Whether or not something such as simultaneity between planets in distant star systems is even possible given our current understanding of astrophysics doesn’t seem to bother them breaks in continuity or “canon” does. Events should play out as in Gibbon’s Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.
#Star wars revisited yoda series
Deep nerds have come to expect from any Science Fiction or Fantasy series a strict continuity. This is an important point some of you who are not nerds or are perhaps only nerd-ish may not fully appreciate. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the two had come to some sort of financial arrangement.įoster’s Midworld is part of his Humanx Commonwealth series of books. What I do genuinely believe is Avatar (which I did like) to a very great extent is Midworld, and Alan Dean Foster had very real grounds for legal action against James Cameron. Since Foster and Lucas had this working relationship, it’s possible Lucas was influenced by Midworld when he came up with Endor, but I don’t really know. Empire and Return had not yet premiered, so we didn’t know Luke and Leia were really brother and sister, and it definitely showed up in the reading, because I got the definite impression if Lord Vader hadn’t have been there blocking, something sticky would have happened. Foster also wrote the first Star Wars “Expanded Universe” novel, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, which I ran out to buy as soon as it was available. Lucas presented Foster with a copy of the script which he expanded upon for publication. Alan Dean Foster was the ghostwriter for the original novelization of Star Wars. Hoth is all ice, and Endor is all forest, much like Alan Dean Foster’s Midworld. George Lucas seems to have had trouble imagining a world with more than one climate zone. Later I found out what became the Forest Moon of Endor was originally meant to be Chewbacca’s homeworld, but the price of visualizing a whole army of Wookiees was prohibitive in the early 80s. I believed they lowered the entire tone of the picture.
(I definitely didn’t care for it in The Force Awakens, which on the whole I did like.) I thought the ending of Return was very strong, with Vader's (or rather Anakin Skywalker's) redemption, but I remember just hating the Ewoks. I remember at the time Return of the Jedi came out not caring for Lucas returning to the Death Star concept for that film. Nile Rodgers says a lot of the creative process is hearing something you like and then saying to yourself, “OK, here’s how I would have done it.”Ī problem with many successful series (and I’m quoting David Gerrold here) is that format can become formulaic. I’m also sure the large majority of members here will be familiar with Eric Clapton’s description of his style as an attempt to connect Freddie King licks with B.B. I don’t mention this quote as a criticism as I believe most of the membership here will agree, guitar players generally begin developing their own styles by imitating their influences. IMO, George Lucas definitely took it to heart when he made the original Star Wars. Eliot or Pablo Picasso, but the sentiment remains the same. Great artists steal.” Academics disagree as to who made this statement first, T.S. This is something some very fine musicians of my acquaintance have trouble dealing with, the fact that no ever has to like anything. People like what they like and feel what they feel. I’m not interested in being Agent Smith from The Matrix, turning others into copies of myself.
So, please keep in mind that unless I say something verifiable, these are opinions, nothing more. In addition, I’m very fond of myself and deeply prejudiced in favor of my own opinions, but I do know they are opinions, and not brought down from Mt. I need to present a bit of background, which to some people used to 140 characters or less comes off as wordy or pretentious. My views don’t always fit into snappy soundbites. People proudly call themselves nerds now probably because some of the wealthiest men in the world who aren’t in hedge funds are in technology, but I’m old enough to remember when being called a nerd was considered an insult. I will also be discussing certain peculiarities of my people, the nerds, so if this is likely to upset you, be warned. So, if you haven’t read Frank Herbert’s books, be warned. I don’t think I’ve included any Star Wars spoilers, although I probably have Dune spoilers. OK, as promised, my meandering, post-holiday thoughts on Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
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