A "Star Wars" a day keeps the Corona away

By: Matt Silver

After being tasked with the creation of a routine in which I did something every day for upwards of a month, I took it upon myself to try to fully immerse myself into the Star Wars saga.  I would watch one movie a day, in chronological order (starting at episode I, then going to II, III, IV, and so on).  

While this began as a movie-watching project, at this point, it is much more than just that.

Why Star Wars?  And why now? Both questions are valid, and I wondered about them myself at some points during my journey.

I chose the Star Wars movie series for a couple reasons, a main one being that there were enough movies so that it would fall into the minimum time guidelines of the project.  The second reason was because of my community.

Star Wars is, and has been, a huge deal in our society.  That being said, up until this point I had never seen the originals, leaving me left out.

It feels as if everyone around me has some sort of secret going when they reference different scenes in a movie, or even understand different parts of a video game.  I wanted to get in on these secrets.

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One of the many inside Star Wars jokes I've missed over the years.

They became apparent when I started watching the series, that’s for sure.  Because of the over-dramatised scenes in the old movies, catch phrases were easy to point out.  I found myself subconsciously repeating them at times during my day, especially the quote above.

At this point, I have finished all except for the newly produced movies in the series (VII, VIII, IX) and I must admit, I am enjoying these films more than I originally thought that I would.  The production quality of the older movies, while quite old, gave them some charm that directors can only hope to recreate.  

Throughout my viewing process I had some lows, but mostly ups.  The movies are truly enthralling and except for episode IV and V, they have good enough quality to make up for their age.

Episode IV (1977) and episode V (1980) were lackluster compared to their other counterparts, but that is coming from someone who is used to perfect CGI and modern editing.  For their time, it is understandable why they were so popular.

By the end of this coming week, I will have completed the series.  I am planning on creating a video breaking down how I felt after watching each film, and my takeaways after watching the entire set.

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