I remember when I was 10 years old and Star Wars appeared in theatres. My parents didn´t care for "stupid" science fiction like taht and I had no older brother or anyone who would take me to see this movie. But I heard about it from the other inmates in school and I finally got the cartoon magazine version. And I ate it all raw an phatasized about this movie for years (after it was no longer running in the theatres).
Finally I got to see Star Wars on the telly around 1979 or so. And I was impressed. It was nothing like anything I had ever seen before. And it was adventurous, it was gigantic in scope, it was thrilling and it was "charming". I think the last part ... charming is a good term to describe the secret of Star Wars, because none of the other movies in the franchise has quite reached the charm of the first one (A New Hope). Empire Strikes Back was close and probably the best sequel ever ... but it was still fan service. Star Wars was pure and straight up adventure and fantasy for MEN and BOYS !! Infact that is what was so lovely about it. It was made specifically for the male sex.
Fast forward 42 years and now the ninth movie of the core trilogy of trilogies has rfeleased its final trailer. And one thing is for sure to me. The charm is absolutely and utterly gone. It is a sterile and unengaging social justice plot killing off male characters so that females can be the "dominant" sex now. We are going to see men placed as sidekicks for dominant females and the greatest jedi of all time killed of in episode 8 so that his sister can be the trainer of Rey the new mary sue jedi.
The charm is gone and I hope they never return to this part of the galaxy far far away again. It is a disgrace to any male Star Wars fan.
