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Re: Reality == fiction?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Sun, 5 Nov 2000 22:05:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Chris Maddison writes:

In fact...hmmm...I might even *like* JJB if he had been in some *other* movie
and not a SW movie.  That's bizarre.


My take on this (by the way, I agree w/ Todd's last statement) is that Star
Wars in supposed to be an incredible epic, which it is.  Now, you take
something that's sole purpose is a marketing symbol for the kiddies and toss
it into an epic, you're bound to have problems.

What about Darth Maul?

Maul is also a marketing tool, yes.  But, I mean, c'mon...he's just plain
cool.  He embodies a different quality...he is Star Wars, where Jar Jar
isn't.  A true bad guy for an epic.  At least, IMO.

-Chris



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  Re: Reality == fiction?
 
(...) I agree that he was cool, but if you compare the number of times we saw him to the times we saw the other characters before the movie came out, you would think that he was the star. As it turns out he said something, what twice? He is (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: Reality == fiction?
 
(...) What about Darth Maul? Chris (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)

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