Please Leave Han Solo Alone, South Windsor Town Hall Offices Closed, Library Sked

Good morning, South Windsor! Today is Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013; there are 322 days left in the year.

Dear People Who Control Star Wars Movies (aka Disney):

I am fully prepared for you to completely destroy any meaningful memory that I have left from my childhood by ruining the Star Wars franchise. George Lucas pretty much did it with the three God-awful prequels he produced in the early to mid 2000s.

I understand that there is going to be a Star Wars Episode VII, which is expected to be helmed by J.J. Abrams. That’s a nice start to at least making the film somewhat palatable.

I also hear that you are doing breakout movies based on individual characters, because, you know, you didn’t buy the name Star Wars for $600 gagillion to look at old C3PO action figures. You bought the name Star Wars because you want to recoup your $600 gagillion investment and make another $1.5 million gagillion.

Hence the breakout movies.

I have one request. Please, please, please leave Han Solo alone. He’s the baddest of the badasses. And Harrison Ford was perfect for that character.

Don’t make an individual backstory about a young Han Solo, played by someone else. Leave him alone. You’ll only ruin him, thereby detonating a nuclear warhead on the last vestiges of anything decent from my first 10 years.

Thank you.

Here’s your Daily 5:

1. Town Hall offices are closed in observance of Lincoln’s birthday.

2. Reading Roundup at the South Windsor Public Library today at 10 a.m.

3. Learn how to borrow e-books from the library at 6:30 p.m.

4. Greenleaf Pottery classes at 6:30 p.m.

5. Celebrate Fat Tuesday at Mohegan Sun at 9 p.m., because why not?