Here is a link to science fiction writer David Brin's take on Star Wars. It was first published by Salon magazine in 1999, when the first prequel came out but it comments on the entire Star Wars saga. It's an original and compelling view of the whole "mythos" George Lucas has created. http://www.davidbrin.com/starwarsarticle1.html
There are so many great points Brin made about Star Wars. It was such an original take on the mythology of the films. Brin has had a big influence on my thinking not just about Star Wars but on storytelling and culture in general as he pointed out in the article the tremendous leap that "real" science fiction was from the traditional archetypes etc. I just wish that type of storytelling was more prevalent, especially since it reflects our modern outlook and society. Lucas seems to be obsessed with an ancient "golden age" which is literally backwards thinking. I still love the first Star Wars film however. As Brin points out, there is a lot to admire about that story and its attitude toward life, an attitude that Lucas seems to have forgotten with these recent prequels.
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Here is a link to science fiction writer David Brin's take on Star Wars. It was first published by Salon magazine in 1999, when the first prequel came out but it comments on the entire Star
Wars saga. It's an original and compelling view of the whole "mythos" George Lucas has created.
http://www.davidbrin.com/starwarsarticle1.html
There are so many great points Brin made about Star Wars. It was such an original take on the mythology of the films. Brin has had a big influence on my thinking not just about Star Wars but on storytelling and culture in general as he pointed out in the article the tremendous leap that "real" science fiction was from the traditional archetypes etc. I just wish that type of storytelling was more prevalent, especially since it reflects our modern outlook and society. Lucas seems to be obsessed with an ancient "golden age" which is literally backwards thinking.
I still love the first Star Wars film however. As Brin points out, there is a lot to admire about that story and its attitude toward life, an attitude that Lucas seems to have forgotten with these recent prequels.
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