the final series of clone Wars came out, let’s not forget it arguably spawned the Mandalorian TV series idea,
There are rumours and announcements all the time, a series based on the bad Batch, the OBI wan series, it’s already spawned two may jor films in Rogue One and Solo, though both linked to the original Saga, Solo, in particular, was a really good film, I rate it very high. With all this being said the merch, the films, TV, Characters, Story, everything… there’s so much to love about Star Wars,
Tigger and I love to watch it and ultimately its one of the biggest franchises, in filming and pop culture history, only Marvel are pushing it close (Disney owned), but it doesn’t yet have the tenure of Star wars for me. One day I will go into detail on the films maybe, but in case you live under a rock and haven’t seen them I’ve tried to be general and not spoil it, but if you haven’t watched them, watch it.
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I’m a fan of the original 3 films, the later ones not so much. A New Hope was one of the first films I ever saw at the cinema and Luke Skywalker was my childhood hero!
3 August 2020 at 9:31 amMy Grandson and Son-in-Law are huge fans, think Return Of the Jedi the best, like Yoda!
3 August 2020 at 10:19 amCan’t beat the original trilogy
3 August 2020 at 11:02 amDarth vader is my favourite character
30 August 2020 at 6:01 amI’d cry with happiness if I won, I’m the biggest star wars fan and so is my whole family!
30 August 2020 at 3:57 pmGot to be YODA return of the jedi
6 August 2020 at 6:19 pmMy grandson loves them all he likes chewbacca
16 August 2020 at 12:29 pmMy husband and sons are big fans, not so much myself (!) I remember chewbacca from my youth!
3 August 2020 at 10:25 amI’m not so much a fan of Star Wars but my husband is and he definitely wants my son to be interested too! Although baby Yoda in the new series is so adorable!
15 August 2020 at 7:09 pmYes, I’m a huge fan! I love Yoda and my favourite movie is A New Moon.
3 August 2020 at 10:38 amI used to watch Star Wars with my Dad when I was little in the late 70’s and 80’s and loved it. Shpock always fascinated me, but the last time I watched any of the updated stuff was a film at the cinema about 20 years ago.
3 August 2020 at 10:46 amWhen I was a child I would watch the Star Wars movies with my dad, as he was a huge fan. I always loved Yoda. He was adorable but so wise!
3 August 2020 at 10:57 amDarth Vader is my favourite Star Wars character but overall I’ve lost interest although my grandchildren love it.
3 August 2020 at 12:02 pmI love Star Wars and my favourite character is Obwan Kanobi
3 August 2020 at 12:33 pmI love Star Wars…. my favourite character is Luke Skywalker
3 August 2020 at 12:35 pmSometimes I meet someone in their 40s and they say they don’t “like” Star Wars. When those situations arise, I cry inside. I am teaching my children all about the Star Wars universe. They are 4 and 1.
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3 August 2020 at 12:57 pmI love it and I like Darth Vader!
