The Negative Impact Of Star Wars On Pop Culture

It is surely undeniable that the Star Wars movies have had one of the biggest impacts of all time on sci-fi film and more importantly on pop culture. The six films combined with the countless remediations, such as toys, video games, and spin-off shows, have made the Star Wars franchise a holder of the Guinness World Records title “World’s most successful film merchandising franchise”. So what exactly made these movies so wildly successful and loved by all that they spawned this huge amount of remediations? That question doesn’t have just one answer; there are many different reasons why these films were and still continue to be cherished by people of all ages. Some of these reasons are the outstanding characters, imaginative fictional technology, and the classic fight between good and evil.

From the young farmer turned Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker to the bumbling genius robot C-3PO, there truly is a character for all of us viewers. This is why toy figures of these characters continue to be so popular. People adore them because, even though they personally aren't a Jedi Knight or robot, they connect with the characters and also want to be like them. The characters deal with real life emotions in the movies such as pain and loss of loved ones which makes us viewers sympathize with them and support them because we know what its like to feel those things too. An example of this is when Ben Kenobi is killed by Darth Vader. Luke Skywalker sees this and agonizes in pain which makes viewers do the same. This feeling of emotional involvement brings viewers into the story and forces them to root for the good guys to succeed in defeating the bad