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Re: Princess Leia up close and personal
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 2 May 2000 09:39:20 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jeff Jardine writes:
> Here's my take on the matter: Jar Jar was kept in the film for the purpose of
> comic relief and making kids giggle. He had no relevance to the plot at all.
> That is what makes his presence different from the other films. In the first
> movie, the droids were the comic relief and closest parallel to Jar Jar, yet
> still had the feel of real characters and were instrumental to the plot. In
> ESB, Yoda comes the closest, and was IMO the perfect balance of comedy, kid-
> friendly cutseyness, genuineness, and appeal to older audiences. In ROTJ, it
> was, of course, the Ewoks. I'm still bitter about adding teddy bears as
> characters, but at least they were relevant to the plot, and there was some
> social commentary about technology and culture. The Gungun race definitely
> could have been included without Jar Jar. His character is something I might
> expect from Disney.
>
> I thought there were significant differences between the first film and
> Episode I. The big difference between the droids and Jar Jar is one. I can
> confidently say we will never see charred human remains again, like we did in
> Star Wars - not that I want to, it's just symbolic of the changes. Star Wars
> was huge because it had huge universal (young and old) appeal. Episode I had
> huge kid appeal. I certainly would *not* like to see R rated Star Wars films
> (although I'm sure they'd be awesome!), but rather films with the same
> universal appeal as the original. Unfortunately, this is a very difficult,
> maybe impossible task.
>
> I'll take this opportunity to introduce myself. I'm Jeff and I just started
> collecting SW Lego last fall. Last time I had a new Lego set was the early
> 80's, before I was even in my teens. Sorry for such a long message, and I
> hope I don't come off as a crotchety grump!
>
> Jeff J
Hi Jeff -- good to hear from another SWLego/Lugnet Dark Ages escapee.
theforce.net posited an interesting theory a while ago, in an attempt to
answer the eternal question "Jarjar Binks -- why?"
http://www.theforce.net/jedicouncil/editorials/060899.shtml
--dave
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