Raimon couldn’t help but shake his head in disbelief. It was more than he had ever expected, and everything was fantastic. All the decisions to i 2 million in cards and make the sale after the movie to rework the pns for purchasing a few more properties in the U.S. Pying with Billy’s money had bee a running joke for Raimon. Lux Animation was growing untrolbly alongside Raimon’s business. He called the card factory and ordered them to prepare for aar Wars card business. After all, he expected to sell the 2 million iment in California alone, and maybe some other major cities. But for that, he needed a lever.

  He desded the stairs, ign how much like a celebrity he felt. He already had the signatures of nearly everyone who participated in the film. He made John Caliber wait, as he first had to settle something with a character that, for him, was of utmost importan the se.

  -So, Mr. Arad, do you like the idea of turning something into a diamond? You've already seen the produ facilities o shape it. Do you see what I’m saying? When you want something, you have to treat it like your baby. You’ve got to love it, create it, improve it, and bring it to what it's destio be. Billy believes Marvel do the same. We don’t care about mohat will e on its own. When it does, the people involved with the films will be swimming in cash, for one simple reason: people love what’s well-made. If we treat our fans with resped dignity, the future is in our hands. Don’t think about the money, not even ohink about the story we’ll create at Lux Animation—a huge series! Success at every turn! Real movies! Picture it—Marvel in Billy’s hands will multiply its value by 1,000 times. You he scale. What will you do, Avi?- said Raimon.

  Avi Arad was stunned once again. Seeing is believing—that’s the best way to prove something. Like a hidden gem, when found, the discovery feels even more real than the loss of it. In that split sed of deaking, something is either firmed or denied. It avoids the omissions people make and bees an arrow straight to the heart.

  Avi Arad looked with eyes full of wealth, already quantified in dns in his bank at. With Billy, he’d earn double or triple what he ever expected, and if the iments were as strong as they seemed, the mythical figure of a man who built a film pany from the ground up, without support or iment, with just his nails and talent, started to take on a different shape. It was no lohe image of a man g his , but a man who could carry the weight of the world on his shoulders and paint it beautifully for everyone else to see.

  ***

  -We all o calm down a little.- said John Caiber.

  -It’s a good movie, but I feel like it didn’t hit the mark we were hoping for,- added Michael Nicols, one of the biggest Star Wars experts around.

  -On the trary, for the first part, it was fantastic. It gave us a beginning, a middle, and an end. It expins the world or the era we’re living in. We saw the Jedi Order, which had only beeioned in words before, with brilliant casting, a a better uanding of Sith culture. Was it g something special?- replied Marcus Vader, as he was known in the small circle of Star Wars fans.

  -We agree that maybe it’s not the best movie. It pletely ged my idea of Star Wars. So mahings, and so many different cultures, it made me feel like we were watg a different series, if not for the lightsabers. But I think it improved a lot in a ses and movement... for me, it’s easily iop three. Plus, remember it’s three movies. Raimoiohat the saga should be seen as one whole and not as three separate films like the first trilogy was.- John Caliber responded, amazed by the magic that every Star Wars entry had carried since 1977, and this one didn’t falter in quality.

  ***

  In New York, everyone was going crazy over what they had just seen, calling it the beginning of a great trilogy. It was the kind of movie that made them squirm iement. People were satisfied, even though their expectations had been sky-high. The film didn’t disappoint them. It was a great movie to enjoy, with an excellent plot and all the symbolism loaded with sci-fi elements in its grasp, leaving fans with numerous intriguing questions to ponder. It roof that the success of Star Wars was tied to the franchise itself. But anment of the poputiohe success was thanks to the man who vinced Lucas, after many years, locked away in San Francisco.

  -I ’t wait to see what the ing years of Lux Animation will bring.- ean Lee, nodding with satisfa, seeing the movie with the eyes of a child uning a Christmas present, for himself and everyone else.

  -I think we now uand what a brilliant mind achieve when it doesn’t let itself be swayed by others’ opinions,- added Josh Kubert, the old man was frankly amazed at what a single mind was capable of aplishing.

  ***

  Billy ended up going to the midnight showing with Dano ahan Hawke. Even Uma Thurman joihem. The group left the ema in the early m, each with mixed emotions.

  Star Wars was more than just a simple series. In the Uates, it’s a symbol, and Billy didn’t initially grasp what it meant to take it on. Taking it means bearing responsibility for a portion of the popution that will attack at the slightest tradi they find wrong. Even with his system and knowledge, the movie barely passed. People said, -It’s good, I like it, I hope the ones are better. - Those who loved it were happy and adored every part. The film filled pages of multiple writings, and the first night of the national premiere pulled in 12 million dolrs, a brutal hit for the three showings they had iheater across North America.

  -A good movie.- said Dano. Making films is never easy, especially when you’re the guy who’s always going to be questioned with every move you make. Normally, if you do something great, people will say they could’ve do too. If it’s not as great, they’ll attack like hyenas from every dire.

  -Thanks, but I was just the swriter and ior. It’s all Steven and Gee’s work. The hardest part was getting the two of them to agree to work together. - Billy ented. It was the middle of the night, and both were heading to their trailers, feeling renewed.

  -I want to be in it,- said Ethan, who was, in truth, a hardcore fanboy.

  --Maybe in the rilogy,-- Billy ughed.

  Surprising the three of them. -- rilogy? What the hell, you haven’t even fihis one, and you’re already thinking about the ! --But for Dano, who had been in the industry a long time, he saw a glimpse of distant triumph. Billy was someone who focused on future successes, something the younger ones didn’t quite ua—what it means to keep going, despite failures.

  -I’m looking forward to the rilogy.- Danny added.....