Star Wars: The Virtue

To many people across the world, the Star Wars saga is just another science fiction movie based on the creativity of George Lucas and kept alive by its over-a-million-strong fans across the globe.
Never did anyone know that the low grade Star Wars episode IV would even be one of the greatest blockbusters of decade when it appeared in the cinemas. Many sci-fi fans preferred the more down-to-Earth Star Trek and many also never expected Star Wars to be an instant hit. And it did just that, so much so as to be filmed in five more motion pictures which would finish the saga and followed up by over a hundred Star Wars novels written by dedicated authors, thousands of intricately designed merchandise from Lego sets to figurines, from starfighter models to action figures costing over a hundred dollars and supporting the various Star Wars organizations with eternal cash flow.
Though the Star Wars quality has improved tremendously and the increasingly growing fan clubs like Hyperspace and the 501st Legion, many fans love the Star Wars for reasons that are largely shallow. Some stating that they are fans simply because of the action, otherwise simply because of the handsome actors.
I love Star Wars. I love Star Wars so much that I do not even own a single piece of Star Wars merchandise, so much so that i do not even possess a Star Wars DVD, but what i have is Star Wars wallpapers, screen savers and ringtones.
Star Wars to me is an inspiration, a form of escapism and yet a startling and innovative rethink of reality. The Force is strong with me and for that, I love Star Wars for its in-dept creation of an entirely unprecedented sort of philosophy never seen in any other movie of its time. It speaks of a never-ending struggle between evil and good, the typical plot but with a tinge of extraordinary creativity that makes this sure-fail plot a sure-win one.
George Lucas was greatly influenced by Buddhism and thus, inspired from Buddhism created the Force. Of course spirituality and philosophy of Star Wars is not the only pressing reason why i am heavily-obsessed with it.
There is still the breath-taking art or Star Wars where dedicated and talented concept artist like Ralph McQuarrie whose breath-taking sketchs and paintings that simply takes your breath away. The concepts kept Star Wars alive, with ever-changing concepts by a council or artist who bring forth their ideas, take from each others ideas, and finally put together a character or object with everything it is supposed to personify. It is just so magnificient to see the minute changes between the different concept sketches of, example, Darth Vader, that when put all together is so entirely different and so much more personified between the final and the original sketch. That is what makes Star Wars alive.
Next of course is the ever growing multitude of Star Wars novels that fit flawlessly into the Star Wars storyline and time-line. The novels are continually written by many different authors and when finally published, their works never contradict with the other novels and films. This mass of novels is like novels of on another world, written by different authors about the same fictional world but with different and intriguing plots. Some may be romance, others action. Star Wars in itself is like a sea of history and knowledge that the authors just fish out and use and manipulate to fit into their story. Some authors even create thier own character that in the character's later life is featured in another novel written by another author. It is this sense of unity and passion that makes Star Wars alive.
Finally, Star Wars and its massive databanks of characters and ships, weapons and planets, are in fact metaphors of real world historical people, events or weapons. Interesting it may seem that even names of characters are taken from real-world people to furhter personify the character, whether a strong character or a charismatic one.
And that too completes my reasons why I am madly in love with Star Wars.
Star Wars is eternal. It is kept forever alive by concept artist, authors and fans. Star Wars is the very vessel of Science Fiction, brought alive by George Lucas, given to thw world to enhance and to revolutionize until what it is today - the vessel of Science Fiction, the visionary of the future and the inspiration to all the budding authors, artist, scientist, futurist leaders or the world and the ordinary folk who individually are extraordinary people!
Long Live Star Wars!

Life~Replayed
Jiang Haolie