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A Closer Look at Star Wars on Film and Off

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the revenge-of-the-marketdroids dept.

mclove writes "Revenge of the Sith comes out on DVD today, and there's an interesting article on Slate dissecting the now-complete trilogy as the avant-garde, intellectual sort of film that Lucas keeps saying it is."` Relatedly inkslinger77 writes "ILM model maker, Brian Gernand, speaks about what it is like to work with George Lucas and why he thinks Star Wars attracts such a huge following, particularly among the IT community. He also gives some information about the technology that is used behind the scenes. "

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  1. Is it serious or a joke? by elronxenu · · Score: 5, Funny

    As always, any sufficiently insightful deconstruction is indistinguishable from satire.

    1. Re:Is it serious or a joke? by CheshireCatCO · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Of course it's always possible that Anakins mother lied and Palpatine made Anakin the old-fashioned way..."

      Then the best explanation for Anakin then is that his father was the post powerful Jedi around. That's right... Yoda nailed Shmi. Although we might imagine that a step-stool might have been required at times.

      Sorry, but I just love watching everyone going looking for mental bleach to remove the mental images. Of course, we can take this joke further, but I'll leave that for everyone to do in the privacy of his or her own mind.

  2. The Force is Lucas by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 3, Funny

    So what this guy is saying, is that "The Force" is actually George Lucas, and when they say "The Force be with you", they are basically saying "Pray that Lucas doesn't get you killed in the next scene"

    Now it all makes sense!

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    READY.
    PRINT ""+-0
  3. Why IT people like Star Wars... by bypedd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cubicle light saber duel, anyone?

    1. Re:Why IT people like Star Wars... by UncleFluffy · · Score: 4, Funny

      waa-aa-ay too much access to the big red 'special effects' button.

      As a friend of mine put it after watching EP3 : "Industrial Light and Magic: the greatest turd polishers ever."

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      What would Lemmy do?

  4. postmodern art film? by nmoog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Never attribute to post-modernism that which can adequately be explained by stupidity!

  5. Summary of the article by dirtsurfer · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Force is the ultimate plot device, and it's such an obvious plot device that even the characters themselves realize that their actions are being controlled by this plot device, so it becomes a post-modern plot device.

    Cue fanfare and applause.

  6. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  7. Avant-garde? Intellectual?! by Dachannien · · Score: 1, Funny

    the avant-garde, intellectual sort of film that Lucas keeps saying it is.

    Darth Vader: Nooooooooooooooo!!

  8. Re:"The Now Complete Trilogy" by Golias · · Score: 5, Funny

    and there's an interesting article on Slate dissecting the now-complete trilogy as the avant-garde, intellectual sort of film that Lucas keeps saying it is.

    First Movie: "Yipeeeeeee!"
    Second Movie: "I hate sand."
    Third Movie: "Noooooooooooo!"

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    Information wants to be anthropomorphized.

  9. Re:All I want to know... by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone care to enlighten me?

    You are too enraptured by the Star Wars mythos. To the Dark Side of the Fandom headed you are!

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    May the Maths Be with you!
  10. Re:"The Now Complete Trilogy" by trentblase · · Score: 4, Funny
    Third Movie: "Noooooooooooo!"

    Or, as in the brilliant double translation: Meee nooo wantt!!!!