fuckyeahswprequels:

There’s a cavalcade of incredibly irritating individuals in this fandom who will insist that Star Wars needs to be enjoyed a Certain Way, for one’s fan credentials to be considered legitimate. And they consistently go something like this:

• ESB must be your favorite Star Wars film, otherwise you’re not a proper fan;

• if ROTJ is your favorite film, then you must endlessly qualify your preference with tired and repetitive rants against the Ewoks, now and forever, amen;

• you must worship at the altar of Han Solo, God forbid he not be even remotely among your favorite characters;

• you must worship at the altar of Boba Fett, God forbid you ever roll your eyes at him and his popularity;

• you have to whine endlessly about how young Luke was whiny (self-awareness is truly dead and we have buried it);

• if Luke is your favorite character, then you must qualify that it’s only from ROTJ onward, when he became appropriately ‘cool and badass’;

• you must consistently shit on the Prequel Trilogy, God forbid you ever suggest that you loved the films;

• if you must like something from the Prequel Trilogy timeline, then it’s ‘acceptable’ to like the Clone Wars series.

So on and so forth. There’s a reason why I call fandoms intolerable most of the time and why Star Wars is at the very top of the list. But here’s the thing…

Fuck that shit. Canon and fandoms are meant for personal enjoyment. For pleasure. So enjoy whatever you like, whatever makes you the happiest in a given canon. That in no way makes you a lesser fan or not-a-fan:

• you got into the canon with the Sequel Trilogy and that’s where 90% of your emotional investment is? Congratulations, you’re a good Star Wars fan.

• you’re only interested in the Original Trilogy, but don’t crap on anyone else’s preferences? Congratulations, you’re a good Star Wars fan.

• you grew up with Anakin and Obi-Wan and Padme as your heroes and you’ve got the PT on repeat? Congratulations, you’re a good Star Wars fan.

• you’re all about the Clones and binge-watch Clone Wars / play Republic Commando over and over? Congratulations, you’re a good Star Wars fan.

• you were never really interested in the films, but you got hooked on the canon with the Knights of the Old Republic games and spend most of your time in KOTOR land? Congratulations, you’re a good Star Wars fan

• you’re emotionally attached to Mara Jade or Jaina Solo or Cade Skywalker or Marasiah Fel or any of the other Legends characters and that’s where most of your interest lies? Congratulations, you’re a good Star Wars fan (and I’m very sorry that you won’t be getting new material after the Disney acquisition).

So on and so forth. In my experience, the only thing that makes someone a ‘bad fan’ is actively ruining other people’s enjoyment of a canon / other people’s good time in a fandom.

Also shitting on the new movies too. You must do that as well. Rey is a Mary Sue. Finn is boring. Poe is worse than Jar Jar. Kylo Ren is whiny and a poor imitation of Darth Vader. Over and over.