Star Wars is objectively one of the most popular things on the planet among people of all ages, genders, and ethnicities, so obviously I don’t mean all Star Wars fans are bad.
So understand that I take no pleasure in saying this, although we all know it’s true: Star Wars Fans are the worst. To this day, there are few things that arouse my restless soul like John Williams’s unforgettable opening theme. My dad took me to see the original trilogy as they were rereleased in 1997 when I was but a wee 6-year-old youngling, and it kickstarted a lifelong love affair with laser swords and space dogfights and pew pew pews. And that opinion is: Yoda’s ridiculous lightsaber battles in Episodes II and III rule, and anyone who says otherwise hates fun. Apparently I’m a glutton for punishment, because this week, I’m doing the most dangerous thing a critic can do on the internet: sharing a Star Wars Opinion. I kicked things off last week by mentioning how annoying it can be to talk about superhero movies on the internet.
Each week in Silber Linings, he takes a humorous look at the weirdest, funniest, and most obscure bits of comics and pop culture that he can’t get out of his head. The Beat’s Gregory Paul Silber has been accused of having a bit of an… obsessive personality.