In the original Star Wars trilogy Han shot first. George Lucas changed this fairly important character development point in the Special Edition, pissing off a lot of people. That's why some people are pissed off that George Lucas was spotted wearing a "Han shot first" shirt.

But that's not why I'm pissed. The shirt he's wearing isn't the ( Read more... )

Memory jogged. I originally read this in Brunching Shuttlecocks.

David Brin has written an excellent series analyses on the whole "Star Wars" saga. He points out numerous troubling issues that strike at the very core of Star Wars: namely, why the Light Side says that the Dark Side is motivated by fear and anger but seem quite a lot more angry ( Read more... )

matrushkaka and I went to see "Star Wars" this weekend. It wasn't captioned but she found a copy of the script in the IMSDB and read it before the movie, which let her know what was happening. It was fun, and I'm happy I saw it, but I was let down by a few things.

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Before you stand in line to see "Episode III", be warned. The final chapter of Star Wars is, in fact, a fiendish LIEbrial shadow-play to tar and feather our Great Leader with haunting comparisons between a world in which corrupt leaders manipulate public fears and promote unnecessary wars against agents of their own creation to give themselves ( Read more... )