I realize that recently I've been blogging about some of the more recent films to hit the theaters, so I thought I'd go old school with something less up to date. But as I thought about it, I started thinking of stuff like star wars or star trek, and even the lord of the rings trilogy. These are all series that I remember enjoying as they were released (Not so much star trek, that's just a little older than me) a while back. But then as I thought ( I do think), there are unfortunate ones who did not grow up the way I did, and maybe don't even know what Star Wars really is.
It's a really sad fact that something like star wars can be forgotten through a single generation, while something like transformers is all the rage in the sci-fi world of movies. I like that Star Trek is re-inventing their series with a twist to not only make it more fascinating for people who are not completely controlled by sci-fi, but because their releasing their movies with the technology it asks for.
Now, George Lucas prolly rings a bell with most of you, for those of you who it doesn't, he is basically the reason star wars exists, he also made an extremely popular series called indiana jones. Now I know as I mentioned the downfall of star wars and the new uprising of star trek, the thought of re-doing star wars might have popped into your head. So to kill that thought I'll be using the most recent Indiana Jones movie as evidence why it's a bad idea.
Indiana Jones is first and foremost a great series: attractive to guys because Indi is a guy who single handily takes down ten guys with a whip and gets the girl all at the same time, and also attractive to girls because first of all, it's harrison ford, what girl is gonna change the channel from that??? But also because of the historical facts thrown into each of the films that makes Indi's detective work so interesting. Now the only problem is, the series was a trilogy, the closure at the end of the third movie left the audience satisfied but yet, yearning for more.
Towards the end of the first decade of the 21st century however, something changed. As i sat anxious for Transformers to finally start, I saw the whip and the boots. I was shocked, one little teaser trailer changed my view on the entire Indiana Jones series. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was set to be released May 22 of 2008. It was madness, after about 10 years of silence from Indi, he was suppose to return as a 60 year old guy who could STILL take down 10 guys with his whip. The concept shown in later trailers showed promise, and as people started to take the thought of the movie seriously, people also began to ask why, why all of sudden bring back a dead series with only a connection to very first film? Money obviously, but it more than that. Indiana Jones, and star wars weren't the only things that died when they ended, A little bit of George Lucas went with both of them. His two big money makers were gone, and he had almost nothing left.
So he brought back his invincible womanizer to get him some fast cash. Little did the audience know, the movie was just another way of Lucas spitting in the face of his fans. Of course, for anyone who's still curious, I'm not going to ruin it for you, but good luck not crying by the end. \
So there you have it, a full look into why star wars can't be done again, Star Trek works because of the big black hole, star wars doesn't have that, star wars doesn't have an alternate reality, star wars is a one time thing, and even if George Lucas was thrown aside and someone bought the rights and retried, what kind of Star Wars fan would see someone else's take on the series, what could they do to it without killing the Star Wars George Lucas created?
Do you feel like watching the original star wars now? I hope so, it's a good series with bad acting, enjoy!
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