5 Unusual Things about TFA to be Excited about

With the toys in stores and the movie only a few weeks away from theaters, there’s a lot of obvious things to be excited about as a Star Wars fan. I however, am not one for the hype, but I do have some expectations that I find interesting to contemplate.

1. Hindsight

With every Star Wars film, fans tend to set their expectations astronomically high. At a time, people even found Return of The Jedi to be the weakest film before the Prequel Trilogy. Then, those films came along and with them, an absurd amount of hype that only let people down upon seeing them. The Force Awakens could be an excellent film, but like with the other installments, it’ll be more interesting to see how we feel about the film after time rather than while it’s new.

2. Clearance Toys

Force Friday? No way man, I’ll be doing my shopping from the clearance bins. Well, not all of it, but it’s obvious Hasbro will have to make more product than they can sell, so that way there’s plenty out there while the movies are hot. Come next summer, I expect there will be a good amount of stuff at lower prices, which for customizers, army-builders and the like is surely a good thing.

3. Scalpers

This one goes with number two, but man will it be funny to watch. A lot of folks are already hoarding up Star Wars product to resell for perceived “big bucks” on eBay, but let’s face it: Hasbro’s going to make a lot of toys. Almost none of this stuff will be rare in time, and these folks will be trying to sell these things for at least what they paid for years.

4. Novelty Items

Not something I usually hunt for, but a lot of Star Wars branded items will be flooding every area of western society. Fast food toys, branded food, bath products, coin banks, anything you can think of. It will only be while this movie is new that you will be bombarded with so many strange or unusual things to have Star Wars slapped on them. To me, this is a fun thing to experience, as even if I don’t care for what’s out there; it only so often you will see so much of it.

5. The Next Generation

There’s a whole generation of kids out there who’s never seen or experienced Star Wars before. At least not in the way that generation prior experienced the films with the Original Trilogy and the Prequel Trilogy. There’s not a lot of entertainment that truly is so timeless with people young and old who keep coming back to this franchise. With these new films, Star Wars will continue on as something that’s not just for the old and nostalgic, but something that everyone knows and can relate to each other with. Only Star Wars can really do that.