Not quite the fearful statement from
Cpt. Tarpals in
The Phantom Menace but a grouchy
David Baldwin from
METRO who has a strange way of publicising events:
You'd think that three paper-thin sequels would have finally sullied the Star Wars™ franchise. But no, far from it. Star Wars™ is still held in mythical regard, and woe betide anyone who questions it.
We only mention this because the One Man Star Wars™ Trilogy comes to the Lichfield this weekend. Starring Charles Ross, the show has been touring for a long time, thanks mainly to the sci-fi faithful. Ross himself maintains that by the age of ten, he'd seen the film 400 times (suggesting some very lenient parents), which made cramming the films into 60 minutes some achievement.
Camp robots, incestuous kisses, TIE fighter sound-effects; the man does it all himself. In fact, that's probably the only genuine legacy of Star Wars - the undying love its fanbase has for it. Well, apart from the Ewoks.Don't you get the feeling here's one man who never got the
Star Wars™ toy he really, really wanted for Christmas as a kid?
Why does everyone like Star Wars?