3 August 2020 at 1:30 pmThe origional Star Wars is my favourite movie and Luke Skywalker favourite character
3 August 2020 at 4:20 pmYoda is my favourite, and the original flms
3 August 2020 at 4:22 pmIm not sure who would like this more. My boys or my husband!
3 August 2020 at 5:10 pmWe love Star Wars, my favourite character is Chewbacca and son’s is Luke Skywalker
3 August 2020 at 6:36 pmI was a big fan of Alec Guinness and liked him as Obi-Wan Kenobi
3 August 2020 at 7:02 pmMy fave Character(s) are The Ewoks,as they maybe small,but they put up a good fight
3 August 2020 at 7:09 pmWe like star wars, my brother in law loves them even more ha ha!!
7 August 2020 at 5:25 pmHans solo as love his one liners
3 August 2020 at 7:14 pmI love star wars and darth vader is my fave
3 August 2020 at 7:34 pmalways liked chewbacca
3 August 2020 at 7:38 pmEpisode 1 – The Phantom Menace. I love Darth Maul ahaha
3 August 2020 at 7:54 pmI am a small fan but my boy is a huge fan so I’d love this for him, we all love Chewbacca x
3 August 2020 at 7:58 pmLuke Skywalker is my favourite character empire strikes back is a great film
3 August 2020 at 8:24 pmI’m actually not a Star Wars fan, but my son is Star Wars mad and has a Star Wars bedroom.
3 August 2020 at 8:38 pmI love Star Wars! For me, It has to be Chewbacca!
3 August 2020 at 9:26 pmYes, watched them all, then watched them all in order so the story followed on from each other.
3 August 2020 at 9:28 pmMy fave character Yoda it is
The original Star Wars is our family favourite and my girls would say Princess Leia
3 August 2020 at 9:45 pmC3PO as I love that they made a robot with anxiety. True story, my nan once (Lord knows how) ended up at a dinner with the Star Wars cast and sat next to Anthony Daniels without having a clue who he nor any of them were. My dad nearly went insane when he found out XD
3 August 2020 at 10:14 pmYes a huge fan! Love Chewbacca!
4 August 2020 at 5:55 amI have always been in love with Han Solo
4 August 2020 at 6:10 amR2-D2 is my favourite character. Very cute for a droid
4 August 2020 at 6:40 amObi Wan Kenobi is my favourite character
4 August 2020 at 7:31 ammy nephews love starwars. My favourite character is chewbacca, so cute!
4 August 2020 at 7:33 amMy favourite character is r2 d2
4 August 2020 at 10:13 amI love R2D2
4 August 2020 at 4:50 pmi LOVE r2d2 because he`s small and round like me
4 August 2020 at 5:29 pmI agree with you that the original 3 were ‘out of this world’ (sorry). My favourite character was Princess Leia. It was a fantastic change at the time to have a heroine who didn’t sit back and wait to be rescued by the hero. She’s still my go to costume for fancy dress parties.
4 August 2020 at 8:03 pmMy 5 year old is a huge fan of the newer films. He loves Finn and Rey
4 August 2020 at 8:06 pmLoveeee star wars the old ones the best x 💖
4 August 2020 at 9:08 pmmy fave characters are the ewoks 🙂
4 August 2020 at 9:11 pmR2D2
9 August 2020 at 1:17 pmOur afult sons and there children are now being bought up on Starwars! Me I can take it or leave. Love Yoda though. Who doesn’t 😊
13 August 2020 at 10:40 pmReturn of the Jedi has to be the best film with R2D2 my favourite charactor
4 August 2020 at 10:03 pmI’m a huge fan of Star Wars. I only started watching the films last year after much pestering and I can’t believe I waited so long!
5 August 2020 at 7:01 amReturn of the Jedi is my faourite star wars movie we love Chewbacca!
5 August 2020 at 1:54 pmYes I love Star Wars! Rey is a great character and a good, positive role model for girls
5 August 2020 at 7:15 pmR2D2 is my favourite! we love star wars in our house
6 August 2020 at 2:00 amWe love star wars! We have just been introducing the kids to it!
6 August 2020 at 10:50 amThis is amazing! I love chewie!
Not a massive fan, but my nephews love Yoda.
6 August 2020 at 4:45 pmLove Star Wars (all of them!) – all time fave was Yoda
6 August 2020 at 8:26 pmHan Solo, i love Empire Strikes Back
6 August 2020 at 8:40 pmReturn of the Jedi – EWOKS!
9 August 2020 at 9:32 amI’ve always gone to see it with my dad at the cinema, it’s our thing! Yoda x
9 August 2020 at 12:15 pmmy husband is the star wars nut, he loves all the action and would pick one of the fighters, me I love little Yoda hes cute
9 August 2020 at 3:59 pmI liked the cuddly teddy bear looking Ewoks
9 August 2020 at 6:38 pmMy son and grandson are the fans, they enjoy most films
9 August 2020 at 9:12 pmStar Wars was the first film I saw at the cinema in 1977! I’m a huge fan & my favourite character is Han Solo and I still love the original film A New Hope closely followed by Return of the Jedi.
9 August 2020 at 9:57 pmMy whole family loves it! I like Han Solo.
10 August 2020 at 12:14 pmNot a great fan but Yoda is a little wise one
10 August 2020 at 9:20 pmI love a good bad guy, and even though his screen time was small – Darth Maul just looked so mean!
11 August 2020 at 2:26 amI’m a fan of the earlier films, especially. Love Yoda most of all xx
12 August 2020 at 5:51 amMe I am not a massive fan but my kids are and I like Yoa the best
13 August 2020 at 3:50 pmhans solo 😀
13 August 2020 at 9:19 pmI am not a fan but my grandson is a huge fan so this would be perfect for him
16 August 2020 at 10:39 amLove the original films, Yoda is my favourite character
16 August 2020 at 11:04 amGot to be Return of The Jedi, and I LOVE Hans Solo!
16 August 2020 at 5:10 pmWas a huge fan when i was a kid, still love the original trilogy. Salacious B. Crumb is obviously the best character.
17 August 2020 at 6:51 pmnot a fan of star wars but my fiance is
17 August 2020 at 9:42 pmYoda is my favourite
21 August 2020 at 4:04 pmHas to be Yoda!! My children and hubby love Star Wars, I cant say Im the biggest fan, actually Ive never even watched one full film!!!
