Posted by RogerM on 07/23/07 14:07

slidge@slidge.com wrote:
>
> And this is my problem with the Star Wars franchise. Lucas didn't set out
> intending to draw us in with "mythic archetypes" - he set out to make a
> Western in outer space. These westerns have plenty of pre-packaged
> "mythich archetypes" and they translated well to the setting. Then Lucas
> got wind of these archetypes via Campbell, and then he set out to inject
> the "mythic archetypes" into the films, and failed miserably, which is why
> the prequels suck so bad.

The suckage started with RotJ, not Episode I. 'Sith' is actually better.

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