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I was able to travel back in time twice
in a single evening!
It all started at the Lucas, at the Christmas Cabaret.
unusual holiday songs.
Like Trae Gurley in 1984-era Michael J. Fox mode, singing Wham!'s "Last Christmas" and tossing hearts around!
Hilarious duo with Jenny Woodruff!
They both have such great comedic timing!
Speaking of timing, I had made a list -
and checked it twice! -
prior to my shift as usher tonight.
What was so important?
Why, the screening times of "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens" at the four (of five local) cinemas offering it on Thursday night.
I wanted to see the movie prior to its official opening today, to get a jump on the crowds. After all, it's been 38 years since the saga first hit the silver screen, lighting up the world with its New Hope.
38 years.
That's two generations, y'all, of folks steeped in the legendary tale of Luke and Leia and Han Solo... and Chewbacca, the ultimate 'bominable!
I was all of 19 years old when "Star Wars" opened in Great lakes, Illinois. The guy who took me to see it had already seen it six times.
It had only been open for a week.
He had insisted that we sit in the very first row at the cinema.
Excellent advice! I was absolutely absorbed into the science fiction tale, soaking up its mythology like it was part of my psyche! Ultimate GOOD versus Ultimate EVIL - wow!!!
And here it was, back again, with the old players again active in their roles! This time was different, though. They had aged, much as had we in the audience. But now, the sense of awe they had brought to our lives for all these years was also evinced by the other actors in the new film.
Repeatedly, the questions were reverently asked. "You know Han Solo?" "You know Princess Leia?" "You know Luke Skywalker?"
How very nice for that sense of awe to be intact after all these years!
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