in a galaxy fairly close by, a group of fans waited for a particular set of DVDs. After almost a seven year wait, Star Wars will be on DVD. It won't be the original cut, but rather the digitally-enhanced special edition. I have no problem with that, since I have the original cut on LaserDisc. (Well, I shouldn't say original cut, because the real Star Wars geeks have determined that it's only VHS tapes before 1980 are original cuts -- since the original cut didn't have the "Episode IV: A New Hope" as part of the opening screen crawl. I've only ever watched the Special Edition once, but I've seen the films probably dozens of times now, but I guess I've grown up a little... maybe doing critical analysis of the all the films and their story structures has killed the magic of Star Wars for me. In Gr. 10, I wrote a paper for my English class finding parallels between the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings and how it related to conflict and the ideas of good and evil. (for example: both Luke and Frodo are reluctant heros, they both have a mentor figure who makes a sacrifice so they can escape, they are both tempted by evil -- Luke through the dark side, Frodo through the Ring, etc). After watching LOTR on the screen, I couldn't help myself imagining the cast of Star Wars in LOTR or vice versa.
Of course, once you can see certain patterns, you can further apply it to other western-influenced movies... this is probably why I enjoy watching foriegn and independent films, because they aren't always restrained by the same rules of plot... or at least the method for storytelling is different enough that I can't predict things as much as I can with a Hollywood film.
Aragorn: I'm Strider. The Elves call me Aragorn. Legolas tells me you're looking for passage to Rivendell
Sam: Yes, indeed. If the horse is fast enough.
Strider: A fast horse? You've never heard of Hasufel?
Sam: Should I have?
Strider: Hasufel's the horse that made the Rohan Run in less than 12 leagues...
Sam reacts to Strider's claim by rolling his eyes.
Strider: (continued) I've outrun Orcs and Wargs, not the local kind, mind you. I'm talking about the big Mordor ones, straight from Sauron himself. She's fast enough for you, little halfling. What's the cargo?
Sam: Just passengers. Myself, my master and 2 other hobbits. And no questions asked.
Strider: What is it? Some kind of local trouble?
Sam: Let's just say we'd like to avoid any Black Rider entanglements.
Strider: Well, that's the trick, isn't it? And it's going to cost you
something extra. Ten pieces of Mythril, in advance.
Frodo: Ten pieces? We could buy our own horse for that much!
Strider: But who's going to ride it, kid! You?
Frodo: You bet I could! I'm not such a bad rider myself! We don't have to stay here and listen...
Sam: We haven't that much with us. But we could pay you two now, plus fifteen when we reach Rivendell.
...
Han:
The shards of Narsil. The blade that cut the Ring from Emperor Palpatine's hand. [He fingers the blade, and cuts his finger.] It's still sharp. [Sees Luke watching him.]
But no more than a broken heirloom.
[He puts the sword back in its place and walks off. As he walks off, the sword falls, but he does not pick it up.]
[Luke picks up sword, and places it back in its place. He stands in front of the sword for a while.]
Leia:
Why do you fear the past? You are Vader's heir, not Vader himself. You are not bound to his fate.
Luke:
The same blood flows in my veins. The same weakness.
Leia:
Your time will come. You will face the same evil and you will defeat it.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Somewhere the brains of a half-dozen geeks are exploding!