I for one have to admit that I have some problems with the whole George Lucas/Star Wars thing these days. It just seems to me that George has become, as many people do when they get older, more conservative, more of a "wuss," so to speak. Both ANH and ESB were less "kiddy" than either Jedi or the new one seem to be. I mean, the Ewoks, and Jar Jar... neither ANH or ESB seemed to need that sugary sweetness to still be good stories and cool as hell, to both kids and adults. I was 4 when I saw Star Wars in the theatre for the first time. Sure, it's not Shakespeare but the story had a certain maturity to it that by the time Jedi came out seemed to be lost.
Yeah, like anyone else, I had the sheets and the lunch box, the coloring books and figures. But it seems to me now that those things did not have any impact on how the story unfolded. Now it seems like the plot is dictated by merchandising, rather than the merchandising being dictated by the plot and characterisation. You have a character like JarJar created specifically to be marketed to kids. It's corny and it's cheap. It shouldn't need that. The original just seems that much stronger in those terms.
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I for one have to admit that I have some problems with the whole George Lucas/Star Wars thing these days. It just seems to me that George has become, as many people do when they get older, more conservative, more of a "wuss," so to speak. Both ANH and ESB were less "kiddy" than either Jedi or the new one seem to be. I mean, the Ewoks, and Jar Jar... neither ANH or ESB seemed to need that sugary sweetness to still be good stories and cool as hell, to both kids and adults. I was 4 when I saw Star Wars in the theatre for the first time. Sure, it's not Shakespeare but the story had a certain maturity to it that by the time Jedi came out seemed to be lost.
Yeah, like anyone else, I had the sheets and the lunch box, the coloring books and figures. But it seems to me now that those things did not have any impact on how the story unfolded. Now it seems like the plot is dictated by merchandising, rather than the merchandising being dictated by the plot and characterisation. You have a character like JarJar created specifically to be marketed to kids. It's corny and it's cheap. It shouldn't need that. The original just seems that much stronger in those terms.
--arkiver