OK, I'll be the first to post the "I've never heard of Star Wars and don't care anything about Hollywood! I haven't watched a movie since 1973 and have NEVER owned a television!"
Just thought I'd get that out of the way.
Seriously though, I stopped caring about Star Wars in 1983, about 2 months after Jedi left the theaters. I'll never understand the obsession people have with it.
Well I was 5 years old when the first Star Wars came out so the movies became very influential for me growing up.
And as a Catholic attending Catholic school, the fundamental story of good vs evil, calm vs. chaos, protection vs. attack (essentially God vs. Devil) correlated well with the overall value system I was being taught. I think that message and story becomes much more ingrained when you are young like that.
I still get goosebumps when I hear Yoda describing the Force on Dagobah.
———— Well then Lucas came out with the next set and Midicholrians etc... and pretty much ruined the whole thing. I’m hoping Abrams brings it back around; it looks like he is by playing up the good vs evil angle in the previews.