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Star War questions? For ppl who've never really watched them!
« on: December 22, 2015, 03:40:50 PM »
What's the deal guys? I remember seeing those little bear guys vaguely when I was a little kid, so what's the appeal? Isn't every movie like 3 hours long and filled with a bunch of star ships shooting each other? I thought that jar jar binks character was cute and then I heard he ruined the movies from my star wars friend. Can someone give me a back story here? What jumps off the page about these movies to you? TIA


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Re: Star War questions? For ppl who've never really watched them!
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2015, 03:58:48 PM »
The average length of Star wars movies is only 2.17 hours.

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Re: Star War questions? For ppl who've never really watched them!
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2015, 04:00:20 PM »
they're silly and fun


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Re: Star War questions? For ppl who've never really watched them!
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2015, 04:01:38 PM »
I'm seriously thinking about going back and starting them over.

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Re: Star War questions? For ppl who've never really watched them!
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2015, 08:26:45 PM »
I'm seriously thinking about going back and starting them over.

i did it over thanksgiving, was fun.  Maybe drink that bottle of tequila and kick back with episode 1 tonight.
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Re: Star War questions? For ppl who've never really watched them!
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2015, 08:35:57 PM »
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Re: Star War questions? For ppl who've never really watched them!
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2015, 08:53:46 PM »
they're silly and fun

This. The latest one may have been the best combo of silly and fun of any of them. JMHO.

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« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2015, 09:43:19 PM »
Thanks for clogging the board with this worthless thread.

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« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2015, 09:12:18 AM »
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Re: Star War questions? For ppl who've never really watched them!
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2015, 10:56:53 AM »
There's a lot to it.  There are a lot of elements of sci-fi, westerns, etc.  George Lucas studied a lot of Joseph Campbell (i.e. great mythology historian) and used common mythological archetypes for his characters to help make the story resonate.

On top of that, it was way ahead of it's time in terms of special effects and the scope of storytelling.  You hooked an entire generation of folks, pretty much everyone in Gen X, to the story in some way.  Maybe it was the movies, action figures, cartoons, books, etc.  I don't remember growing up playing much of anything other than "Star Wars" from the ages of 4-10.

As that generation got a little bit older, they dove into video games and novels that expanded the universe significantly.

So, from my perspective, as someone that's been immersed into the Star Wars universe outside of the movies, it's more than just movies.  There's just so much to explore that you always find something new (i.e. Darth Jar Jar).