Broken

   “So, You Have Accepted the Truth” - Extended Universes “A thousand pages of hobbits hasn’t been enough for three generations of post-World War II fantasy fans…writers are creating the hobbits they still love and pine for; they are trying to bring Frodo and Sam back from the Grey Havens because Tolkien is no longer around to do it for them.” -           Stephen King, On Writing There will never be another Star Wars movie.   It is done.   Finished.   Many believe it should have stopped after Return of the Jedi; there are even some who think it should have stopped with A New Hope.   Yet there are those who believe that the new trilogy (NT) is just as relevant, just as inspired as the old trilogy (OT). The entire Extended Universe (EU) remains an active example of the above quote.   The entire EU is a pale reflection of the only universe there is.   George Lucas’ universe.   Th...

The prequels are about many things, t he most important of which is politics. It is a study on how governments become corrupt and how freedoms are quickly and easily stripped away in the name of ‘security’. It is easy to ignore that there are actual points deliberately written into these movies amongst all the Lucas-haters and prequel-bashing that goes on. Lucas works in a symbolic world. Consider the amount of duality in the prequels – Anakin to Vader, Obi-Wan taking on his dead master’s roll (who up until his death he disagreed with) and he does so by picking up Qui Gon’s lightsaber and cutting down Darth Maul; Padme the handmaiden to Amadala the Queen, Chancellor Palpatine to Sidious, and so on). Admittedly it is a hard world to navigate through. This brings me to Jar Jar Binks. Personally I prefer him over Ewoks, but I am of the minority in this. Jar Jar – the bumbling, careless, brainless ( “I spake!” ), clumsy, and clearly full of tremendous luck (God loves t...