29th March 2004, 3:13 PM
I'm sure a lot of that depth was INTENDED, but it's never brought across. On the other hand, an equally simple story manages to actually DO the job of conveying the human condition, because it's much more well written, Lord of the Rings. You can actually feel what's going on in their minds. Now, the thing about Star Wars is that it has POTENTIAL to be a great story that can convey the same thigns, but Lucas just isn't a good story teller. I bet of all the things I could have said, that offended you most didn't it? Because the story isn't as well told as it could be, it ends up merely being a fun adventure for a sunday afternoon, rather than a moving experience the whole world diagnoses.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)