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Post by Juan on Jun 9, 2005 0:40:57 GMT -5
Dying in Star Wars is essentially a quasi afterlife scenario. All become one with the force, one with everything. But its possible for a Jedi to CROSS BACK OVER after death, and being able to submit to th force as you say it. The two are related but one is no necessary for the other, they are intertwined however.
It is possible for a Jedi, with the knowledge on "the other side" to come back. Why don't all the Jedi just come back, then? Simple: Its unecessary. If those dead were to eternally guide the living, the living wouldn't be truly living their own lives. Its the sort of "why doesn't god speak to us" question, its because a man has to live his own life.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 9, 2005 0:44:50 GMT -5
Dying in Star Wars is essentially a quasi afterlife scenario. All become one with the force, one with everything. But its possible for a Jedi to CROSS BACK OVER after death, and being able to submit to th force as you say it. The two are related but one is no necessary for the other, they are intertwined however. It is possible for a Jedi, with the knowledge on "the other side" to come back. Why don't all the Jedi just come back, then? Simple: Its unecessary. If those dead were to eternally guide the living, the living wouldn't be truly living their own lives. Its the sort of "why doesn't god speak to us" question, its because a man has to live his own life. Yeah. That makes pretty good sense. |
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Post by The Giant-Size Man Thing on Jun 13, 2005 23:01:35 GMT -5
By the way, I would like to point out that after reading the making-of book, it became appearant to me that Lucas made it up as he went along. Hell, he didn't have the fourth draft ready until the day before principal photography began.
Still came out good, though. George Lucas - A True Procrastinator's Hero.
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Post by Xtermo on Jun 14, 2005 15:25:48 GMT -5
First off, good call, Zorak. "There is no death, there is only the Force."
And yes, Goj. If you'd read up on the original books and whatnot, that would have been more blatantly apprent all along. Did a good job of it, for the most part, I'd have to say. If nothing else, he's created a universe for fanstuffs for ages to come.
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Post by The Giant-Size Man Thing on Jun 14, 2005 18:07:30 GMT -5
Well, yeah, that too. I've seen a few documentaries and read a few of the original scripts, and it's amazing at how much the original story changed. Anakin Starkiller (original Star Wars script), Planet of the Lando Clones (Empire Strikes Back idea), and young Han Solo (first draft of the Episode III script).
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Post by Xtermo on Jun 14, 2005 23:03:51 GMT -5
That's fuckin' congress, man. I've never seen that stuff before.
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Post by The Giant-Size Man Thing on Jun 14, 2005 23:24:52 GMT -5
If you have the DVD set, I think it might be in the Empire of Dreams special feature. There were some pretty strange ideas floating around. The young Han Solo I can confirm. They even have a picture of his concept art in the Making Of book. In the first draft, ten-year-old Han Solo lived on Kashyyyk and helped Yoda track down General Grievous. He was fortunately phased out by the second draft. Link to the concept art of Young Han Solo |
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Post by Xtermo on Jun 17, 2005 17:44:01 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't own the DVD's though. I do have an awesome ghetto-style original VHS set from their first home releases though.
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Post by Raz V5.0 on Jun 17, 2005 18:31:05 GMT -5
Good lord, do yourself a favor and buy the DVDs. Hell, you'll get a discount now that they have come down a good thirty dollars in price. I payed 76 or something, you'll probably pay 40 at the most.
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Post by Xtermo on Jun 20, 2005 16:39:54 GMT -5
I've seen the movies on DVD, just not the extra stuff. And for the record, they're $50 here.
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Post by Cygnus X-1 on Jun 25, 2005 9:30:22 GMT -5
I think we still have those for the original, original Star Wars trilogoy.
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Post by The Giant-Size Man Thing on Jun 25, 2005 9:32:30 GMT -5
I think we still have those for the original, original Star Wars trilogoy. Everybody does, or at least they should. I need to convert mine into disc format.... |
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Post by Cygnus X-1 on Jun 25, 2005 10:17:38 GMT -5
I think we still have those for the original, original Star Wars trilogoy. Everybody does, or at least they should. I need to convert mine into disc format.... If they haven't completely disintograted. |
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Post by Tobari Sabbatine on Jun 25, 2005 14:24:18 GMT -5
I just got the bootleg DVD of it at New York. Grevous is my favorite even if he was a chain smoking wuss in the moive.
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Post by Xtermo on Jun 25, 2005 14:27:59 GMT -5
Even given the crappy comeptition, there's no way that sickly cyborg is the sexiest thing in that movie.
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