{"id":4942,"date":"2004-10-27T18:56:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-27T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.wordpress.com\/2004\/10\/27\/my-star-wars-oath\/"},"modified":"2012-08-23T13:36:15","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T19:36:15","slug":"my-star-wars-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2004\/10\/my-star-wars-oath\/","title":{"rendered":"My Star Wars Oath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I have never seen a Star Wars movie without knowing the story first.<\/p>\n

Not once.<\/p>\n

I read the novelisation before I saw Star Wars <\/em>on the big screen\u2026 at seven years old.<\/p>\n

I read the classic young-readers\u2019 Star Wars \u201cstorybooks\u201d \u2026 those large, thin books full of movie photos \u2026 because my family forbade me to see The Empire Strikes Back <\/em>on the big screen (they were concerned about the violence and the rumor in Christian circles that all of this Force stuff was of the occult), and because I was living out in the boonies at a campground the summer of Return of the Jedi<\/em>. In fact, I never saw Empire on the big screen until the Special Editions arrived. That is just sad, I know.<\/p>\n

I gulped down any spoilers I could find about Episodes 1 and 2.<\/p>\n

This my last chance to see a Star Wars movie without knowing the story ahead of time. I want to be surprised. Disappointed or delighted, we\u2019ll see\u2026 but I want to go into the film without having already learned all of the surprises.<\/p>\n

So please help me. Here is my oath:<\/p>\n

I WILL NOT READ (INTENTIONALLY) ANY SPOILERS ABOUT EPISODE THREE.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t send me spoilers.<\/p>\n

There is already a detailed, spoiler-filled review of Episode Three out there, from what we hear is a reliable source. I will not read it. Don\u2019t talk to me about it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s my last chance.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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