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Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
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Tue, 13 Jun 2000 03:24:56 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Greg Majewski writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Jason Maxwell writes:
> > In lugnet.starwars, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > > In lugnet.starwars, James Simpson writes:
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> > > > > > What about Chewbacca?
> > > > > > Although, I must admit, Chewie speaks better English than some of my co-
> > > > > > workers.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jeff J
> > > > > He is cleverly pushed aside by the commie (not that there is anything • wrong
> > > > > with that) Rebels, and never receives praise or a medal for his hard • labor.
> > > >
> > > > It's always bothered me that Chewie didn't get a medal placed around his • neck
> > > > by the Princess. He risked his his life also. What's up with that!?
> > >
> > > This one has been debated repeatedly ever since the movie origionally came • out.
> > > I personally think he should have received a medal and I can't really give • you
> > > a good answer as to why he didn't.
> >
> > The only "good" excuse (and I use good lightly) I've heard was that it
> > was "undignified" for the Princess of alderann to get up on a chair to • present
> > Chewie his medal (due to his hight) and he recieved it at the party • afterwards
> > in a less formal setting.
> >
> > In real-life Lucas originally intended for Chewie to have a much smaller part
> > and be much less tech-savvy. In fact the Ewoks were originally going to be
> > Wookies, but Lucas ended up doing so much with Chewie that having the other
> > Wookies with sticks and stones didn't mae much sense. The lack of a medal • was
> > probably something left in from the time when the script had Chewie as a more
> > minor character. A mistake, but probably not intentional.
> >
> > As for the racial overtones, those that want can chose to see them, I however
> > do not.
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> Bleah. I learned a technique in English class this year called "Willful
> suspension of disbelief." All that it says is not to be critical of the novel
> you're reading or movie you're watching, etc, or you will not enjoy it at all.
> Star Wars is just a movie. It has nothing to do with the real world. If you
> nit-pick all of the movies to death looking for every minor detail that
> doesn't seem quite right, the movie won't be enjoyable anymore. Why don't we
> all just watch the movies and not think about what racial or religious
> undertones are in them and just enjoy them for what they are?
> Greg "Fwoom" Majewski
> http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/1888/abs.html
Blast it, this conspiracy to make everyone speak English goes further than I
had thought! WE are all communicating in written English!!!!! Oh, no. I too
am a part of this plot to subvert the known universe to English!
It is certainly possible that Chewie just has a bad hairball and can do
nothing but grunt... Or mabey he ate his medal before the ceremony, always
thinking with his stomach, you know. Akbar may have had a bad sense of humor,
trying to imitate Vader's breathing during an important briefing. He was
always such a clown in his high school days, you know. Remember, they can
only get you if you start using subtitles, then they will know you are not
speaking English...
And now for something completely different,
Aaron
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| (...) Heheh..When I saw the first of the films in theater (it was 1979 I think) all the characters had subtitles and all of them speaking a language that I had no idea about at that time..:-) you know, I was only 7-8 years old at that time..:-) (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) neck (...) you (...) Bleah. I learned a technique in English class this year called "Willful suspension of disbelief." All that it says is not to be critical of the novel you're reading or movie you're watching, etc, or you will not enjoy it (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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