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Personal Narrative: A Space Odyssey
My feelings were overwhelming while I was watching Rouge-1, and climaxed in the last minute. I have been a space oddesy fan since I was a toddler and man first walked on the moon. I first watched Star Wars when I was about 1 0-years old. Only a few years earlier, I watched 2001, a space Odyssey. I thought Star Wars was, much better, not because of the action, but because of the force. All my life I wanted to be 'at one with the force' and have the power to heal, block bullets, and cheat death. In my opinion, I have pretty much achieved that.
The following years would see the story of Star Wars become more personal, and with the new series, near neglect, in my opinion, of the true values of the force. This disappointed me tremendously. However,

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