Yet many of us still thrilled at the spectacle and cheered during such sights as the Darth Maul/Duel of the Fates kick off, Mace Windu’s bounty hunter beheading, or Yoda speed impaling a rather ill-advised clone trooper, spinning the negativity that grew over the years into statements containing words like “but we got the Clone Wars cartoons as a result and they’re pretty awesome”. Even as someone who remains a prequel defender for the most part, there’s always going to be a part of me that would like to see Episodes I, II and III re-made by an array of different filmmakers, as was originally rumoured, but I’d consigned that hope to a distant corner, along with any thought of getting a new series of films.

However, in what felt like quite a sudden turn of events, Lucas had no sooner sold the Star Wars rights to Disney, when JJ Abrams found himself in the middle of a desert filming a whole new chapter in the tale and that gut pounding sense of excitement was back and greater than ever.

And now here we are. The Force Awakens is about to be unleashed upon the world and for someone like me, who’s been a lifelong Star Wars devotee since my Dad took me to see The Empire Strikes Back at the grand old age of four, there’s a strange mix of emotions swirling around from my brain to my stomach, that can’t quite work out how I’ll react when those fateful words hit the big screen again.

On the one hand; there’s a rational part of my brain that acknowledges that Star Wars is just a film and that it shouldn’t matter how and when I see it, but then that’s almost completely overwhelmed by the total and utter love I have for it, that means I’ll no doubt burst into tears at least once during my first screening.

It seems crazy really that it can still hold so much power, when age brings about so many changes in life, but in breaking down some of the many facets contained in the Star Wars universe, things start to make a little more sense as to why it holds such a special place in peoples’ hearts. So let’s take a look at some of them while trying to keep our nerves about us in the face of an impending cinematic landmark.

“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”