When Fandom turns to the Dark Side
It was always going to happen wasn’t it? Since the release of the latest Star Wars movie things have threatened to get nasty. It’s been bubbling away on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, on the streets, in the pubs, round your granny’s house. Everywhere. The Last Jedi, which I really enjoyed, was released after hype like I have never seen before. We were treated to gorgeous trailers and TV spots. We all carefully broke each of them down looking for clues. We had theories. We had hopes. We had ideas. I think ultimately non of them came true. And there, I think, lies the problem. Personally I’m not one for looking for spoilers or buying into theories about who this or that is, what their background is, where have they come from, who are they related to etc etc. No other franchise do you get this. It’s insane. Such is the fandoms, young or old, thirst for Star Wars that we have started making stuff up for ourselves then getting upset when in fact we were no where near. And its a
