Posted by slidge on 07/23/07 13:56

> Ok, I'll stick up for the Star Wars films. Yes, the first ones came
> out when I was an impressionable kid, so I certainly can't pretend to
> be objective about the whole thing. But even as an adult I've enjoyed
> re-watching them for both the whiz-bang fun, and because Lucas knew
> what mythic archetypes to use to draw us in.

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.

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