I like Star Wars, but probably not in the drooling fanboy sense. I'm pretty sure my interest in Star Wars falls squarely in the Perfectly Normal category, because I get regularly appalled with each issue of Star Wars Insider.
I've been getting it off and on for several years now. I actually subscribed to it during the peak of my Star Wars love back during the theater release of the Special Edition original trilogy. I let it die around Episode 1, only to inherit it back again when my subscription to TopDeck turned into Star Wars Gamer and then Insider shortly thereafter.
Insider reminds me that I'm okay, because in no way an I as sad at most of the lettercol hacks. One guy wrote in asking about the value of his Star Wars LEGO in-store display because his insurance agent won't let him insure it without a number. Well chief, that item's about $60.
One thing I've never understood... Star Wars fans love the minutae of the films, yet they go geek raving happy over spotting all the terrible LucasFilm easter eggs. Like a couple of X-Wings in the Coruscant chase scene of Episode 2. I hate that crap. How can fans seriously argue about the "true" backstory of Dr. Evazan one second and then giggle about finding a tiny Death Star hidden in Episode 1?
Here's another secret that isn't funny in the least: LucasFilm animators sticking those Naboo cow-bugs in every scene. Creating digital effects must get really boring, because the cows are reported in the asteroid field, the clone skirmish and the Coruscant chase. If I didn't suspect that George Lucas is sleepwalking through the entire process, I'd picture him gently chastizing his animators with a "Nice work, boys. You sure got me good by hiding the ship from 2001: A Space Odyssey in the Coruscant scene. That even beats when you put a bunch of E.T.s in Episode 1. Haw, haw, haw."
