TODAY?!?
HA! As if George Lucas deserves to see his brainchild hailed, praised and lauded any more than it merits such treatment, now...

Greg Davies and a bunch of avowed comic-bookie geeks might think so - but I beg to differ!
Actually, I cringe to differ! I gnarl to differ! And I am not even close to being a sympathizer of the sick and demented "Sith lords" either...! They're aptly-named though; I'll give them THAT much...

In actuality, I do admire only and exclusively the character of one Obi-Wan Kenobi - the way he was developed, what he represents, what he was throughout the epic. He is a true shining example of a genuine do-gooder! But he was that from the very beginning to me! Back in 1977's original film, I immediately saw that there was the consummate Jedi Knight - the best of the best! It is Obi-Wan - "old Ben Kenobi", yes! It is not Luke, not Samuel L. "Shaft" Jackson and much less Anakin (whose name I will never swallow - that cheap Biblical rip-off! He's no giant - the Biblical Anakim were, but Anakin Skywalker is nothing more than a teen-angst wet-behind-the-ears puke without much of a cause...! What he does have is that distinct (as dubious) advantage to wield a devastating and potentially lethal light-saber, but still - take that away from him and he's nothing! We all saw how both Dracula Christopher Lee (Count Dooku? Who? What? He's Count DRACULA!) and Obi-Wan himself took turns and THRASHED Anakin GOOD...! But I digress...)

So, to be short, I vote NO to a "DAY OF THE JEDI"
(Bring back the DAY OF THE DOLPHIN instead!)
(After all, it is the YEAR OF THE DOLPHIN - even the Backstreet Boys know THAT! How can Greg Davies and George not know...?!?)

But I would recommend more kids take altruistic Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi up as their ROLE-MODEL - now THAT is for sure! ;)

And may the Force be with you when you try and do as well as Obi-Wan will always do, in the four films that he is "physically there"...
And, especially, the two films that he's "ethereally there"...!

Labels: Ben Kenobi, Obi-Wan