TheBoost said:
xhonzi said:
I think it applies here. As FF said, Star Wars (1977) is decidely NOT about the DS plans. The plot may center around the plans, but the story doesn't. The story is about the characters, the galaxy, good vs evil, Jedi Knights and lightsabres, etc...
The plot to Star Wars is about the DS plans. From scene 1 it is the #1 thing the drives the plot.
It is why the princess is captured. It is how the DS is destroyed in the last scene. If the DS plans weren't there, the plot wouldn't work at all. Regardless of the elements that make it a great movie (good/evil, lightsabers, etc) the PLOT is driven by the DS plans. They are fundamental to the plot structure on all levels.
The MacGuffin DOESN'T drive the plot. The money in psycho, the 39 Steps, the Maltese Falcon (which never acually appears in the movie), the briefcase in Pulp Fiction, the microfilm in every spy movie made in the 1960s; the identity of these objects don't matter to the plot, the only thing that matters is that the characters want them.
The DS plans, the Ark, the Holy Grail are all pivotal to the plot, and couldn't be replaced with anything else.
Luke becoming Force Sensitive, and the interpersonal relationships he makes, and adventures they all have together along the way is just as important as the plans if not more so. If Luke had not become Force Sensitive, and Han Solo did not intervene at the last moment, the plans would have not been worth squat. It was only because Luke and Han got together (through Obi-Wan's secret agenda) that the Death Star was blown up at the end, and the rebellion saved. Had the plans got to the rebellion without involving Luke or Han or Obi-Wan, the rebellion would most likely been wiped out. That is why I say the plans are no more important then the Millennium Falcon is without Luke becoming Force Sensitive and making his relationships with Han and Obi-Wan.
I'm saying that Lucas told the story following the DS plans, he could have told the same story and had the same end result had he followed the origins and history of the Millennium Falcon as the focus. You would still need Luke becoming force sensitive and hooking up with Han to get the end result of the film. The Death Star blowing up. With out the plans, no DS blows up, without the Millennium Falcon, DS does not blow up...