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...Levin: Don't be aghast. I saw only the first SW. If I liked Alec Guinness (Obi Wan Kenobe), it was probably because I am an unconditional fan of his, especially his earlier work (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Ladykillers, Lavender Hill Mob, Horse's Mouth...
...walk into the place any time after two in the afternoon, however, the effect is draining. A smattering of undergraduates populate the stark, barren environment. The wan overhead lights complement the sterile decor, partitions inexplicably blocking off entire sections of tables from one another. A gov TF trudges in, seats himself on an unforgiving plastic chair and waits alone for students to visit his office hours, though none ever do. Restaurant workers peer forlornly out from the one open counter, looking in vain for someone, anyone to serve. It's like you've set foot...
There's something timeless about Qui-Gon Jinn and Han Solo, about Princess Leia and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The struggle for peace with justice and honor is not a new fight and it is Lucas' artistic expression of these things that brings so many together for, yes, a movie. It really is true that the anticipation and opening of this film, drawing on our society's love for popular culture and, more importantly, often wordless search for truth, has brought people together like few other things can. Only once in my life have I sat in a theater...
...seen it now. Did you wonder at the idea of a virgin birth, of someone being "The Chosen One"? Did the idea of midichlorians make you think? Did you wonder at the hand of the Force in bringing Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn to Tatooine and "bumping into" Anakin Skywalker? Were you curious about the fall and redemption of Darth Vader...
...Will focus more on Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi (likely), who fights in the Clone Wars (true), featuring a light-saber duel between Kenobi clones (unconfirmed...