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Pastimes : STAR WARS -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mogo who wrote (195)	4/22/1999 6:34:00 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 647

Lucas seems to be pretty serious about the prospect that he has created a nice legend with these Jedi and The Force. He is a smart businessman, so naturally he's going to look and sound serious--the Myth and Men story in TIME I thought was a bit heavy...but what the heck, this guy can say whatever he wants as far as I'm concerned, I'll be there in line on opening day, even if I don't expect to have a very spiritual experience watching Jedi whomp on evil dudes. Lucas has said that he is retelling a legend of good and evil...which just repeats as generations go by. The Force he says is in there to awaken spirituality. Well, I don't know about that, but his heart is in the right place. You could argue that the only real significant thing Lucas has added to the old stories are very very impressive effects, and a person would do well not to look for spirituality at the movies...but I digress. I am throwing this out there for the thread--what other legends would you say rate high up there along with this telling of the Jedi story? I have my own favorite--which I personally like more than the Jedi story (at least til I see the new movie, heheh)...but I want to hear about others entries before I mark mine down. --Mike