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Re: Young Obi-Wan's Head
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Wed, 26 Jan 2000 18:15:37 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Dave Schuler wrote:
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> > > > Doesn't Leia say in ROTJ that her mother died when she was very young?
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> > > And Darth Vader murdered Luke's father.
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> > > Can't believe everything someone tells you. ;)
> Oh, brother. Such a contrived piece of melodrama would destroy what little
> of George's dramatic integrity has withstood the whole JarJar debacle. One
> might as easily assert that Chewbacca is Leia's mother, since we have no film-
> > based evidence conclusively demonstrating him as unable to give birth.
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> Funny, that's what I thought when the whole "I am your father, Luke" thing
> came out. What a contrived, crummy plot twist. The worst part is that (to
> me) it really feels like it was a notion that occurred to Lucas *after* Star
> Wars was released, while they were trying to figure out what to do for the
> second movie (AKA Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back).
The only thing mitigating the Vader/Father deal is that, at the time, that
sort of silliness wasn't *too* widespread in film, though you're right; it's
still pretty campy.
> Ditto for the "Luke & Leia are twins" thing. Double-ditto.
Yeah, I can't argue with you there. I can almost swallow the brother-sister
thing, but the twin bit is just too much. Worse, it does **nothing
whatsover** for the story, except to excuse George from having to write the
more complicated character dynamic resulting from a Han/Leia/Luke triangle.
That is, Luke is effectively removed from the running, so the potentially
interesting--from a character standpoint--problem is sidestepped.
Dave!
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| (...) film- (...) If I recall correctly from assorted interviews with George Lucas and Gary Kurtz (producer), the point of the story initially was the father-son conflict - however, as the script grew too big for just one film, Lucas was forced to (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Funny, that's what I thought when the whole "I am your father, Luke" thing came out. What a contrived, crummy plot twist. The worst part is that (to me) it really feels like it was a notion that occurred to Lucas *after* Star Wars was (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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