21 August 2020 at 9:27 pmYoda return of the jedi
22 August 2020 at 9:41 amYes love it, Hans solo has to be my favourite
22 August 2020 at 10:18 amR2-D2 is my favourite character.
22 August 2020 at 12:44 pmall my family love starwars and my favourite of all is cute little Yoda
24 August 2020 at 7:19 pmLove the first 3. Han Solo is the best.
24 August 2020 at 7:30 pmjabba the hut i had the toy when i was a kid
25 August 2020 at 8:30 amChewbacca is my all time favourite character. Love him and Hans Solo together!
26 August 2020 at 8:48 amI love Star Wars…. my favourite character is Luke Skywalker
26 August 2020 at 5:02 pmMy favourite character from star wars is Chewbacca.
27 August 2020 at 1:51 pmYes and I am a Han Solo Fan.
27 August 2020 at 3:57 pmYes, I’m a fan, I love Yoda and my favourite film is Return of the Jedi x
27 August 2020 at 5:08 pmYes, all of the films are great entertainment value – we like Chewbacca and yoda
27 August 2020 at 5:24 pmWe are all Star Wars fans and Yoda is our favourite
27 August 2020 at 8:58 pmLike the original Star Wars best, and fave character has to be Han Solo, because of Harrison Ford of course!
28 August 2020 at 7:58 amI love Star Wars and my favourite character is R2D2 as he is clever but oh so funny.
28 August 2020 at 8:37 amHe really hasn’t appeared enough in the last 3 films and I am not happy about it.
I’m not but I always remember my little brother being so scared of Darth Maul! My dad and brothers love the Star Wars films and are getting my little boy into it now too!
28 August 2020 at 9:48 amReturn of the Jedi – Ewoks are my favourite, there so cute (my daughter loves Yoda)
28 August 2020 at 6:23 pmMy favourite character is r2 d2
29 August 2020 at 6:43 amDefinitely all fans, even the grandchildren and we all love Chewbacca
29 August 2020 at 7:16 amWe are fans and like all the films. I like R2D2
29 August 2020 at 10:41 amChewbacca my grandson William loves him
29 August 2020 at 5:39 pmI loved Darth Vader. My sons and I are big Star War fans, my husband not so much.
29 August 2020 at 8:22 pmMy son and hubby love Star Wars. My sons favourite is Chewbacca
29 August 2020 at 10:51 pmHan solo is my favourite x
30 August 2020 at 8:28 pmbeing a Harrison Ford fan, I always loved Han Solo. The whole Star Wars thing is cool!
30 August 2020 at 4:09 amNot a massive fan but i do love Darth Vader
30 August 2020 at 8:12 amI love Jabba the hut
30 August 2020 at 8:27 amWe love Darth Vader and we love the first Star Wars film
30 August 2020 at 8:49 amChewbacca is my favourite
30 August 2020 at 9:24 amWe are big fans of Star Wars in our house! I love Yoda!
30 August 2020 at 10:19 amStar Wars was the very first film I ever saw at the cinema, and loved Chewbacca.
30 August 2020 at 11:46 amYoda has to be my favourite
30 August 2020 at 12:08 pmHas to be chewbacca
30 August 2020 at 12:26 pmI am a fan yes. My favourite character is C-3PO. I think he is funny and geeky.
30 August 2020 at 1:06 pmI do like the star wars movies , I think yodas the best
30 August 2020 at 2:42 pmreturn of the jedi and my favourite charcter is han solo
30 August 2020 at 3:25 pmAs a family we all love Star Wars. Our daughter is a massive fan, and loves Jyn Erso from Rogue One.
30 August 2020 at 3:39 pmEmpire Strikes Back is my favourite film as characters go C3PO
30 August 2020 at 4:43 pmReturn of the Jedi is my favourite of the films and Yoda my favourite character
30 August 2020 at 5:34 pmMy family are massive Starwars fans, l know my hubby’s favourite would be Luke Skywalker, for me its Yoda, cus he’s fantastic, he is!
30 August 2020 at 6:22 pmNot a fan myself but my 3 boys and their dad absolutely love the whole series. My kids love Chewbacca.
30 August 2020 at 7:00 pmHans Solo in the original film Episode 4 – New Hope
30 August 2020 at 7:06 pmChewbacca has to be my favourite 🙂 Fab giveaway,I’d be thrilled to win this for my Stars Wars mad son-the storm troopers are his favourite’s so he would LOVE this. Thank you for the chance to enter. 🙂
30 August 2020 at 7:08 pmHuge fans here, my husband is such a fan he became a Stormtrooper with the 501st and does loads of events and charity work wearing it!
30 August 2020 at 8:39 pmDarth Vader is my favourite character!
30 August 2020 at 8:51 pmMy son loves it so I have come to like it by proxy 😀 My favourite character is Chewbacca
30 August 2020 at 9:16 pmChewbacca is my favourite 🙂 I love star wars
30 August 2020 at 10:19 pm