Discussion Do people actually like Star Wars on its own merit or is it just childhood nostalgia?

[weed chud]

The first time I watched the Star Wars movies was as an adult, and they were some of the blandest most forgettable pieces of media I've ever consoomed

 

[bowl]

My dad still watches that shit. and he's hitting his mid 50's. I remember watching some of the disney+ stuff with him and honestly did not really enjoy it, but didn't really think it was good, it's all mediocre honestly, so it's most likely nostalgia.

 

[TeeRanney]

yeah i don't really get it

 

[lifesucksthenyoudie]

The only Star Wars movies I ever watched was Rogue One and The Last Jedi and both of them sucked

 

[sodack]

I was autistically obsessed with Star Wars in elementary school. I had a Star Wars themed room and almost all of my shirts were Star Wars shirts. I had a ton of Star Wars action figures and legos. I dressed up as Darth Vader for every Halloween, besides one time where my mom wanted me to be Rey. I would spend all day reading my Star Wars books and I could name pretty much every obscure character. I haven’t been into it since like 7th grade and I’ve forgotten most of my Star Wars knowledge at this point.

 

[dino]

I was autistically obsessed with Star Wars in elementary school. I had a Star Wars themed room and almost all of my shirts were Star Wars shirts. I had a ton of Star Wars action figures and legos. I dressed up as Darth Vader for every Halloween, besides one time where my mom wanted me to be Rey. I would spend all day reading my Star Wars books and I could name pretty much every obscure character. I haven’t been into it since like 7th grade and I’ve forgotten most of my Star Wars knowledge at this point.

damn i used to be so obsessed too, i had an entire library filled with a shit ton of star wars toys, it was an entire collection, i still have them because its hard for me to let go of things but they are all in boxes, and i had a ton of books too, i remember this big ass book "the ultimate star wars encyclopedia" or something that i loved.
if i remember right i had about 3 star wars themed birthdays, i was 100% obsessed with this

 

[1844 or Something]

I'm not too sure

 

[FartmingerFuckwadCheeseSte]

I was autistically obsessed with Star Wars in elementary school. I had a Star Wars themed room and almost all of my shirts were Star Wars shirts. I had a ton of Star Wars action figures and legos. I dressed up as Darth Vader for every Halloween, besides one time where my mom wanted me to be Rey. I would spend all day reading my Star Wars books and I could name pretty much every obscure character. I haven’t been into it since like 7th grade and I’ve forgotten most of my Star Wars knowledge at this point.

I was also extremely obsessed with Star Wars when I was younger, oddly I don't think I ever went as any of the characters for Halloween, as instead I went as characters like Mario or Luigi o algo. But I used to collect some of the lego here and there, I think I still might have a Black series Obi Wan or Stormtrooper(?) figure as well as a Snoke figure, I also had a Yoda plush toy growing up. I also vividly remember tuning in to Cartoon Network and seeing the Clone Wars commercials for the Mortis arc and getting really pumped. I also watched the entirety of Star Wars Rebels when that became a thing.
I really loved playing Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, that is one of my all time most nostalgic games growing up, I also remember having a Star Wars themed birthday once. I even had a Star Wars cereal box that I shelved in my room for a couple of months-close-to-a-year before throwing it away.
As for knowledge on the series, I taught myself to remember the Jedi code, kyber crystal meanings, I watched videos on various Legends material Sith and occasional Jedi, some of which were over an hour long, like I just consumed, consumed, consumed.

 

[FartmingerFuckwadCheeseSte]

The first time I watched the Star Wars movies was as an adult, and they were some of the blandest most forgettable pieces of media I've ever consoomed

It's nostalgia, I don't think people would feel as strongly about it otherwise. Though the first films were truly incredible visually-speaking when they came out compared to the other stuff that was out there at the time.

 

[dino]

wordswordswords Halloween wordswords

unrelated but fuck halloween it sucks

 

[FartmingerFuckwadCheeseSte]

unrelated but fuck halloween it sucks

It gets kinda boring when you get older and I hate saying that because for a long time I loved Halloween, I still love the essence of it doebeit.
But like, when you're a kid you go out and trick or treat, when you're a teenager you're usually supposed to go out and hang out with friends in costume or go to a halloween party, when you're an adult it's kind of just... meh? it only becomes interesting again when you have children of your own and you can repeat the cycle. It's a different kind of atmosphere compared to Thanksgiving or Christmas and Hanukkah.

 

[sodack]

unrelated but fuck halloween it sucks

Halloween would be fun if I had friends to go trick or treating with or to a Halloween party maybe. It’s not really exciting anymore but I get an excuse to cosplay so that’s a good thing. I was Kars this year and no one recognized it but lol.

 

[dino]

It's a different kind of atmosphere compared to Thanksgiving

i always thought thanksgiving was just an american celebration where you sit with your family and eat food, is there anything fun to it

 

[FartmingerFuckwadCheeseSte]

i always thought thanksgiving was just an american celebration where you sit with your family and eat food, is there anything fun to it

Thanksgiving is like Christmas but without the gift giving, so essentially yeah. The Macy's day parade is pretty neat as well.

 

[KingCargo]

I only enjoyed the prequels, everything else was middling at best.

 

[Stockstall]

I only liked star wars because of angry birds

 

[GnuAintUnix]

It gets kinda boring when you get older and I hate saying that because for a long time I loved Halloween, I still love the essence of it doebeit.
But like, when you're a kid you go out and trick or treat, when you're a teenager you're usually supposed to go out and hang out with friends in costume or go to a halloween party, when you're an adult it's kind of just... meh? it only becomes interesting again when you have children of your own and you can repeat the cycle. It's a different kind of atmosphere compared to Thanksgiving or Christmas and Hanukkah.

Just go out and scare random kids

 

[basil]

i’ve only seen like a quarter of a star wars movie

 

[Stockstall]

I also have this mask for some reason but i can't post it because image size is too big according to shlogshits

 

[Erblicken]

Star Wars is quite lame. People prefer Star Trek but it's the same slop but for communists. Really the only good thing Lucasfilm has ever produced were the first three Indiana Jones movies.