Luke and Leia

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THE JaDine love team had a concert here in Cagayan de Oro last Saturday and my sis was one of the avid fans who bought tickets and probably lined up to watch it.

This is the team that is said to be the JaDine generation’s John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo, and that makes not only my sis but also me happy, for there will come a time when Lloydie and Bea will be having their third, fourth, fifth, and even wa-chance, it will be refreshing to see a younger pair committing to their first chance for a change.

Lloydie and Bea started with “One More Chance,” though, not with a first chance, which makes me suspect that opportunity does knock more than once.

But my Saturday wasn’t spent watching Pinoy love teams since that was my minute brain’s last chance to have a movie marathon for another pair before the start of this week.

If you’ve been hibernating in Siberia since the late ‘70s, you won’t be able to relate with this story so better move on to the next column. But if your eyes were wide awake in that era, you could definitely relate na relate.

Luke and Leia. Well, not exactly a love team once you learn about their story. For one like me who slept through History classes, at least I remember this pair’s history, enough to make me cringe and say ewww when I saw them kissing in “The Empire Strikes Back” during our “Star Wars” movie marathon last weekend.

The first “Star Wars” that we saw in 1977 did kind of hint that there could be a love story starring Luke and Leia. And that’s how Mark Hamill (Luke) became the crush ng bayan for our generation.

Unlike my younger bros, I was more into Luke than the story. Thus, I was simply a Luke fan. If you need proof, here’s one. A few months ago, we were talking about the movie and I said, That white thingie. And my bro had to correct me: “Stormtrooper.”

At least I knew that Rick Moranis’ Dark Helmet in “Spaceballs” was inspired by Darth Vader.

Dark Helmet: “I can’t breathe in this thing!”

Darth Vader: “No, I am your father.”

See the difference?

Since history makes me sleep, recalling the “Star Wars” history last weekend also made me sleep, and keeping myself awake required food. But I had to be content with water due to this thing called diet. Had to–meaning, when water wasn’t enough, I was eating pasta and pizza which are banned from most diets that see flour as one culprit that fattens the bilbil.

Then, the Digos Good Vibes performed at Empire last Sunday night. Our table had drinks and pulutan, but all I could have was water. That kind of diet.

The diet goes on and off and I’m now irritated whenever someone on the same diet compares her weight loss with mine.

Could be the same feeling Han Solo (Harrison Ford) had when he sensed that Luke and Leia could end up as the movie’s love team especially after he saw them kissing each other.

But it’s Darth Vader’s metamorphosis that sends chills down your spine since there are many Pinoy politicians who could be him.

The more familiar character, though, is Jabba the Hutt. And we’re talking about a local politician. The first name that comes to a Cagayanon’s mind, hmmm, yon na.

The “Star Wars” series began in 1977 when the Philippines was still under martial law. Now, there’s no more martial law but corruption remains.

Try talking about 1977 to today’s generation and you’ll get the same reaction as yours whenever your parents talked about the ‘40s.

Mark Hamill had a car accident on January 11, 1977. By then, filming was almost over, and “Star Wars” opened months later on May 25, 1977. What we saw in the movie was the actor’s face before the accident. For the sequel, “The Empire Strikes Back,” the first scenes had him being mauled by a Wampa but there’s no definite behind-the-scenes story on whether George Lucas purposely included that in the script to explain Luke’s new face.

Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) has evolved into a writer. One of her books is titled “Delusions of Grandma.” The first trilogy of “Star Wars” has “delusions of grandeur” in their dialogues, and I wonder if that’s her inspiration for the book’s title. Hmmm.

The movie has had its prequels and sequels, thus, requiring a movie marathon, and its fans are now counting the hours till the theater opens for “The Force Awakens.”

But after watching all six episodes, I can now understand this more: May the force be with you.

Well, may the force be with us all!