Welcome to week 2 of online

TristanP wrote:I mean it makes you think that she's the hero's future bride.

And also establishes the heteronormativity of the narrative, removing any fear that the relationship between our - now two - heroes could be anything other than comradeship (and removing any necessity to have open hostility there). But it's still an incestuous pash.

Admin wrote:

TristanP wrote:I mean it makes you think that she's the hero's future bride.

And also establishes the heteronormativity of the narrative, removing any fear that the relationship between our - now two - heroes could be anything other than comradeship (and removing any necessity to have open hostility there). But it's still an incestuous pash.

Does anyone know if they knew the real relationship at the time of filming?

Back to WWI/WWII references-> trench warfare vs tanks...

Star Wars fan myth holds that Lucas was considering killing off Han at the end of this film (Harrison Ford might have quit).

The explosives budget must've been horrendous...

Lucas apparently had all six plots planned out from the beginning, so probably.

You'd have to think Lucas knew and seeing as how Luke is 'him' in the movie, ugh!

Admin wrote:Star Wars fan myth holds that Lucas was considering killing off Han at the end of this film (Harrison Ford might have quit).

Really glad that he wasn't... would've made the rest of the story irrelevant... and the Leia/Luke thing really icky.

Yeah the fact that Luke is a self insert is definitely the worst part.

Seeing a lot of similarities with Lord of the Rings too. The scene in Two towers I think with the elephant things...

While the quality of shooting from the stormtroopers/empire has improved slightly, they still need some target/shooting practice...

And flying lessons aparently

There are a huge number of similarities between the two sets of films - and the basic stories they follow. Part of the reason we're studying LOTR novels is the relevance of Campbell's model to Tolkien, despite Tolkien having come first.

Admin wrote:There are a huge number of similarities between the two sets of films - and the basic stories they follow. Part of the reason we're studying LOTR novels is the relevance of Campbell's model to Tolkien, despite Tolkien having come first.

I had wondered about that- the time frame I mean...

Yeah, you really don't want to be going in there...

How is it that people can sometimes understand r2d2 but not at other times?

Did r2d2 just hum the theme music?

Ah, Fozzie Bear's little-known second career in Star Wars. Good makeup job.

Brilliant job. Oscar worthy even

Also Yoda is a 2 year old on sugar at this point...

snake in scene; symbolic meaning?

Steamy swamp - symbolic meaning. The source of all knowledge, the hero in the womb.

at this point it almost feels like two stories, a classic rom com with leia and solo, whilst luke continues the heros journey.

2014-03-12

Admin wrote:Steamy swamp - symbolic meaning. The source of all knowledge, the hero in the womb.

I was just about to ask if this was a symbolic re-birth...

Total_Travesty wrote:at this point it almost feels like two stories, a classic rom com with leia and solo, whilst luke continues the heros journey.

Certainly two very different streams of the story at the very least...