I’m trying to avoid spoilers as I’ve only played the first chapter so far but this game is truly so much fun and amazing that I had to share it! It has a great soundtrack, relatable characters, and a very interesting and cool premise. The less said the better. I couldn’t recommend it more though.
My biggest headcanon is Darth Plagueis influenced the midi-chlorians to try creating the Chosen One in hope of finding a vessel to gain immortality for selfish reasons (only for the Force to strike back at him) while Anakin, his opposite, built C-3PO for selfless reasons of helping his mother.
George Lucas Gets Mad About Mara Jade
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To sort of play devil’s advocate we could say that Greedo could be seen as a stereotype as he speaks a rare African language.
Greedo’s dialogue was based on Quechua, a South American indigenous language. It was Nien Nunb who spoke in an African dialect.
That’s right. Thanks for the reminder.
To sort of play devil’s advocate we could say that Greedo could be seen as a stereotype as he speaks a rare African language. We could even say the Tusken Raiders draw heavily on Indigenous American tribes and that the Imperial Officers were “British” to draw on the American Revolution. Irvin Kershner said as much. Star Wars has always been this way. The difference really is that times change and things that might be socially accepted at the time can come in and out of fashion if you will. I don’t think there was any ill intent. It was only to make it a lived in story to show the grandeur of the different cultures within the galaxy to give the audience something to hold onto subconsciously. For the record even General Grievous was designed to have a Russian ascent according to Matt Wood and Ahmed Best has stated how Jar Jar was a fun voice he did for little ones in his family.
Rather or not it’s right or wrong is up for debate but to say Star Wars hasn’t always been this way just isn’t so. It’s been the case longer than that.
I’ll add another unpopular opinion.
Despite how I feel about The Rise of Skywalker I think the more I come to the conclusion if Rey had stayed “Rey Random” then declared herself a Skywalker I might be a bit more forgiving and able to accept the film more.
Honestly, I’d prefer she accepted herself as “just Rey” - that’s powerful - although finding an ‘adoptive family’ of sorts after discovering that your biological parents abandoned you is a good message to send too.
Yes, exactly. That’s how I see it in it a way. I think I just needed to see her biological family to let go of her being a Skywalker/Solowalker as George intended. As once we saw the vision of her parents I was ready to accept and let go.
I’ll add another unpopular opinion.
Despite how I feel about The Rise of Skywalker I think the more I come to the conclusion if Rey had stayed “Rey Random” then declared herself a Skywalker I might be a bit more forgiving and able to accept the film more.
MTV’s Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Premiere
Jawas without hoods!
Bear’s Den - Above the Clouds of Pompeii
Excellent indie folk band from London.
Paramore - Born for This
Popular indie rock band. They’re best known for their song ‘Misery Business’.
I, on the other hand, don’t understand why everyone loves that final confrontation between Maul and Kenobi. Maul obsessed with picking a fight with Kenobi was such a waste of a story arc.
Star Wars Rebels is probably the worst of the Disney era.
I think a lot of it has to do with the underlying subtle nuances of their fight. Maul tries to kill Obi-Wan with the same move he used on Qui-Gon. Obi-Wan grew and rose above by catching on but Maul stayed the same. There’s a lot of mirroring and poetry within their fight and the aftermath.
Harrison Ford & Anthony Daniels “Empire Strikes Back” 1980 - Bobbie Wygant Archive
I’ll be starting Andrei Tarkovsky’s book soon. I’m really looking forward to getting a deeper understanding of one of the greatest filmmakers of them all. He was an even better person though.
Is this just a new sticker they’ll be putting in the bottom corner of EA games?
I believe so but I’m not sure. Details are very scarce at the moment.
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I’ve a fond memory of seeing North by Northwest in the cinema for the first time. (A few years ago, not 1959) The films you see in the big screen surely have a bigger impact on you. So many iconic scenes! Needs a rewatch I think.
Haha, definitely! So many iconic scenes indeed. I especially liked the quieter moments when they were on the train together and he was hiding. Such subtle humour!
I’m also glad you enjoyed Your Name. It’s really good. I need to watch it again I think though to fully get it. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington I only vaguely remember seeing it when in school. I’d be very curious to how it goes now. I’ll definitely have to check out A Silent Voice. I really want to get more into anime. I’ve only ever watched Pokemon and a couple of the more commercially popular franchises.
It was such a great film. TCM has been showing a lot of good ones lately. I also watched the original King Kong. It’s quite remarkable what they achieved with it back in the 30’s.
Very cool documentary about the history of LucasArts up until Knights of the Old Republic.
I sure miss them. Really wish we had got 1313.
Well, I’ve found something.
Courtesy of my cousin, one of my christmas gifts was ‘The Star Wars Archives. 1977-1983’ by Paul Duncan. I was just reading through it and came across this photo; as it’s from LFL archives, I doubt I’ll find it online, so I took a photo of it.
The caption for the image reads: “Han, Luke, and Chewbacca surrounded by Gamorrean guards. In the background right a man-in-lights walks by, as reference for the Lava Man creature, which was not included in the movie.”
So, it’s a ‘lava man’. They MUST have had concept art for that… what the hell does a creature made out of lava look like??
That’s really cool.
And …
First Aid Kit - It’s A Shame
Great Swedish band with two sisters.
See J.W. Rinzler’s conversation with Rick Worley for more details.
Great interview, thanks for sharing.
George had nearly all of The Empire Strikes Back written before Lawerence Kasdan polished it up. See J.W.
Well that was already known and Rinzler discussed it in detail in his book. Even Kasdan basically confirmed that by saying: “The structure of the story was all there–it was the skeleton for a movie. What was needed was the flesh and the muscle.”
My pleasure!
Absolutely. Unfortunately though not many people realise just how much George contributed to it. There’s a lot of misinformation out there.
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“It’s not deliberately camp. I made the film in a 1930s style. It’s based on a Saturday matinee serial from the 1930s, so the acting style is very 30s, very theatrical, very old-fashioned. Method acting came in in the 1950s and is very predominant today. I prefer to use the old style. People take it different ways, depending on their sophistication.”
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2002/may/16/artsfeatures.starwars
It’s supposed to be musical and designed in lyrical tone. Star Wars dialogue with George was always designed to be like old cinema.
And to clear up a couple of misconceptions.
George had nearly all of The Empire Strikes Back written before Lawerence Kasdan polished it up. See J.W. Rinzler’s conversation with Rick Worley for more details.
Harrison Ford may have had misgivings about the dialogue but he did think it worked. He said as much to Time back in 1977. You can see the quote on Mike Klimo’s Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BW5ZBJogast/?igshid=12uundmrs6kxg
Whose to say they’re seperate treatments? They could be part of the same story treatment as the Whills storyline but he didn’t feel the need to address it further since he already discussed it with James Cameron.
Paul Duncan also addressed this indirectly with Rick Worley when he said that he looked to ask George new questions instead of ones that already had answers.
This new information is only a fraction of a greater whole as we still don’t have information about the grandchildren, Han’s role in Episode VII other than he dies, and loads more. The book also has more information than has been shared on the internet. So we’re only seeing a broader picture of the story.
The only really “contradictory” thing he seems to have stated over the years with the Sequels is Luke would have a love interest but even that hasn’t been confirmed or denied to be a thing. Nothing else he’s said really contradicts any of his other Sequel ideas as we just don’t know all the details. He’s a creative though. Creatives change their mind.
