Zentrex
I've been thinking about this lately, and it turns out I have 7 answers.
the first thing it means to me is space opera. The genre that the original trilogy embraces, and all these places in this entire galaxy full of strange things all seem to embrace this concept of darkness and stars. The emperor's throne room and Darth Vader's meditation chamber and the Emperor's hologram, they're all breathtaking. The posters for the originals embrace this pretty well as well. And the ending scene in Revenge of the Sith. And the Revenge of the Sith novel embraces it the best outside of the Original Trilogy. Besides Ralph Mcquarrie's incredible art, John William's incredible music, and the abstract concepts of George Lucas, the thing that contributes most to that in my opinion are the things introduced to us in this galaxy far, far away, like the Hutts, and Chewbacca, and carbonite, and so on.
The second thing is the saga itself. The story of the Skywalkers and all others involved in the saga is just so emotional. The tragedy of Anakin, the Hope brought by Luke, the merciless evil of Palpatine, it all just touches me.
Third thing I would say is the expanded universe, the legends continuity mostly, but also some parts of the new expanded universe. I love the way they all connect. There's continuity, there's so many stories, and just such a large universe. Most stories have characters who serve one purpose. The characters in the star wars universe are mentioned in so many stories they seem to have more of a life than characters in other fiction. And the stories told in the expanded universe are also good. They've given us great authors, fantastic stories and different genres which allow this universe to have elements of all sorts of different genres of sci-fi.
the Fourth thing is maybe just the world the originals introduced to us. I hate the hate the prequels get for being different in tone. I mean, the point is that these were not the dark times we saw during the originals. The color scheme comminicates that beautifully and so does the change in the kind of clothing, background, technology, and areas we see. Just look at the posters. The eras are clearly meant to be different for a reason. Now, I do prefer the originals in that aspect, as obvious from my first point and this one, but the prequels sometimes get called "not star wars" for being different like that. But anyway, this point was going to talk about the things people like HelloGreedo, the fans of only the originals, talk about. References to the things we see in the original trilogy. I actually love the "star wars kinet" dancing thing they introduced, because it excites the star wars fan in me. Same with the 2015 Battlefront game, and all the other things which remind us of these clever concepts which have become cultural icons.
The fifth thing is the Force. Just the concept, and all the books written on it, and all the secrets of the sith and the jedi. It's awesome.
the sixth thing is judging the power of different characters. The vs. forums on this website, and the vs. videos on YouTube.
The seventh is obsessing over trivial things like the oldest living creatures, and the largest creatures, and the richest people, and the oldest people, and the most dangerous creatures, that kind of thing. The kind of thing you'd make top ten lists out of.
There's more I want to add but I can't think of it right now and probably will add it in the comments later. So what does star wars mean to YOU?
the first thing it means to me is space opera. The genre that the original trilogy embraces, and all these places in this entire galaxy full of strange things all seem to embrace this concept of darkness and stars. The emperor's throne room and Darth Vader's meditation chamber and the Emperor's hologram, they're all breathtaking. The posters for the originals embrace this pretty well as well. And the ending scene in Revenge of the Sith. And the Revenge of the Sith novel embraces it the best outside of the Original Trilogy. Besides Ralph Mcquarrie's incredible art, John William's incredible music, and the abstract concepts of George Lucas, the thing that contributes most to that in my opinion are the things introduced to us in this galaxy far, far away, like the Hutts, and Chewbacca, and carbonite, and so on.
The second thing is the saga itself. The story of the Skywalkers and all others involved in the saga is just so emotional. The tragedy of Anakin, the Hope brought by Luke, the merciless evil of Palpatine, it all just touches me.
Third thing I would say is the expanded universe, the legends continuity mostly, but also some parts of the new expanded universe. I love the way they all connect. There's continuity, there's so many stories, and just such a large universe. Most stories have characters who serve one purpose. The characters in the star wars universe are mentioned in so many stories they seem to have more of a life than characters in other fiction. And the stories told in the expanded universe are also good. They've given us great authors, fantastic stories and different genres which allow this universe to have elements of all sorts of different genres of sci-fi.
the Fourth thing is maybe just the world the originals introduced to us. I hate the hate the prequels get for being different in tone. I mean, the point is that these were not the dark times we saw during the originals. The color scheme comminicates that beautifully and so does the change in the kind of clothing, background, technology, and areas we see. Just look at the posters. The eras are clearly meant to be different for a reason. Now, I do prefer the originals in that aspect, as obvious from my first point and this one, but the prequels sometimes get called "not star wars" for being different like that. But anyway, this point was going to talk about the things people like HelloGreedo, the fans of only the originals, talk about. References to the things we see in the original trilogy. I actually love the "star wars kinet" dancing thing they introduced, because it excites the star wars fan in me. Same with the 2015 Battlefront game, and all the other things which remind us of these clever concepts which have become cultural icons.
The fifth thing is the Force. Just the concept, and all the books written on it, and all the secrets of the sith and the jedi. It's awesome.
the sixth thing is judging the power of different characters. The vs. forums on this website, and the vs. videos on YouTube.
The seventh is obsessing over trivial things like the oldest living creatures, and the largest creatures, and the richest people, and the oldest people, and the most dangerous creatures, that kind of thing. The kind of thing you'd make top ten lists out of.
There's more I want to add but I can't think of it right now and probably will add it in the comments later. So what does star wars mean to YOU?
