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The Internet has been rather a buzz of late about how Star Wars is failing to capture the next generation of fans and well I kind of expected this in the run up to The Force Awakens. What I saw was a franchise that wasn’t even trying to appeal to kids anymore. To further explain why I thought this might happen and what I think is causing this failure to appeal to kids today I think I need to tell the story of how I became interested in Star Wars. I was a month shy of my seventh birthday and the family went to the movie theater and as was often the case, I had no idea what movie we were watching. My family would often go to the movies and n...

So some of you may notice that a couple pieces I've made showing the Original Star Wars Saga circling a Yin and Yang symbol. This was largely inspired by Mike Kilmo's Essay on Star Wars Ring Theory which to summarize extensively points out the narrative mirroring between the Prequel and Original Trilogy that ultimately form a narrative circle of sorts known as Ring Composition. If you believe George Lucas goal was to form a narrative ring of sorts, which considering comes from classical storytelling which George Lucas was often inspired by, it helps to explain why George Lucas decided the story of Star Wars ends with Episode 6 and had no...