{"id":126,"date":"2004-10-22T18:01:50","date_gmt":"2004-10-22T18:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2004-10-22T18:01:50","modified_gmt":"2004-10-22T18:01:50","slug":"the_anticipation_begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/2004\/10\/22\/the_anticipation_begins\/","title":{"rendered":"The Anticipation Begins…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Given the ambivalence I feel toward the first two Star Wars<\/i> prequels — not to mention the sour taste left in my mouth by the Great “Original Versions on DVD” Debacle<\/a> — one would think that I wouldn’t be too interested in the upcoming third prequel, Revenge of the Sith<\/i>.<\/p>\n

One would be wrong.<\/p>\n


\nAlmost thirty years of fannish devotion to the cause has honed in me such a powerful Pavlovian response that I couldn’t help but feel a shiver of anticipation when I read the following tidbit this afternoon on The Digital Bits<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Lucasfilm has announced that the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith will be attached to most prints of Disney and Pixar’s The Incredibles when it opens in theaters on 11\/5. So in just two weeks, fans will get their first look at the last Star Wars film ever.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A short time later, I found this photo, which is supposed to be the advertising banner that will shortly start appearing at your neighborhood movie theaters:<\/p>\n

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The goose bumps rise on my arms every time I look at this picture. Yes, I know Episodes I and II were unsatisfying and that Episode III will probably disappoint me as well, that Lucas has reduced Anakin Skywalker’s fall to the dark side into little more than teenage angst run amok, and that whatever climatic fight scene we’re going to see between Anakin and Obi-Wan can’t possibly live up to the one I’ve always imagined…<\/p>\n

But I still want to see it.<\/p>\n

Because deep down inside of me there is still a seven-year-old boy whose heart begins to race when the lights go down and that famous phrase appears on the screen: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…<\/p>\n

God, I am such a dork.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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