tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177211463845465336.post2208420052859307991..comments2024-02-02T16:47:52.931-08:00Comments on the groundhog day project: i'm getting too old for this sort of thingrobert e g blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12055327935875718742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177211463845465336.post-69302358576158766722017-09-28T07:20:10.500-07:002017-09-28T07:20:10.500-07:00Today's entry will come too early for me to ge...Today's entry will come too early for me to get to specific research but I definitely intend to talk about merchandising as well as mythologizing--which weirdly (or appropriately) go hand in hand when it comes to Star Wars. Storybooks, toys, cartoons, breakfast cereals, novels, comics, not to mention the ways Star Wars influenced other parts of pop culture. It truly was, as you say, omnipresent robert e g blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12055327935875718742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177211463845465336.post-90481558962771053942017-09-28T05:00:32.197-07:002017-09-28T05:00:32.197-07:00Lots of typos studded in that comment. What the he...Lots of typos studded in that comment. What the heck.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177211463845465336.post-69096476991814844612017-09-28T04:59:33.472-07:002017-09-28T04:59:33.472-07:00"Lucas was always good at creating worlds, im..."Lucas was always good at creating worlds, imagining creatures, but I'm not sure his scripting every rose above mediocre."<br /><br />I'm sure it didn't, at least for Star Wars! As you say, it doesn't matter, because the thing has so much mythical power. Not that I was ever a big fan, but being of an age with you, I remember just how omnipresent it was back in the day (sorry). Our teacher read us Star Wars stories and had to tell us it as Darth Vader, not Dark Vader.<br /><br />Maybe Joseph Campbell helped George Lucas access some pre-existing mythos that really happened in a galaxy far, far away...<br /><br />I prefer Rogue One to the whole original trilogy, and I only saw Revenge of the Sith to the prequels (and I enjoyed it). I didn't think the Force Awakens was anything to write home about-- the last scene was better than all the preceding scenes put together, in my view.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.com