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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 202649" data-attributes="member: 4720">I think this boils down to our age again.&nbsp; I don't know about any of you, but Han Solo didn't become as interesting as Luke Skywalker until I was maybe 11 or 12.&nbsp; As a really young kid, the Jedi are much, MUCH cooler.&nbsp; Most of the kids I knew growing up were the same.So, IMO we got older and shifted to identifying with the scoundrel, the skeptic, when we lost their affinity for mysticism and idealism&nbsp; (Dunsany would have a field day with this).&nbsp; So, in the new movies, all we have among the good guys are the mystics and idealists, and we can't relate.&nbsp; That's not a weakness of the movies, but a weakness in us, the audience.&nbsp; I suppose Lucas could throw in a scoundrel character to appease us, but how would such a character fit in?&nbsp; This story is all about the disintegration of the Jedi and the Republic.&nbsp; Rogues need not apply.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost, post: 202649, member: 4720"] I think this boils down to our age again. I don't know about any of you, but Han Solo didn't become as interesting as Luke Skywalker until I was maybe 11 or 12. As a really young kid, the Jedi are much, MUCH cooler. Most of the kids I knew growing up were the same. So, IMO we got older and shifted to identifying with the scoundrel, the skeptic, when we lost their affinity for mysticism and idealism (Dunsany would have a field day with this). So, in the new movies, all we have among the good guys are the mystics and idealists, and we can't relate. That's not a weakness of the movies, but a weakness in us, the audience. I suppose Lucas could throw in a scoundrel character to appease us, but how would such a character fit in? This story is all about the disintegration of the Jedi and the Republic. Rogues need not apply. [/QUOTE]

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