My reaction to Star Wars : Episode 4 (1977)

Author

Faatimah
January 10, 2016

I can hear the flurry of scorn and insults thrown at me ” YOU VALUE POP CULTURE AND YET YOU HAVE NEVER WATCHED STAR WARS” . Unfortunately being born in 1998 means I missed the whole buzz and my parents were never really bring on the franchise , so it slipped out of my narrow grasp. Sure , I know the most famous spoilers that shook the very beings of its time , but really I had no deep burning desire to delve further into this universe . That is until , 2015 happened and a new movie would be released to mass critical praise and audience appeal . Was I going to let myself sit on the sidelines as it dominated all areas of pop culture ? No , I simply could not. So , today after multiple days of procrastination , I finally watched the first movie and these are my internal monologue of thoughts throughout

  • in a galaxy far far away – cool , cool iconic stuff

  • why is the information slanted how am I supposed to read this ?

  • the effects are surprisingly good for its time

  • storm troopers look like the peacekeepers from The Hunger Games (so technically peacekeepers are the rip-offs)

  • WHY DOES DARTH VADER BREATH SO HEAVILY

  • Princess Leia was rocking those buns way before Miley , they remind me of cinnabon , so I am going to call them cinnabuns

  • I see so much of myself in C-3PO , the skeptic nature and anxiety

  • “we seem to be made to suffer. It’s out lot in life” – preach C-3PO , preach

  • okay the things that kidnapped R2-D2 look like pre-schoolers in robes and sound a lot like the minions – like scarily alike

  • I ship the bromance between R2 and C-3PO

  • so people and aliens ride tame dinosaurs here? cool

  • is that an igloo on a barren planet ?

  • LUKE !! – POP CULTURE TINGLES GO INTO A FRENZY

  • so the droids are sold into slavery ? this seems like droid trafficking to me.

  • also , Luke stop finding your sister pretty (yes , another great spoiler)

  • WHO IS THIS OBI-WAN KENOBI?

  • all this talk about Luke’s dad and I want to yell “LUKE , I AM YOUR FATHER” . The greatest spoiler known to man

  • Luke stares into the sunset with that whole hero mindset vibe

  • okay so this old guy that saves Luke is obviously Obi

  • how right was I

  • LIGHTSABERS ARE SO FREAKING COOL

  • Talking about how dead Luke’s father is and I can’t help but snicker

  • Is the empire a metaphor for something ? corporations , commercialism , government  corruption?

  • the guy next to Vader has now been nicknamed general cheekbones

  • OH POOR LUKE ,I SEE SKELETONS

  • ‘These aren’t the droids you’re looking for’ – again I have heard this before , nice to finally place it into context

  • the force feels like when a vampire compels someone

  • the whole bar scene feels like someone smoked marijuana and is currently hallucinating

  • CHEWBACCA

  • jazz aliens – retro

  • INDIANA JON- I MEAN-HARRIS- HAN SOLO , I MEAN HAN SOLO

  • did he just kill something and no one around cares? Casual

  • is jabba like an intergalactic mob boss? He looks like an overgrown slug

  •  Han just called Jabba a wonderful “human being” , I went back to check if I heard correctly , I did , wtf?

  • laser beams ,drama , luke being whiny

  • poof , there goes a whole planet I had no attachment to

  • chewy and R2 are playing space chess ? This reminds me of wizard chess

  • Is believing in the force like believing in a God?

  • OKAY SO SHIZ JUST WENT DOWN AND THEY ARE GOING TOWARDS VADER AND GENERAL CHEEKBONES

  • wow stromtroopers did such a thorough search (sarcasm)

  • Okay so Obi is going off to do Obi type things

  • Luke is getting all heroic and Leia is his damsel in distress apparently

  • Han gives no shits whatsoever , did I mention I really like Han

  • YASS CHEWY SLAY DEM TROOPERS SLAY

  • Hans answering under crisis is my favourite thing ‘ oh we’re fine so fine , how are you ‘ ‘we’re sending a troop up’ ‘oh no wait we have a gas leak’

  • Darth and Obi face off to come

  • GO LEIA SLAY GURL SLAY – BE YOUR OWN HERO ,YOU DON’T NEED NO MAN

  • I ship Hans and Leia – cue internet yelling at me for focusing on ships and not the character’s role in the epic story , just leave me and my hopeless romantic shipper heart alone.

  • so they’re in some type of sewer trash type place and ANACONDA IS THAT YOU?

  • LUKE , WHERE YOU AT BOY?

  • C-3PO  is my spirit animal

  • ” big walking carpet”- 1000 crying laughter face emojis

  • obi walks around with no disguise and no one questions him or notices? Normal , very normal.

  • laser beam here , laser beam there , laser beam everywhere.

  • some boderline incestual contact there with the siblings

  • okay confrontation , lightsabers at the ready

  • * 2 minutes later* – still fighting no actual winner

  • WHERE YOU AT OBI?

  • side note : Leia was in a trash shoot why is her dress so pristine and white still? Does space have non-stain fabric because I could use that

  • ALL A PLOY – PLOT TWIST

  • Leia is a smarticle

  • boring stuff …

  • Obi speaks from beyond

  • plane stuff .. boring .. boring..

  • DARTH VADER TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

  • ACTION , MORE ACTION

  • HAN CAME BACK YO

  • R2 YOU WILL SURVIVE THIS

  • Luke being all heroic – naturally

  • chewy deserves a medal of valour too

  • HAPPY ENDING ???

  • I’M CONFUSE

To round up , I geniunely enjoyed watching this movie and saw myself in C-3PO . I fangirled plenty over Han and Leia’s witty banter and the general whimsical and highly original nature of the tale , you can see the tremendous hard-work and love poured into this work of art. I will further venture into this franchise and be proud that I can finally understand all the jokes and references . I hope you enjoyed my terrible monologue