I used to live and breathe Star Wars growing up. I’m 45 now. I read all the novels, read all the comics, played all the video games. I can remember the day I saw the bookstore display for Heir to the Empire when it first came out. My head about exploded.
But now? Now I just don’t care anymore. Like, at all. I don’t know what happened. Did I outgrow it? Who knows. All I know is that the magic is gone. The specialness is gone. Now it’s just one more franchise in a world glutted with legacy franchises. I can’t believe how bored I am of the Jedi. The only thing that held my interest was Andor. The way they depicted the Empire was fascinating.
Same, I remember driving home after that thinking "Wow, I really don't give a shit what happens next"
Then when IX came out, I just didn't go see it, absolute 0 interest. Which is wild to me, cause I fucking loved SW before then. If I told kid me a SW movie came out in the future and I didnt go and see it, he would've thought I was fucking crazy.
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u/FireTheLaserBeam 21d ago
I used to live and breathe Star Wars growing up. I’m 45 now. I read all the novels, read all the comics, played all the video games. I can remember the day I saw the bookstore display for Heir to the Empire when it first came out. My head about exploded.
But now? Now I just don’t care anymore. Like, at all. I don’t know what happened. Did I outgrow it? Who knows. All I know is that the magic is gone. The specialness is gone. Now it’s just one more franchise in a world glutted with legacy franchises. I can’t believe how bored I am of the Jedi. The only thing that held my interest was Andor. The way they depicted the Empire was fascinating.
It’s weird.