An old Star Wars article

[Crapshoot]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/248ipzbt.asp?pg=2

So, was discussing this elsewhere- thought it might amuse a few people here. If you do care- thoughts ?

[Draft Dodger]

someone with way too much time on their hands. the less I have to think about the mucky, clunky political plot in Eps I & 2 (and, presumeably 3), the better

[Draft Dodger]

dola,
but the projector and surround sound is SO ready for the DVDs my wife is picking up today

[HornedFrog Purple]

Lucas really screwed up with the midichlorians. That basically made the Jedi a hierarchy. Then of course he ignored that in the second film.

This author did fail to mention that the Empire not just once but twice attempted to build a weapon that committed mass genocide on a planetary scale. And given its known uses, it wasn't for maintaining law and order.

[Draft Dodger]

Lucas really screwed up with Episodes I and II

sadly, this is true

[HornedFrog Purple]

Do you mean the idea of making them? Or how they turned out?

By the way, I am going to love to see how in the world Anakin is going to turn into a bad ass and kill almost all the Jedi considering he has looked silly in his fights thus far.

Wasting the Sandpeople don't count.

[sachmo71]

Subtle humor gone wrong, I believe.

[Draft Dodger]

Do you mean the idea of making them? Or how they turned out?

By the way, I am going to love to see how in the world Anakin is going to turn into a bad ass and kill almost all the Jedi considering he has looked silly in his fights thus far.

Wasting the Sandpeople don't count.

how they turned out, of course.

[PsychoCop]

The author has obviously not read most, if any of the Star Wars books concerning the happenings before and after the movies.

Kevin J. Anderson et al provides a very rich and healthy universe surrounding the ones in the movies, and they basically wrap up most of the loose threads.

[Crapshoot]

The author has obviously not read most, if any of the Star Wars books concerning the happenings before and after the movies.

Kevin J. Anderson et al provides a very rich and healthy universe surrounding the ones in the movies, and they basically wrap up most of the loose threads.

as he says- first thing in the article. The books are not Lucas- the point is purely about the movies.

[sachmo71]

as he says- first thing in the article. The books are not Lucas- the point is purely about the movies.

And still oh so very wrong. Flimsy. Thin. Whatever.

[cthomer5000]

Lucas really screwed up with the midichlorians. That basically made the Jedi a hierarchy. Then of course he ignored that in the second film.
If only he could have done the same with Jar Jar. :(

[ISiddiqui]

I read it, but one line made me stop and realize what a kook was writing this:

Make no mistake, as emperor, Palpatine is a dictator--but a relatively benign one, like Pinochet.

PINOCHET?! Benign? Oy vey!