My Star Wars Memories
I bet most of people in Thailand don't know Star Wars, or they know a little about this name. May be because of it's old. I'm not sure but I ever asked one of my pals about the movie but he immediately answered me that he had no idea what is this movie about. I kinda shocked about this because Star Wars was my very first favorite movie.
When I was a little boy, my brother took me to a theater somewhere in Rayong which I spent first 6-7 years of my life there. The movie that I watched with him was Star Wars episode 5: The Empire Strike Back. That was my first time in the cinema. Later, I realized that my father bought me a video of Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope already before I watched the 5th. I fell in love this movies at first sight. I don't know the reason why but I think it was because my older friend neighbor also like this movies too. There were times when McDonald and KFC released toys from Star Wars movies and you know, my dad always bought those toys for me but not all of them as we were not so wealthy. Actually, I couldn't remember when I watched the 6th Star Wars movie. I was so young at that time! My memories about Star Wars at Rayong was unforgettable.
Later, I moved to Sukhothai where it's not civilized as Rayong was. I couldn't find toys about Star Wars here.( I always dreaming of getting the real Starships from the movies when I was young.) I almost forgot Star Wars and almost erased it from my life but then, the Star Wars Episode 3 came out and brought back all of my sweet memories with Star Wars. It was the last episode of Star Wars in the theater although LucasFilm made an animation series of Star Wars called the Clone War.(Presenting the time between Episode 2 and 3.) I accidentally found the shop online that selling Star Wars' toys like Starships and the characters from the movies. I was so excited and bought one from that website in no time. My father and my grandfather was a bit upset when they knew that I bought a 'toy'. I didn't care and continued collecting money for the next one. I keep doing this for about 4 years and stopped in 2011 because I was studying in the University and had to save some money for buying necessary stuff. For now, my toy collection couldn't compared to those who got a job and can afford a lot of them but I love my collection so much. Not many of my friends know that I have Star Wars toys because I don't want anybody to know about this. They may think that I'm so childish. So, I kept all of my toys at home in my room so none of my guests can see them.
In 2015, Star Wars will be in the theater again because the 7th movie is in progress. All of Star Wars fans around the world are so exciting about this and can't wait to see it. Me too, I can't wait any more because I never watched other kind of Star Wars movies except those in the theater. I don't know if Thai people are exciting about this news or not but let just hope. May the force be with you!
note: 'May the force be with you' is a famous quote from this movie.
this essay written at 3.46 a.m.
