[MarkL]

I agree as well. Lucas is a lightweight. Compair Lucas's utterly unconvincing exploration of the dark side with, say, that of Shakespeare (Richard 3rd, Othello, Lear, Macbeth, etc). Lucas has no real conception of evil, none. He cannot imagine the seduction of unchecked egoism or much of anything else as it pertains to evil. I watched that movie laughing the whole way through, especially that BDSM scene with the Master and his boy, geesh what corn pone. Lucas thinks evil runs around cackling loudly and walking like a zombie and saying stupid lines in a menacing voice.

Of course he doesn't have a clue about evil. He's a liberal. They don't recognize evil, except possibly for pro-lifers and other conservatives...

Mark

[Mr. Jeeves]

Lucas doesn't understand evil, but Ian McDiarmid sure does. He didn't have a great script to work with and Anakin's rationale for converting may have seemed weak, but McDiarmid delivered the best Star Wars performance since Harrison Ford in Episode IV.

And you can't blame him for the silly laughter while the Emperor was fighting Yoda. ;)

[staytrue]

He's a liberal. They don't recognize evil, except possibly for pro-lifers and other conservatives...

My guess is Lucas is conservative. His movies are about absolute good and evil and are not very nuanced. Also, eventually, individuals defeat and evil government. And in real life I think he adopted something like 30 kids.