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<blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 8554267" data-attributes="member: 6988941"><p>Indeed. The original series doesn't even really do 70's mass communication culture. It's space fantasy drawing on sci-fi serials, samurai movies, and Joseph Campbell monomyth theory, rather than the sort of hard science fiction that was concerned about technologies and its impacts. </p><p></p><p>And I think this is a good call. Star Wars is about grand heroic adventure not specific technology. It is notable that one of the major pieces of early Star Wars media that Lucas had the least involvement with, the Star Wars Holiday Special, was all about depicting communications in a very 1970s way and this is one of the chief elements in that famously awful show that really undermined the "epic star wars gravitas" and helped cement it as a much reviled embarassment.</p><p></p><p>This is why I found the opening crawl of Rise of Skywalker so off-putting with "The dead speak! The galaxy has heard a mysterious broadcast, a threat of REVENGE in the sinister voice of the late EMPEROR PALPATINE." I like the cheesy tone well enough, and while bringing back Palpatine was problematic for this trilogy, it at least was justifiable in terms of trying to create an overall continuity for the 9 part saga. But seriously, 40+ years of movies in and now you're going to broach the subject of mass communications in this galaxy without really explaining it? And yes, of course communications technology is covered in expanded universe materials and such, but the movies never covered that and they don't really explain what's going on here. Is the evil emperor jamming all radio communications? Are wookies trying to watch holovids of Jefferson Starship in peace only to be interrupted by Palpatine's cackling? Or did the Emperor just upload a mysterious podcast for people to take in at their leisure?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Benjamin Olson, post: 8554267, member: 6988941"] Indeed. The original series doesn't even really do 70's mass communication culture. It's space fantasy drawing on sci-fi serials, samurai movies, and Joseph Campbell monomyth theory, rather than the sort of hard science fiction that was concerned about technologies and its impacts. And I think this is a good call. Star Wars is about grand heroic adventure not specific technology. It is notable that one of the major pieces of early Star Wars media that Lucas had the least involvement with, the Star Wars Holiday Special, was all about depicting communications in a very 1970s way and this is one of the chief elements in that famously awful show that really undermined the "epic star wars gravitas" and helped cement it as a much reviled embarassment. This is why I found the opening crawl of Rise of Skywalker so off-putting with "The dead speak! The galaxy has heard a mysterious broadcast, a threat of REVENGE in the sinister voice of the late EMPEROR PALPATINE." I like the cheesy tone well enough, and while bringing back Palpatine was problematic for this trilogy, it at least was justifiable in terms of trying to create an overall continuity for the 9 part saga. But seriously, 40+ years of movies in and now you're going to broach the subject of mass communications in this galaxy without really explaining it? And yes, of course communications technology is covered in expanded universe materials and such, but the movies never covered that and they don't really explain what's going on here. Is the evil emperor jamming all radio communications? Are wookies trying to watch holovids of Jefferson Starship in peace only to be interrupted by Palpatine's cackling? Or did the Emperor just upload a mysterious podcast for people to take in at their leisure? [/QUOTE]
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