May the 4th

[author_by_night]

I was inspired by a Facebook post I wrote a few years ago, expressing confusion over all the May the 4th jokes. I then realized that I'd been doing the same thing to people as a huge Harry Potter fan - they would mention they'd read the books, and I'd start going on about something that wasn't immediately clear to more casual fans, leaving them confused.

I still haven't seen past the first Star Wars sequel. I really need to amend that.

Questions for YOU guys:

1. Is there anything you like only casually, only to mislead people into excitement when you mention it?

2. Have you ever confused a casual fan with ALL the love and knowledge?

3. What is your stance on the Star Wars sequels? Do you consider them canon? (If your comment contains spoilers, please mark it. I originally asked that this be spoiler free, but that's not fair to anyone who really wants to get into it! It IS Star Wars Day, after all.)

4. What is a book, movie, or series you WOULD like to see a sequel or prequel to? Or, if it's already had one of those, do you think it could be done better?

Comments

[stellar_dust]

Your thoughts on Luke, and the way the ST changes everything the other two trilogies mean (and what Luke's character has always represented), are exactly the things I don't like. I enjoy (or roll my eyes fondly) at just about everything else about the trilogy, but those two issues are just so huge, that I can never see the story as more than -- one of many possible futures for the galaxy. The EU was thematically much more in keeping with the hope and promise of the end of ROTJ.

The PT, on the other hand, has the core of a really great story about the insidiousness of evil hidden somewhere within it, and I appreciate how it fits with the OT and enjoy the extended media (comics, cartoons, books) around it and all the reams of fic it's generated -- but when I go back and watch the actual movies, the dialog and direction are just so painful and stilted and awful (with the occasional exception of Ewan Macgregor). If it could be reimagined with a different writer and director (and perhaps actors with enough force of personality to stand up to the director when necessary, see: Harrison Ford) then I would be here for it.