Stars Wars is like your grandpa; he is old and wise, and keeps telling you a good story. How could you put him in retirement home so soon? With the familiar tales of adventure, the new movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens comes to continue the dream of being a child again. The original generations get to relive the moments they felt when they first walked into the theater, and modern day teens get to experience a time warp as they set foot into the past.

When George Lucas first wrote the screenplay for Star Wars, he did not get to decide the popularity of the movie; the fans did. At that time, there was an audience for action sci-fi adventure, and there still is. Based off the number of prequels and sequels, it can be assumed that day was a huge success, and for good reason. The story contained all the essential aspects to draw fans in, such as action, comedy, and romance.

With the amount of success this series has had, ending it now would be giving the movies less credit than it deserves. Even though some people have never seen the movies, it is hard to question if they have never heard of it. Star Wars has become a brand aside from the movies; allusions to the series occur constantly with the muffled breathing and the famous phrase, “Luke, I am your father”, and the amounts of spoofs from “Family Guy” to “SNL.”

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now revamping the aspects of the original movies. Just like how the hipsters were turning their vintage Goodwill clothing into something modern, J.J Abrams is modernizing this beloved story. With today’s technology, the sci-fi aspects can be enhanced to a whole new level of entertainment  for the Star Wars industry and fans.

Not only that, the movie includes members of the original cast, such as Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher which helps connect it to the original films. It might seem redundant to keep to a similar plot line, but at times it is needed to go back to the roots of a story.

           Therefore, the new addition to the series is keeping the Star Wars story alive as it continues through generations. As long as the fans keep going to the theaters, this movie series will not go anywhere.

Sometimes in life things are meant to end. When the ending wraps a perfect bow on top of the story, it is meant to stay there; not to interfere with. However, something that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas created was the idea that removing this bow on top, changing the story, and adding onto this to bring in the mass amount of revenue that it promises. Some of prime examples of this are the fourth Indiana Jones and the Star Wars “prequels”, both of which we are going to ignore due to how bad these movies actually are.

Now, Star Wars is faced with this problem again as J.J. Abrams wants to revive the dead series into a form of “The Walking Dead” that is due to wander the earth. The once promising ending of The Return of the Jedi is now gone as the dashing yet old Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher try not to break a hip as they teach a young girl, with a pole that somehow can block lightsabers and an ex-stormtrooper who does not know what to do as he tries to redeem his past mistakes.

Even though the story appears to be unique, it is not. For example, there is a new story with a old mentor trying to teach a young jedi, with not only new companions, including a new droid partner. Now they must fight against a new Sith Lord where he has a new lightsaber style that was shown in the trailer; also to get the fans pumped for a movie that will revive the series after a time of break. The question is, what movie am I talking about? I am not talking about just the Force Awakens, but the Phantom Menace and how both movies have these similar styles. J.J Abrams., if you’re going to make a new Star Wars, do not model it after the worst one there is, okay?

In the end, we are continuing a series in the worst fashion ever with a director who already made Wrath of Khan an insult to Star Trek fans. Who says it will not pull the same thing at the Phantom Menace did? The series has already lost a lot of credibility due to the prequels, is it worth a risk losing more credibility? For people who became Star Wars fans when the new episode was announced, it is a risk because they have not been there watching their favorite movie series further ruin itself. However, for the people that have, the risk is too great. The series ended perfectly with the Return of the Jedi movie, so let it go Star Wars fans.