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Star Wars Action Figures

Posted by michael on from the stuff-to-choke-on dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Star Wars nostalgia buffs: X-E just added a fairly long feature detailing some of the many mail-away offers made by the Kenner company to keep kids interested in SW action figures in the 80s."

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  1. Star Wars send the wrong message, I'm afraid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Let's overlook the racism and the poor acting, for a moment. On a much deeper level, Star Wars send a shocking, frightening, and sickening message to America's youth.

    Star Wars portray space as a site of warfare between different species and even between rival human factions.

    When A New Hope was released to theaters thirteen years ago, America was at peace. The Vietnam War had recently been brought to a close, and Americans were looking forward to a new era of prosperity and at friendly relations with their neighbors.

    But within a few short years, America invaded Grenada, Nicaragua, Panama, Iraq, and Haiti. What had happened? What had become of our message of peace? What could have transpired in the interim to bring about this cruel turn of events?

    I'll tell you what: Star Wars were released to thronging masses of American youths. In their orgiastic rush to imbibe their new-found cultural icons, they discarded all the wisdom we had acquired through the blood and sweat of our recent military conquests.

    It's no surprise, of course. Even the name "Star Wars" itself conveys a message of conflict and carnage. A New Hope is, at bottom, a story about armed rebellion by rabble against a benevolent legal order, precisely the sort of communistic message we had come so close to defeating in Vietnam.

    Perhaps it would've been different if we had won the Vietnam War. Perhaps then we would've witnessed the fall and destruction of communism and all its bastard progeny (socialism, yuppyism, the Home Shopping Network, etc.). Unfortunately, the world will never know.

    George Lucas, I think I can speak for everyone here on Slashdot, and indeed with the entire breath of humanity: you should be ashamed of yourself for what you have wrought.

    Disgraceful.

    1. Re:Star Wars send the wrong message, I'm afraid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      You must have written that last night with all the spare time you had when your mom sent you to your room, during which time I proceeded to have sex with her.

  2. UsE TeH HorsE Luke by Shoes+For+Birds · · Score: -1, Troll

    UsE iT! Use hTaT hORsE.

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  3. Mod parent down by Tink2000 · · Score: 0, Troll

    -5 obvious lie.

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  4. Who gives a shit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    star fscking wars crap, grow up people