With a new Star Wars movie coming out this weekend, I’ve received a request to repost what was probably the most popular article from my old defunct movie blog, CinemaBadger. (Feel free to poke around there. I haven’t regularly updated it in three and a half years, but there’s lots of interesting content.)
While this is about movies, it’s also about psychology, so it’s apt for this blog.
Originally Published December 17, 2015 (Just before the release of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens)
I think now is a good time to reflect upon how fundamentally weird it is that after this weekend, Star Wars will never be the same.
Imagine a devout Christian learning that an additional testament to the bible has just been discovered. They don’t know if this newer testament will be good or bad, whether it will be in keeping with what spoke to them regarding the previous testament, whether it will be full of excellent moral guidance or a disillusioning disappointment.… Read more