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The Hero With a Thousand Options: The Anti-Mythology of the Star Wars Sequels
Liberty Island Magazine ^ | August 31st, 2020 | Shant Eghian

Posted on 09/01/2020 2:48:54 PM PDT by tbw2

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21 posted on 09/01/2020 4:17:34 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The only thing I can think of is that Ben One Obi Kenobe came out of recluse and returned to being a Jedi...


22 posted on 09/01/2020 4:30:07 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Junk Silver

I thought Rogue One was plodding and very predictable.


23 posted on 09/01/2020 4:37:55 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (These aren't my pants!)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Fair enough, but at least Rogue One didn’t have Ewoks!


24 posted on 09/01/2020 4:58:48 PM PDT by Junk Silver (Calling an Antifa protest "Mostly peaceful" is like saying your girlfriend is "Mostly not pregnant".)
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To: Shadow44

And then there was JarJar Binks.


25 posted on 09/01/2020 5:10:48 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the video")
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To: Seruzawa

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was actually good.

Hans Solo was okay, kinda like prequels.

Others were garbage.


26 posted on 09/01/2020 5:14:24 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican (I agree.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

I actually liked Rogue One. Just my opinion.


27 posted on 09/01/2020 5:14:52 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican (I agree.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“I actually liked Rogue One.”

That sequence at the end where Darth Vader tries to retrieve the disk with the Death Star plans is one of the highlights of the entire set of films - especially since it can be seen in 3D.


28 posted on 09/01/2020 7:03:02 PM PDT by Junk Silver (Calling an Antifa protest "Mostly peaceful" is like saying your girlfriend is "Mostly not pregnant".)
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To: dfwgator

Agreed


29 posted on 09/01/2020 7:18:13 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Junk Silver

Agree!


30 posted on 09/02/2020 1:19:07 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (These aren't my pants!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“I never understood when they retitled the original one, A New Hope. What is it referring to; what is the hope that they are talking about? Who was hoping for what?

I’m sorry I’m not a staunch Star Wars fan, but have enjoyed seeing them.”

The *previous* “hope” had crashed and burned. Badly. With much flame. There were always rumors and allusions to things that happen before the events of Star Wars. The Clone Wars, the war between the Mandelorians and the Jedi. And that one galactic jerk, Darth Vader, cruising around the galaxy murdering every Jedi he could find.

Fan club newsletters and stuff dropped lots of hints, but almost all of it got thrown away, and ol George Lucas just made his prequels from whole cloth. The “old hope” had been Luke’s father, Anakin. He was supposed to have been the guy who would save everybody, but he ended up changing sides.

The last I’d heard, the first prequel would’ve featured Luke’s birth, but that was (using my fingers to count the years), 30-some odd years ago.


31 posted on 09/02/2020 4:47:27 AM PDT by Nabron
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The prequels were bad because they were seemingly designed to appeal to kids and because George Lucas was let loose to continue the tinkering he did on the originals only on a massive scale. Plus, and this is a major one for me, he turned the most fearsome badass villain in the galaxy into a whiny teenager.

I didn't mind Episode VII even though it was pretty much Episode IV rehashed because I viewed it as a reassurance that things were back on track after the mess of the prequels. Didn't take long into Episode VIII to realize how wrong I was. I can only imagine how much worse Episode IX was, but I'll never know.

32 posted on 09/02/2020 8:39:53 AM PDT by Dahoser (Not separation of church and state, but of media and state.)
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To: Seruzawa

You might appreciate a recent interview with the author of Hazardous Imaginings: The Mondo Book of Politically Incorrect Science Fiction.

An Interview with Author Andrew Fox
https://libertyislandmag.com/2020/11/07/an-interview-with-author-andrew-fox/


33 posted on 11/08/2020 7:17:56 AM PST by tbw2
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