Continuity

Back in the mid 1970's who would have thought that this kind of thing would be going on today. It's the 21st century baby, and storm troopers still rock.

I still remember the feeling, coming out of the ODEON cinema after seeing the first Star Wars film. I didn't want to reconnect with a reality that seemed strangely distant and which took a few minutes to come back into stark focus. Having to wait for the second instalment seemed like a huge injustice to an impatient Sci-Fi addicted kid like me.

Of course, things are different now. The film no longer impresses me as much as it did then; how could it? But I just love the fact that the franchise is still going after all this time.

If a 21st century photograph like the one linked to above was shown to a kid of the mid '70s and a similar '70s photograph was shown to a kid of the early 21st century their reactions would be pretty much the same I would think. So what? It's just some kid with a couple of storm troopers. That's how good the Star Wars franchise is.

As grown ups we might moan and groan about the newer films but let's not forget our past. My mother, who saw the first film with me thought it was a nice film and it hardly registered with my father at all. Kids taking photo ops with storm troopers in 2004. That's success.