Comments on: A New Sith; or, Revenge of the Hope http://www.showbits.net/2009/07/09/star-wars-iv-take-two/ A blog of news, reviews, commentary, and quirks from Hollywood and Broadway, with a focus on quirky, geeky stuff like Star Wars, Star Trek, and superheroes. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:57:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: GeneD http://www.showbits.net/2009/07/09/star-wars-iv-take-two/comment-page-1/#comment-9018 GeneD Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:22:30 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/?p=481#comment-9018 Nicely done! While I agree that the original <em>Star Wars</em> films had better dialogue, characters, and pacing, if not better special effects, I've also enjoyed the prequels and the "expanded universe" of novels, cartoons, comic books, and games. My nephew and many younger viewers reacted to the much-maligned Jar-Jar Binks in the same way I did to R2D2 and Yoda more than 20 years ago — with joy and awe. Despite the adult themes, Lucas always intended his space opera to be entertaining for children first. As for the Millennium Falcon, as the article you linked to noted, it was shown briefly in <em>Revenge of the Sith</em>, and probably elsewhere as well. While I didn't find any of the essay's points to be revelations, they were well presented. May the Force be with you — always! Nicely done! While I agree that the original Star Wars films had better dialogue, characters, and pacing, if not better special effects, I've also enjoyed the prequels and the "expanded universe" of novels, cartoons, comic books, and games.

My nephew and many younger viewers reacted to the much-maligned Jar-Jar Binks in the same way I did to R2D2 and Yoda more than 20 years ago — with joy and awe. Despite the adult themes, Lucas always intended his space opera to be entertaining for children first.

As for the Millennium Falcon, as the article you linked to noted, it was shown briefly in Revenge of the Sith, and probably elsewhere as well. While I didn't find any of the essay's points to be revelations, they were well presented. May the Force be with you — always!

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