Han Solo Is Frozen In What And Why?

    I love reading, or at least I used to really love reading (when I had time).  I read a lot when I was in Jr. High and High School and I loved reading all kinds of genres but my favorites were scary stuff (vampire/werewolves) and mysteries.  What I loved about reading was the journey, the build up to the big reveal...you know a good whodunit that has you guessing until the very end.  I always figured that that was what everyone loved about reading, the guessing...the build up...the big reveal.  However, I have  a cousin that I went to school with, grew up with, and she loved to read too.  One day in Jr. High, while sitting beside her, I noticed she was about to start a new book; what she did next was mind boggling.  She turned to the LAST chapter of the book and then proceeded to READ the whole thing.  This was not a sneak peek or a page or two, it was the answers to all the questions that would be asked in the bulk of the book.  I asked her what she was doing; she said she didn't like waiting to see what happens.My mind couldn't comprehend what was happening;  I walked around for days, my mind in a fog...I was in shock.  Nothing made sense anymore, the world stopped spinning, unicorns and leprechauns were real, dogs loved cats, cats loved mice, Danny was the cute New Kid for crying out loud!!

Alright, maybe that's a tad dramatic...but I truly could not understand why anyone would want to do that.  It's like telling someone within the first 10 minutes of The Sixth Sense that (****SPOILER ALERT*****) Dr. Malcolm is a ghost, Rose let's Jack go and he sinks like a rock (Titanic), and Grace and the kids are the real ghost (The Others). 
     This principle of following the story from beginning to end also applies to my love of movies and to a lesser degree t.v. shows.  Most t.v. shows (series) you can miss an episode or two and still know what's what, but most movie sagas are different.  I refuse to watch any movie (in a series) out of sequence, I find it to be blasph...sacreli...irreve...CRAZY, alright! It's just crazy to me to watch something out of sequence, ESPECIALLY to bypass the first and watch the second or (heaven help) the third movie.  Case in point: The Lord of The Rings.  How can you truly appreciate or even understand the struggle of these characters, the sacrifices made, why the ring is so bad, what in the world a Smeagol/Gollum is, or most importantly what kick-starts the whole journey?  Star Wars, could almost be the exception to the rule in that, when the world was first introduced to the series (in 1977) it was with Episode IV: A New Hope.  Now, even though episodes 1 - 3 gave you the background on Darth Vader, Jedi's, and the Dark Side; you really don't need that information to get the main story line of the later 3 episodes.  However, how can you even begin to understand why Han Solo was frozen in carbonite in Episode VI: Return of the Jedi if you didn't watch Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

 
     Right now you're probably thinking, what's the big deal BigMamaWin, it's just a movie (book, t.v. show)?  Likewise, there will be someone or a few someones to say, "I'm with you, death to the out-of-sequencers!" My reply to the second group would be TAKE YOUR PROZAC and CALM DOWN!  It's not that serious!!! In all seriousness, I do have a point to this seemingly unimportant nerdfest.  How many of us have looked at someone (you don't know) and took their appearance, facial expression, surroundings, etc. and said __________________?  In that blank is the word/words of judgment you slapped on that person (whether out loud or in your mind) after just seconds of seeing them.  Let's say you work with someone and maybe consider them a casual acquaintance, yet you still have that ____________.  You know what I mean: he's a jerk, she's a whore, they're white trash, he's a messed up junkie, she's a crackhead, and so on and so on.  We've made our summation of another human being in one or two words, yet we resent being called such things or summarized in such a way.  How can you/I make an accurate judgment of someone when we've only seen the second or third "movie" that is that person's life.  Now it is true that if you witness (or have legitimate knowledge of) someone having sex with lots of people for money, by definition, that person would be known as a prostitute (whore or slut to the more tacky person).  I'm not talking about making informed decisions or accurate observations of a persons, I'm referencing the way we tend to summarize that a persons deeds (good or bad) are WHO they are.  Is that woman a prostitute, or is she in human trafficking slavery?  Has she been threatened with death if she leaves or tells anyone?

 Did that person on meth just wake up one day and say, "hey, I'd like to lose my job, my children, and be hooked on something that will age me by 20 years and more than likely kill me."?  I know there will be critics and cynics to what I'm saying and I want you to know, I understand you too, because we all have a beginning story. 
     My challenge to you and myself, is to consider a person's backstory.  How did he/she get this horrible title?  Is the reason she's a "bitch" because she has hurts so deep that NO ONE has attempted to LOVE past: the hurt/anger/pain/resentment to help her let go.  Is he an OVERLY macho, male chauvinist because his dad used to put him down all the time, call him a girl, laugh at him when he failed?  DARE...I DARE YOU to be willing to see the story from the beginning, to factor in a past that has led to the present you see in front of you.  It's just a thought.