For me, Star Wars is life. Literally my first memory is watching the Wampa cave scene from The Empire Strikes Back on the couch with my dad. 

The idea for Bright Suns Media started in 2021 during a trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. It was our first time going since they completed Galaxy's Edge at Hollywood Studios, and as a lifelong Star Wars fan, I was very excited. But as a fan of the Prequel and Sequel trilogies, I was very accustomed to being ridiculed for my enjoyment of "modern" Star Wars.

Batuu changed all that. The people who go to Galaxy's Edge are the type who are eager to celebrate Star Wars in all its variations, not demean. Sitting at Oga's Cantina, sipping my Jedi Mind Trick with a table full of strangers, we all immediately bonded over our shared love of all things Star Wars. 

This is how it should always be.

So when I got home, I got to work starting Bright Suns Media, so I could never again feel like I couldn't share my love of Star Wars, of Marvel, of DC, of sci-fi movies, of comic books, of science, of revolutionary tales of courage against Empires. And maybe, I thought, I could be that stranger at the Cantina for someone else. A reminder to all that it's so much more fun when we all love things, and let people love things. 

That's why I called it Bright Suns. Named after the Batuuan greeting. Because in the Geekdom, we are all welcome.

-Mike Upton