Science Fiction fans will immediately recognize it, as the 'Dark Side' is an integral part of the Star Wars folklore............."The Light side versus the Dark side"..........."Luke Skywalker versus Darth Vader"......
A bit of history first........
A long, long time ago............
1977 : A young mother taking her 2 sons to the movies....., that mother is our mum :)...and even though she barely understood the lingo, she had developed a love for watching movies, especially if those movies were Oscarwinning blockbusters.....so it was a common thing for us 3 to go to the movie regularly (daddy was always too busy tending his business)....
Thus on this 1977, she took us to watch "Star Wars"....and from the moment the movie opened up with the now infamous 5 words "A long, long time ago...." and accompanying John Williams pompous score......the whole audience including me were thrown into a rollercoaster ride........the phenomenon "Star Wars" was and still captures the imagination of generations of people....
Fast forward today, the second installment of the original trilogy, "The Empire Strikes Back", is celebrating its 30th birthday, and for the local Star Wars fan club a reason to celebrate it in style at a nearby cineplex.
Stormtroopers, Boba Fett the bountyhunter, Imperial officers, a Jedi Knight and even Darth Vader made their appearances, (ermmm......up close I didn't realize that Darth Vader is so short, 'cos in the movie he commands a towering presence :p).......
Laetitia and her friends were totally mesmerized by the whole Star Wars experience, turning them into true believers of the eternal fight between the Light and Dark side......
Talking about 'true believers'........I was barely 8 years old when I saw the first movie in the cinema, but I suspect most if not all of the dudes at the Star Wars Fair were still in their mummy's wombs when the first movie was screened or at best were still in their diapers sucking their thumbs.....
So who gives them the right to be die-hard Star Wars fans of the first hour then ?!?....:p Who holds the most bragging right !!!!
Let's pull out the light sabres and decide this issue for once and for good.....
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