An old Star Wars article
 

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...ipzbt.asp?pg=2

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

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

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

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.

sadly, this is true

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.

Subtle humor gone wrong, I believe.

how they turned out, of course.

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.

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

If only he could have done the same with Jar Jar. :(

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


PINOCHET?! Benign? Oy vey!