Is a Star Wars movie your favorite movie? — Page 4

GlastoEls said:

For some of us, Return Of The Jedi is ‘our’ film just as Star Wars is Anchorhead’s; I was taken to see it upon its original run as a five year old, so its childishness was a positive.

Even thirty years later, I can’t quite let it go.

That was my point about saying you get here when you get here. What you saw at five had the same effect that a related film had on me at fifteen (or at least a similar emotional connection).

We’re fans of a forty year old franchise consisting of seven films (soon to be nine), hundreds of novels, radio shows, TV shows, comic strips, comic books, and games. The diversity of characters, storylines, and tone is such that there is something for everyone.

What may seem like my narrow focus to some, is actually a deep world to me. Two films, a radio version, about ten novels, and the newspaper comic strips provide me with enough of the Star Wars universe to last a year or more at a time.

Same with Batman, which is my other (and much bigger) love. I can hardly quantify how big my Batman universe is (or even keep up with it). Also like Star Wars, I only have two of the nine films.

Plenty for everyone. If you dig Return, put it on and escape into it.

Correct, both of you. I just counted though and I was off a bit.

Ten novels from Zahn
Three novels from Daley - Han Solo stories
Splinter Of The Mind’s Eye
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina - I only reread a few of the stories.

So it’s fifteen so far. Zahn is finishing a new Thrawn novel that will be released in April. I’ll get that for sure. There are probably other novels I would enjoy but I just haven’t put in the time to research the hundreds that are out there. Truthfully, I stay pretty busy with Batman comic books and graphic novels.

With Zahn having a new Thrawn novel on the way, I’ll probably revisit the original Thrawn trilogy soon. I could really go for some Mara Jade right about now, so that series will get a reread this winter. It’s been a few years since I read them. I think Mara Jade and Hand Of Judgement are when Zahn is at his best. I assume Disney and their Legends BS put a stop on any more of those. I still think the original Hand Of Judgement novel Allegiance heavily influenced the Finn arc in Force Awakens.