The Force Awakens: A Minifigure's Thoughts On The Galaxy

Last night the builder went to the early showing of Star Wars: The Force Awakens with friends. Aside from sitting in his jacket pocket and having to lean out on the fabric to actually watch the film, I enjoyed myself!

I won't talk much about the film, because I don't want to spoil anything for other fans. But I do want to write on something else I noticed.

The fans.

The fans are amazing people. So many people from all walks of life came together to celebrate something they love. When the lights dimmed, the fans went from a quiet chatter to silence for a few seconds. With breath held close, waiting to exhale into a unified cheer, the famous Star Wars opening crawl lined the screen, and everyone cheered, clapped, whooped and hollered. Finally, a movie they've been waiting so long for, had finally arrived. It kept happening during the film, too. Han Solo making his first appearance in this film, fans cheered. Princess/General Leia, same thing.

It's a great thing to see people happy. That's what makes it so fun being a fan of Star Wars, is that you meet people who could be completely different than you, but you band together for your favorite characters for a few hours, and appreciate a galaxy far, far away. People should do that every day. Band together and work together. If fans can do that for a movie, people can do that for anything. They just have to put their mind to it.

Hi There!

It's 2015, and I'm just now starting a blog. Where have I been, right? I could have done Tumblr, and I've already done Instagram...but I figured this would be a good place to write out more on my adventures!

So, if you haven't known me yet, then hello! I'm Lego Jake, a lego version of a young adult who's making his way around the world. I represent his life in lego form. He thought it'd be a fun photo project to do, so now I guess I'm his muse! He's married, so I'm married. He travels, so I travel. He eats, so I....get to take photos of what he eats (don't worry, he's gotten better about bringing along lego-ized food for me too). I usually hang out in the builder's pocket when we're traveling, or in a lego version of his cubicle in..well, his cubicle. Meta, right?

Anyway, I'm going to try to blog more and post the full-resolution photos of my trip and all the friends I meet on here. Always, feel free to share my posts with your friends, and tell them about my trips and adventures!