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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zulithe" data-source="post: 1936424" data-attributes="member: 4708">I like most things Star Wars, and some of it I love. Very little, if any, do I hate, but the stuff I like least tends to be from the Expanded Universe.For starters, I don't dislike the midichlorian explaination like a lot of fans do. You have to see where Lucas is coming from with that idea. When writing Star Wars, Lucas was HUGELY inspired by the writings of Joseph Campbell. You could say one of the underlying themes of Campbell's research is finding explaination to things that most people don't delve into much, instead just blindly and ignorantly accepting it. Lucas is definitely not that sort of person, and wanted to put a logical face to the force, explain why it was stronger in some than others, etc. To me, this works better than having the Force be something extraordinary or mystical since I do not believe such things anyway. Everything is natural or can be explained, and in Star Wars, so is the force.At the same time, I understand why many are upset. But it makes me wonder how upset people would be if other things, like God, or how the universe was created, or how humans came to be what we are today were explained. They would lose a lot of their appeal and magesty I suppose once people see that it isn't as grand as they had it worked out in their imagination, which is exactly what happened to The Force to some fans. It's unfortunate, but this is Lucas' world and I approve of his choice.I read the Zhan trilogy, and tried reading The New Jedi Order, but there are things about Star Wars which can never translate well to the page, and this is coming from a book lover. The music, the sound effects, the moody and gritty sets. This is why I am so looking forward to the new TV series. Television is a format much more appropriate for expanding the Star Wars mythos than books, IMO.I loved the Clone Wars tv series, if for nothing other than the fight sequences. I think a more realistic animation style would have been better, but I still enjoyed it. No complaints.I really bought into the hype of Episode I that started around the time of the Special Edition theatrical release. I went to a packed midnight showing with 5 or 6 friends, it was a blast. I wasn't let down one bit. There are things I would have done differenty but so would anyone. To get into those changes would be a thread unto itself, but I will say that I wouldn't have darkened the film (much) and I agree with Lucas that the story of Darth Vader needed to start on a lighter note. To have him be the "evil" character we see in Vader in the original trilogy from the get go would have been a mistake.Like a lot of people, my favorite Star Wars film is Episode V. We were promised a lot about Episode II, and how it was supposed to be more "Empire" like, being the second movie of the second trilogy and all. In that respect, it was a real failure, but on its own, I still like it. I think the reason it faired less at the box office than Episode I was simply becuase the hype about "Hey, Star Wars is back! Yayy!" had ran its course, not becuase it was a bad movie or that fans were fedup and rejected it. That's a bunch of bull. Most fans enjoyed Episode II more than Episode I anyway, if anyone bailed, it was Joe Public, not the fans.</blockquote>

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