All right, all right, the people have spoken (well, three of you have, anyway), so here you go: more Star Wars<\/i> crap!<\/p>\n
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![this guy<\/a> probably wins on size alone…)<\/li>\nHere’s something I would’ve liked to see: Boba Fett arriving via rocket pack<\/a> — for real<\/i>.<\/li>\nAnd a few of the notable fan costumes: chicks dig a guy in uniform<\/a> (notice in the comments on this one that some geek immediately starts complaining about the costumes, rather than admiring the, um, recruit… must you reinforce the stereotype, guys?); it’s Li’l Padme<\/a>!; here is Mara Jade<\/a>, a fan fave from the “Expanded Universe” of the comics and tie-in novels; behold, the horrors of Man-Leia<\/a>!; and, just to cleanse your poor, bleeding eye sockets after that, a veritable plethora of Slave Leias<\/a>, getting cozy with their main man, er, Hutt.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\nIf you still haven’t had enough, Wired.com has a handy-dandy index<\/a> of all its past articles relating to Uncle George, Lucasfilm, and\/or the Saga.<\/li>\nAnd finally, just to end on a contrarian note, here’s an essay<\/a> that mourns the decline of so-called “serious science fiction” movies, the blame for which the author lays at the well-heeled feet of George Lucas. While his article is well-written and argued, I think the author misses the true reason why his beloved “serious science fiction” rarely succeeds with the general public: it’s depressing as hell. Consider the eight “serious sci-fi triumphs” of the last four decades named in this piece: Planet of the Apes<\/i>, 2001: A Space Odyssey<\/i>, Soylent Green<\/i>, Close Encounters of the Third Kind<\/i>, Brazil<\/i>, Dark City<\/i>, The Matrix<\/i>, and Children of Men<\/i>. With the exception of Close Encounters<\/i>, all of these movies are stupefyingly grim. (I would also argue, myself, that The Matrix<\/i> isn’t nearly as “serious” as its admirers would have us believe, but then I’ve never quite gotten the fuss over that one.) The way I see it, the trend the author decries really has little to do with special effects or Lucas’ influence and everything to do with the fact that everyone who tries to do “serious” ends up doing “depressing” instead. Is it not possible to examine serious ideas in a fun movie? (Fans of The Matrix<\/i> would argue that that’s what the Wachowski Bros. did, but, as I’ve said repeatedly, I didn’t think The Matrix<\/i> was all that much fun. Your mileage may vary.) I don’t know, maybe it’s not possible… or maybe the right film just hasn’t been made yet…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All right, all right, the people have spoken (well, three of you have, anyway), so here you go: more Star Wars crap!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www.roadsquadron.com\/Cars\/Tantive_MaulRig\/Tantive&Rig.jpg\"){kind=link}