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Yoda
One of the best ideas in Star Wars. To paraphrase RLM, we all have a preconception that a great warrior is a muscular guy with a sword, so making Yoda a small frog man emphasizes the mystical aspects of the Force. "Size matters not," and all that. Giving Yoda that weird speech pattern also emphasizes this, as if Yoda doesn't even really need to worry about normal speech because he's a ****ing Jedi. He's like one of those mystical gurus in real life who are so wise and mystical that the world around them barely matters, except with Star Wars it's true and not just nonsense.

George Lucas originally said that Yoda "wasn't really" a Jedi Knight in the same way as Obi-Wan, and that he only taught people how to use the Force. Yes, okay, Yoda lives in hiding, but it's significant that he lives in a simple hut in a remote location (just like Obi-Wan). Yoda was obviously meant to be beyond/above that sort of thing, he was meant to be a being who just exists in almost oneness with the Force. You can very clearly see that intention in ESB and RotJ. Yoda even chastises Luke for relying on a lightsaber, and just rolls his eyes when Luke perceives a ship as being too big to affect with the Force.

Then, in 2002, Yoda pulls out a toy lightsaber and does ninja flips. In RotS, Yoda is just the dumbest person ever who squanders every opportunity to save the galaxy. There is no way this person is wise in any way. Is Yoda the most ruined OT character by the PT? I want to say he is. Even Rian Johnson, even Rian Johnson, understood how to use Yoda in TLJ.

Boba Fett
AKA the coolest guy who does nothing to ever live. It can't be emphasized enough how much Boba Fett doesn't matter. His role in the movie is simply to track Han Solo's movements to Bespin. He does nothing else. What, he flamethrowers Luke for a second? Please. Boba Fett is a lesson in one thing: if you look cool enough, fans will demand to know more about you forever. Boba Fett is the second-coolest character in Star Wars behind Darth Vader, but that's all he is.

I swear to God, if the Mandalorian reveals that Boba Fett crawled out of the desert vagina monster and he's a character in the show, I don't know.

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
If like a medieval peasant came forward in time and asked me what a movie is, I would show him Casablanca. I think Casablanca is like the moviest movie to ever movie. Do you understand what I mean? Because ANH is the second moviest movie. Everything you expect in a movie, ANH does better than any other movie except Casablanca. I hope I'm being clear here.

ANH is one of the few movies I would say does everything right. Try to find a single flaw in this movie that isn't caused by later Star Wars crap ruining the metaplot. You can't. ANH is so strong a film that it basically ruined modern sci-fi movies by forcing them all to try to start new giant franchises. Have you ever seen Terminator: Genisys? Ugh.

Everyone's acting is perfect, not necessarily in the "I'm a good actor" sense, but at least in the "I'm getting across what my character is feeling" sense. Like with TNG, they made the wise decision to cast one real actor to give themselves some credibility, then just did stuff.

The interesting thing about ANH is that it should have been a giant disaster. Have you ever seen Lucas' original draft? Threepio is a used car salesman, Luke is an old man with a robot head, Han Solo is a frog, and the bombing the Death Star sequence is like five times as long. People forced Lucas to pare things down until we reached the point we're at now, then his editor almost ruined the movie, so Lucas' wife stepped in and fixed things at the last second.

ANH is the perfect confluence of good ideas existing, people stopping bad ideas, no studios to ruin everything, and just plain dumb luck.

Darth Jar-Jar Theory
Yeah, I'm familiar with this one. It gives Lucas way too much credit. I think Lucas is a man who instinctively understands some things, and the ideas he farts out with those instincts can be (but aren't always) shaped by other people to be good. The idea that Jar-Jar Binks is anything other than surface just doesn't work for me, sorry.

Ewoks Cartoon
I'd never heard of this. Reading the Wikipedia article, it sounds like a completely forgettable 80s cartoon that is known exclusively for its Star Wars connection. It sounds almost like the Smurfs, in fact, with an evil forest wizard menacing the peaceful tribal villager guys. The most interesting thing about this is the opening theme song. I pulled it up on a whim, I was expecting something like the Gummi Bears theme song. No! It's a slow-moving deep-voiced guy that sounds completely dissonant with cutesy teddy bear adventures. Completely inexplicable. I'm sure I'd hate this show if I watched it.

Titan Squadron
Man, that game came out on October 2? Somehow, it felt earlier than that. Titan Squadron is just another squadron of TIE fighter pilots, isn't it? It doesn't seem notable in any way.

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Started: July 6, 2005