Posted on 06/02/2018 5:41:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
“The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.” - Obi-Wan Kenobi, first Star Wars film
I hate to break it to the author, but “Star Wars” was already pagan mysticism in the very first film. I knew Star Wars was rooted in non-Christian beliefs during the first week it was shown.
I really liked the first two. I suspected there were hidden messages but didn’t care. The movies were fun.
Then came the third one and the Ewoks. There was a message and the whole thing was incredibly stupid.
The second trilogy is basically the story of what incompetent boobs Obi-Won and Yoda are, the worst Jedi masters ever. They both mentored the dark side Jedi that destroy the Jedi order, the one played by Chris Lee who had something to do with commissioning the clone army and Darth Vader who murdered child Jedi and hunted Jedi to extinction.
They chose to use the clones, a slave army with no free will to fight the droids as far as I can tell. That’s the whole point of having a clone army conditioned to fight. They let a Sith Lord rise to power right in plain sight. They caused the republic to fall. No wonder Yoda chose to cower alone on a swamp planet.
Freegards
Well... if nobody like the new Star Wars movie, then I am going to have to see it.
Oddly, the ones nobody seemed to like were the ones with Jar Jar Binks. I thought they were OK tho I do agree that Jar Jar was dumb.
I have not seen the last few. I did start watching the one with the storm trooper with blood on his helmet but it got so boring I just turned the channel.
I really have yet to see sci-fi with decent writing that holds itself together.
I understand that “The Expanse” is good, but I haven’t seen it. Other than that, it’s just non-sense all around.
Fun nonsense that I like, but nonsense nonetheless.
I know what you mean. Just about every sci-fi has inaccuracies or plot holes you can pick the show apart with. Star Wars is loaded with them. Star Trek has more science but it’s mostly fake science. For one thing, most directors are scientifically illiterate. James Cameron is an exception, but he’s also an environmental wacko who has said that environmental terrorism is justified. Hence the Avatar stereotypes of trees good humans bad. They don’t really make scientifically sound sci fi movies, you have to read books. Too bad, because no one has tried making a sci fi with real science. I guess they think it’s too much of a risk.
Don’t be a frog in the mountains of Kansas.
The trading cards for SOLO are horrible. No story line on the backs like the others. Even the card subsets/color listings are wrong.
Oh well, I’m still finding Rogue One and Two cards, plus The Last Jedi, around. My “fortune” is in the original SW cards I bought for my son in 1977-79. Now if only I can find them.
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OBI-WAN
Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic…
to democracy.
ANAKIN
If you’re not with me, you’re my enemy.
Recall at the time Lucas et al were portraying the later installments of that trilogy as an indictment of GW Bush.
Those quotes/arguments are right out of the media post 9-11...
And they made 2 subsequent Ewok films before coming up with Episode One.
in 1984 and 1985
A more accurate phrasing might be “Darth Vader consumed your father...”
or more dramatically, “Since the rise of Darth Vader, your father is no more”
I stopped watching to Star Wars movies after the third one (how long ago was that)
the term “Exploited to Death” now comes to mind.
How about “Anakin Skywalker was a petulant whining teenager Jedi who always complained, while Darth Vader was a badass bad guy who never complained, just killed anyone who got in his way. They were nothing alike”? I think that would have better explained it.
Didn’t one of the modern Star Wars films have Darth Vader whine, “Noooooo!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s
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