So I’m seeing the film in a little over an hour from now (still trying to get over the fact that living on the West coast now means I see everything 3 hours late) and honestly it’s pretty crazy. Like it’s still hard for me to wrap my brain around the fact that new Star Wars movies are even a thing, and now we have Episode VIII when I’m just getting used to the fact that TFA exists!
I always thought VIII would be my favorite, even before I saw TFA, for a number of reasons, obviously in part because I find Rian Johnson an incredibly smart filmmaker (and I genuinely nice guy, met him twice now!), but mostly because the first part of the trilogy has the burden of setting things up (and the third part the burden of concluding things), while the second part has the luxury of being the real meat of it, of getting to dig deeper into the characters and the story.
I’m really excited that I don’t know much about the film and, while I have predictions, for the most part I don’t have much of an idea, which is awesome. I’ve tried to stay away from reactions so that I don’t get overhyped or that my expectations are raised too high, but it’s hard not to have high hopes. Either way, I’m trying to stay open minded to the story they have to tell (as my expectations harsher a bit my thought on TFA the first time I saw it, before I was able to take it for what it is).
Anyways, that’s my ramble, let’s fucking go guys new Star Wars tonight! May the force be with us all.