a Star Wars Haiku

The Chosen One falls

To the nightmares of his past

Darkness reigns again

Star Wars In Concert – My Review

It’s taken me several days to write my review of Star Wars in Concert. Not because the show was not good but because the show was brilliant and it took me this many days to wrap my brain around just how brilliant it really was.

It’s like Christmas when your eight years old. When your eight years old Christmas still rocks. It’s still magical and the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas is still the best month of your entire life – the anticipation and the hype and the glitter and the noise in your head…

Friday Oct 23rd right before the show started I was afraid – afraid I had hyped myself up so much that nothing could live up to the show that was already playing in my head.

And I was wrong.  The show that played out before my eyes and in my ears – was a million times better than the one in my head!

I had not hyped it up too much but NOT nearly enough!

The score of Star Wars, for me at least, had always been in the background – to the point of ignoring it to concentrate on the dialogue. Not. Any. More. Watching the scenes, the battles, the epic moments of Star Wars with John William’s score pounding out at you – changes EVERYTHING.  The wide-eyed stare, the jaw dropping magic of childhood came rushing back.  With every new song my eyes got a bit bigger, my jaw slacked a bit more and I even spent most of the time on the edge of my seat leaning toward the stage.

For a couple of hours my world was only Star Wars and it was brilliant.

Star Wars Memories

In celebration of Star Wars in Concert at the Cowboy Stadium tomorrow night I thought it would be nice to share some of my earliest Star Wars related memories.

I saw Star Wars the first or second week it came out with my Aunt M and Uncle J.  I remember I was so excited and drank so much soda I visited the bathroom at least a dozen times.  I remember my Uncle J being very annoyed by that.  I also remember leaving the theatre thinking that was the coolest thing I had ever seen.

The Empire Strikes Back came out and I was old enough to go with friends.  Bob Seeger’s “Against the Wind” was on the radio in the car. Forever more “Against the Wind” and Han Solo getting frozen in carbonite are intertwined in my head.

I would love to give you more memories but I do not have distinct memories of the other four movies.  I love them all.  I even love Jar Jar!

I think the first two came out at a very impressionable time in my life so the events around them are more permanently ingrained in my memory bank.

Tomorrow as I enter the Cowboy Stadium dressed in black (yes I am wearing black – not quite a costume but which side I play for will not be a secret) I hope to recapture some of the awe of my youth.  I still think about various parts of the movies daily but to see the film footage on a larger than life screen with a live orchestra playing their hearts out…I hope to be left breathless.

Star Wars In Concert

Star Wars In Concert is coming to the new Cowboy Stadium Friday night.  I am unsure if or how they will utilize the giant screen but no matter – the show is going to be amazing.  I will be posting as many photos as I can – hopefully straight from the concert itself.