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orangerfulThis has been a weird week - first I lose my money on Thursday, then today, someone stole my hot pocket! No joke, I went back to have lunch and it was GONE! Luckily, this branch is located in a shopping center, so I hopped over to Taco Bell. But still, who the heck steals a hotpocket? It wasn't even labeled as to what flavor it was, so they just had to chance it. So weird.
So, I finished RotS on my break, as was the plan.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
marmistheman and I have been discussing the novelization in the post before this one. We feel there had to be a better way to get the eternal life bit into the story. I felt it really should have been brought up in AotC. At least, Yoda's contact with Qui-Gon should have been made clear as opposed to the random "ANAKIN!" line that we hear for one second during Yoda's meditation. It all felt so tacked on, like Lucas remembered "oh crap, I can't have a million Jedi ghosts floating around, what am I going to do!".
I did like that Yoda understood what was wrong with the Jedi - that they had not adapted. While the Sith formed a new world, and new ways of fighting the Jedi, the Jedi just sat there doing the same thing they had done forever. There's a line about training to fight the last war they fought. I always felt their way of teaching was outdated, and the more I found out about it, the more I disliked it. Taking children away from their parents, pretty much brainwashing them into doing good, not because they feel good doing the right thing, but because it is the only thing. I'm surprised more Jedi hadn't fallen prior to the lost 20, since those rules were pretty strict. Anyay, I was happy that they addressed that in the book.
Anakin waking up in his Vader suit was good too, the realization that he couldn't say it wasn't him that did all those horrible things. The idea that when he destroys the lab, he's really trying to kill Palpy, but since he's no longer whole, he can't control the force the way he used to. He just gives up. That worked for me.
I started "Star Wars and Philosophy" while I was in the back too, so far it is amusing me. The first section is about prophecies and destiny. I'll let you know what I think.
So, I finished RotS on my break, as was the plan.
marmistheman and I have been discussing the novelization in the post before this one. We feel there had to be a better way to get the eternal life bit into the story. I felt it really should have been brought up in AotC. At least, Yoda's contact with Qui-Gon should have been made clear as opposed to the random "ANAKIN!" line that we hear for one second during Yoda's meditation. It all felt so tacked on, like Lucas remembered "oh crap, I can't have a million Jedi ghosts floating around, what am I going to do!". I did like that Yoda understood what was wrong with the Jedi - that they had not adapted. While the Sith formed a new world, and new ways of fighting the Jedi, the Jedi just sat there doing the same thing they had done forever. There's a line about training to fight the last war they fought. I always felt their way of teaching was outdated, and the more I found out about it, the more I disliked it. Taking children away from their parents, pretty much brainwashing them into doing good, not because they feel good doing the right thing, but because it is the only thing. I'm surprised more Jedi hadn't fallen prior to the lost 20, since those rules were pretty strict. Anyay, I was happy that they addressed that in the book.
Anakin waking up in his Vader suit was good too, the realization that he couldn't say it wasn't him that did all those horrible things. The idea that when he destroys the lab, he's really trying to kill Palpy, but since he's no longer whole, he can't control the force the way he used to. He just gives up. That worked for me.
I started "Star Wars and Philosophy" while I was in the back too, so far it is amusing me. The first section is about prophecies and destiny. I'll let you know what I think.
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Re: shopgirl
Date: 2005-06-04 08:17 pm (UTC)