It’s a great time to be a Star Wars fan.
It’s also a really bad time…
Instead, I was sick of it.
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Ive faced down the anger-pots and walked away with a smile on my face.
Ive blocked the trolls.
And yet, Ben Solo/Kylo Ren exhibits the worst qualities of a Star Wars Fan Gone Bad!
I know I did.
The nature of being aStar Warsfanat least as an adultmight not be able to unravel itself from conversational conflict.
Not all discussions about art people love need to be tame or watered-down.
But they should be open-ended.
Star Warsfans will continue to quibble about the details, probably because we cant help it.
The Force is strong with us.
Maybe we were born that way or maybe learned it.
How we use that is up to us.
So, if youre aStar Warsfan (or a layperson!
After all, there is still light in all of us.
Ryan Brittis the author of the bookLuke Skywalker Cant Read and Other Geeky Truths( Plume/Penguin Random House).
He lives in New York City.
