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archer2371 · 06-01-2005, 01:10 PM

Well see, Star Wars is an archetypal story, and you can pretty much apply any of what happens to the real world. Hell, I remember one of my friend's saying that Episode One was about the United States' Israel Policy. With archetypes, I think it's rather erroneous to try and limit them to analogy, applicability, yes. To me, when you start in with analogy, you're automatically limiting yourself as a writer, and while the writing of George Lucas isn't that great, I don't think it's limited by analogy. A couple of reasons, Episode I was written during the Clinton administration and we all knew that Palpatine had to gain power of the Senate and dissolve it because we all knew he was the Emperor. So obviously he's going to go along in the vein of writers and history before him (Orwell, Shakespeare, rise and fall of Roman Empire, Hitler, etc.) to use as examples and waypoints to write and frame his story. While I do disagree with George Lucas and I find his line written for Obi-Wan "Only the Sith believe in absolutes," to be tasteless (because the Jedi have to believe in absolutes as well, because each act that's evil leads them down a path that few have been redeemed from, so in my mind, that line makes no sense whatsoever) to say that he had President Bush in mind when he began the story is jumping to some conclusions a little bit. Yes, subtle script lines like the ones mentioned above may have been intended as a way to take a jab at the President, but I think that's an irrelevant point going back to again, the overall story. Lucas is able to make that comment because of the applicability of archetypes to pretty much anything. Was it for publicity? Maybe, but how much more publicity does Star Wars really need? Honestly, I just saw on G4 TV two commercials, one for Episode III and then one for Star Wars Galaxies, back to back. Secondly, the reporter may have picked up on the applications and asked Lucas about it, thus giving us this article.

06-01-2005, 01:10 PM	#50 (permalink)
archer2371 Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One Location: On the front lines against our very enemy	Well see, Star Wars is an archetypal story, and you can pretty much apply any of what happens to the real world. Hell, I remember one of my friend's saying that Episode One was about the United States' Israel Policy. With archetypes, I think it's rather erroneous to try and limit them to analogy, applicability, yes. To me, when you start in with analogy, you're automatically limiting yourself as a writer, and while the writing of George Lucas isn't that great, I don't think it's limited by analogy. A couple of reasons, Episode I was written during the Clinton administration and we all knew that Palpatine had to gain power of the Senate and dissolve it because we all knew he was the Emperor. So obviously he's going to go along in the vein of writers and history before him (Orwell, Shakespeare, rise and fall of Roman Empire, Hitler, etc.) to use as examples and waypoints to write and frame his story. While I do disagree with George Lucas and I find his line written for Obi-Wan "Only the Sith believe in absolutes," to be tasteless (because the Jedi have to believe in absolutes as well, because each act that's evil leads them down a path that few have been redeemed from, so in my mind, that line makes no sense whatsoever) to say that he had President Bush in mind when he began the story is jumping to some conclusions a little bit. Yes, subtle script lines like the ones mentioned above may have been intended as a way to take a jab at the President, but I think that's an irrelevant point going back to again, the overall story. Lucas is able to make that comment because of the applicability of archetypes to pretty much anything. Was it for publicity? Maybe, but how much more publicity does Star Wars really need? Honestly, I just saw on G4 TV two commercials, one for Episode III and then one for Star Wars Galaxies, back to back. Secondly, the reporter may have picked up on the applications and asked Lucas about it, thus giving us this article. __________________ "This ain't no Ice Cream Social!" "Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it." "I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."