I asked you to share what it was like for you when you found out that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker’s father, and you did NOT disappoint! The fact that so many strangers were able to share similar experiences is proof of the staying power of Star Wars as a great story — mediocre modern additions aside. This is a perfect test to find out if a story counts as “great literature” — can people come together and talk about how it affected them? Do they share the story down the generations? Can we laugh, reminisce, debate, and fall in love with the story all over again?
This was so much fun and I hope to do it more with all of you in the future.