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Originally Posted by demonrail666

The action and effects obviously played a part but for me it was the great characters, the design, the fact that Star Wars especially had a real sense of humour. The mysticism may have given it the scope for more sequels and prequels but I was always far more into Boba Fett, the battle on Hoth and "let the wookie win" than Yoda, all the stuff on Dagobah and "may the force be with you".

slightly related to this space cowboy theme— did you ever watch joss whedon’s “firefly”? the tv show not the movie [though i think the movie was called “serenity”]

from all you say, i think it’s right up your alley, even if other whedon work might not be.