In a Galaxy Far Away

A source of disappointment and inspiration…

Illustration by author.

He was ten years old when the first film was released, the perfect age for a science fiction epic of sorcery, swords, gunslingers, dogfights; a fairy tale in space. He left the cinema awed and breathless, begging his parents to watch the film one more time. The idea seemed frivolous to them. Knowing that he would have to wait years to see it on VHS, it took the boy two weeks of…