Now I'm Excited Again, Dammit

I pretty much gave up on loving Star Wars after Ep II. I mean, it was ok and all, but after the general feeling of disappointment (due to unreasonably high expectations I'm sure) after getting all hyped up about Ep I, Ep II didn't deliver, in my opinion. And although there will always be a special place in my heart and soul for the original trilogy, which truly changed my life and helped make me the geek I am today, I just didn't get the same lovin' feeling from the new movies.

But we just got our copies of the original trilogy DVDs in the mail today from Amazon (and I don't *even* want to go into all the bickering about whether or not these new DVDs are a Good Thing or a Bad Thing) and I saw the teaser for Ep III and dammit, now I'm feeling all excited and fluttery with anticipation to see it. I feel like this movie could actually be payoff. (Although I fear disappointment again.) I mean, who DOESN'T want to know how Anakin became Darth Vader? And who DOESN'T want to see ultra cool lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan and Anakin? There's just something about watching awesome swordfights (Obi-Wan vs Vader! Vader vs Luke! Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan vs Darth Maul! Yoda vs. Dooku!) that well, gets to me. It speaks directly to my geekgirl heart. Gimme a good swordfight in a movie and you make me happy (not happy enough to ignore how much the rest of the movie sucks, but happy).

I will try to keep a firm hold on my excitement and expectations this time, you know, go into the theater with an open mind but not expecting the world's best movie (let alone payoff). Maybe that way I can still be pleasantly surprised and pleased at what I *do* get, instead of being disappointed at what I didn't get. But I'm not doing the crazy fangirl thing, nosiree. I'm sure Josh will still go wait in line overnight with his line buddies, but by now it's less about the movie and being a fan than tradition and nostagia. Me, I'm way more excited about the special edition of Return of the King coming out.