19th June 2005, 12:59 PM
Maybe, maybe not. Do you know what lies in the depths of Lucas's heart? A lot of people act like they do.
I do know what lies in the depths of Lucas' heart---pumping blood. But I also know that which lies in the depths of his Swiss bank account: the GDP of a small country. I see where you're coming from, but look at the market today: Every Star Wars character, no matter how small or insignificant, has an action figure. It seems like they deliberately crate dozens of useless back characters simply to market them to the die-hard fans. Burger King's current campaign, two dozen or so cheap, crappy, 25-cent happy meal toys which, (coincidentally?) have a Star Wars theme. Now, across the country, all the die-hards are scarfing up chicken tender happy meals. Or my favorite personal example; when I played Star Wars Galaxies last summer, and I got fucked in the ass by a hidden clause. I signed up for ONE (1) MONTH'S subscription. I then lost my high-speed connection, and didn't opt to resign up. A few months go by, and I notice that every four weeks, there is a substantial transaction made. I check my statements, and surely enough without my having known it, I'd been taken advantage of by Lucasarts' clever capitalist scheme. So, pissed off like there was no tomorrow, I called up, and surely enough, the operator confirmed that I'd been raped by a hidden clause... a sign-me-up-every-month-whout-letting-me-know clause. So, I paid $100 to play Galaxies for three nights, (yes, I only played on three occasions), and George Lucas got richer for it.
Now tell me: was my story an honest instance of miscommunication, or was it a deliberately staged hidden clause, designed to underhandedly milk those of us who don't read the fine print for our hard-earned money?
I do know what lies in the depths of Lucas' heart---pumping blood. But I also know that which lies in the depths of his Swiss bank account: the GDP of a small country. I see where you're coming from, but look at the market today: Every Star Wars character, no matter how small or insignificant, has an action figure. It seems like they deliberately crate dozens of useless back characters simply to market them to the die-hard fans. Burger King's current campaign, two dozen or so cheap, crappy, 25-cent happy meal toys which, (coincidentally?) have a Star Wars theme. Now, across the country, all the die-hards are scarfing up chicken tender happy meals. Or my favorite personal example; when I played Star Wars Galaxies last summer, and I got fucked in the ass by a hidden clause. I signed up for ONE (1) MONTH'S subscription. I then lost my high-speed connection, and didn't opt to resign up. A few months go by, and I notice that every four weeks, there is a substantial transaction made. I check my statements, and surely enough without my having known it, I'd been taken advantage of by Lucasarts' clever capitalist scheme. So, pissed off like there was no tomorrow, I called up, and surely enough, the operator confirmed that I'd been raped by a hidden clause... a sign-me-up-every-month-whout-letting-me-know clause. So, I paid $100 to play Galaxies for three nights, (yes, I only played on three occasions), and George Lucas got richer for it.
Now tell me: was my story an honest instance of miscommunication, or was it a deliberately staged hidden clause, designed to underhandedly milk those of us who don't read the fine print for our hard-earned money?
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