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Lucas needed to continue the feeling of Star Wars. He needed to complicate the dimensions of the story, as he did with each of the original movies. This new movie may be a prequel, but that is no reason for Lucas' storytelling art to backpedal--in fact, his material was...
Not only does the project of a prequel seduce Lucas into gossiping about his own characters, but his merchandising franchise brings his universe even lower: the army of laserbolt statistics and shallow Silmarillion-esque histories that he has spawned have chanined and tempted him into lame storytelling. The entire franchise...
At least, Episode 1 does offer a few new mysteries, presenting new races, worlds and a ridiculous new rabbit-like character, Jar-Jar, but these originalities are few and flaccid compared to the rich detail of the first movies. More often, Lucas simply resorts to twisting the plot which is...
Probably not. Just as science fiction or horror camp does not request suspension of disbelief from the viewer, neither does this sort of prequel ask for surprise or wonder at its revelations. Instead, it tries to evoke satisfaction as it confirms rumors. The prequels have come forward somehow to prove...
When the doors opened, it seemed fairly organized. The line moved steadily inside, turned a corner and found the toys. Then it became a little more typical: some pushing, some shoving, some grabbing in bins and at racks. Having to catch the T, I grabbed the three figures I was...