This year’s Star Wars homecoming theme was announced on Friday, August 22, and has unveiled a variety of contrasting opinions.

This idea was not simply taken from off the top of Student Government’s head. They came up with themes, tweeted them out, and narrowed it down from about 50 ideas using the responses of the student body.

Student Council Advisor, Lerina Johnson, explained how they came to a decision: “[We are] trying to represent Perry as a whole, so we used their ideas and we used our ideas… and we voted on them.”

Some are skeptical of this idea because they see homecoming ending up as a “nerd party”, however, Lerina Johnson stated, “If people wait before they make a judgement on the theme, they’ll see that it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Some people simply do not have an opinion because they have no prior knowledge on Star Wars. Junior, Dominique Garcia said, “Well I’ve never watched Star Wars, so… I don’t really know anything about [it].”

This seems to be a popular consensus, because when Jillian Lagasca was asked her opinion on the theme, she said, “I’ve never seen or watched Star Wars, so I have no clue.”

Although there is a number of students who have not seen it, Star Wars Movie marathons are being put together by some students in an attempt to get in the spirit of this year’s theme and familiarize themselves with the classic set of films.

When asked about what is expected of homecoming, many concluded that there should be space related decorations. When asked what she expected, Sydnie Christensson said, “[The theme] doesn’t have to be specifically Star Wars, just something to do with space.”

A large amount of people are happy about the determined theme because they have faith that Student Government will pull anything off, regardless of the theme. Sydnie Christensson claimed, “I am very supportive of the theme because I am supportive of anything STUGO says… they will be able to successfully pull off anything.”

Many people believe this year’s homecoming comes down to how Student Government will pull it off and the amount of emphasis that will be placed on the Star Wars theme; skeptics will just have to wait and see.