It's Pumpkin Season Guys...

Pumpkin pie is arguably the best pie you could ever hope to ingest. With so many different ways to enjoy it, pumpkins are almost as versatile as potatoes, which are also amazing, but let's stay on track. So please join me in a fiercely debated topic: year-round pumpkin pie.

Just like how everyone wants to be Batman (yes you do), everyone loves pumpkin pie. It's a delicious treat that starts becoming available in the fall, and makes for a great latté at your favorite coffee shop. You can have it with whipped cream, or a scoop of ice cream, or even plain for all you simpletons out there. Weirdos.

But none of this matters really. Why? Because you can only get pumpkin flavoured things in the fall. Sure, thats when the season for pumpkins starts and they are growing and junk. But, with all the genetically modified foods out there, you'd think someone would've made a pumpkin that grows all-year round.

It's depressing, but this isn't a food blog, so sooooo.......

Star Wars Episode VII began filming this year and it set the world on fire with anticipation. That fire has spread uncontrollably since pictures and artwork have been "leaked" from the set. Most of you have seen them, but I'd like to highlight some of the most exciting ones I've seen.

Set to be released late 2015, Star Wars Episode VII will hopefully look something like this:

This is obviously not official (because Carrie Fisher is NOT that thin), but it is a glimpse of what it will look like. Now don't get your hopes up, because like I said in a previous post, there will be no Lando in Episode VII, so just ignore Billy Dee there in the middle. This next one is done with photoshop, but it's no less exciting:

This one features most of the main actors that have been announced to be in the movie(s). Again, it's photoshopped and not official, but does it not excite your midichlorians a little? Now on to some official stuff.

So this is a "leaked" picture of the new Stormtrooper helmet, and an artist rendition of what they'll look like onscreen. It's reminiscent of the old ones, but way cool and whatever. My question is this: if the Empire was destroyed in Return of the Jedi, why are there still Stormtroopers?

These pics were leaked recently. It's of the Millennium Falcon and two new versions of the X-Wing fighter or the Z-95 Headhunter, I'm not sure. Who knows. It's so cool to see the Falcon and something that resembles a spaceship that I don't even care. This is awesome.

This is all fine and good and Star Wars is cool, but what I really want to know is what the story will be about. What will happen? What has happened to my favorite characters? I'm interested in these things because I think all Star Wars fans are worried, and I'll tell you why....in song.

When the original trilogy (or the OT) was released in the 70's and 80's, no one had a problem with the story. It was solid and entertaining and an adventure to watch and grow up with. And when the prequel trilogy (or the PT) was announced everyone got excited. There would be more Star Wars in the world! Yay us!

But man, were we all wrong. The story was convoluted, the acting was bad, and the only really good thing to come out of it was Ewan McGregor and his portrayal of a younger Obi-Wan Kenobi. God bless him for that.

And Mace Windu. He was baaaaad.

"Say 'what' again, I double dare you!"

George Lucas single handedly created the sci-fi film layout with the OT. But with the PT he single handedly destroyed his own creation and forever blurred the lines that separated his fans from everything else. After Episode I, people who had been hardcore Star Wars fans felt jaded and ended up looking for alternatives to feed their desire for sci-fi.

That's when movies started trying to be Star Wars, and I think it was a good thing because it paved the way for Disney to start making movies that would later prove their competence at taking the reins of Star Wars. It's like when Han gave the Millennium Falcon to Lando in Return of the Jedi.

And she won't. Star Wars fans have been hurt in the past, and we won't be happy with anything less than perfect, unlike Star Trek fans who just accept the fact that every other film is going to be terrible. "The Search For Spock"? Ugh, please. And don't get me started on the updated versions either.

So, I am excited for the new Star Wars movies. I especially can't wait for official pictures of the cast, like Luke in his Jedi robes, or Han I'm his space pirate costume. Or even the newcomers like whoever Daisy Ridley or John Boyega are going to play. This is as close as we can get right now:

As long as George Lucas has nothing to do with this new set of movies, I am fine. Because no one wants to see things like this anymore:

I think about those pictures a lot.

Thank you for reading my blog. I will be reviewing movies shortly, I just have to see them. Like the new Ninja Turtles, Planet of the Apes, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Those will be sometime soon.

Until then, please click an ad, because I can't. Google will kidnap my wife and child and hold them hostage if I do.

Which is why I have Liam Neeson on speed dial.

Goodbye, and thanks again.