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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2404909" data-attributes="member: 14159">Remember this about the &quot;quality&quot; of Star Wars, in terms of plot, acting and writing:&nbsp; It is a modern serial.&nbsp; It is old space opera matinees and serials blended in with some samurai and WWII movies while you're at it, reshot with much bigger budgets.&nbsp; $100 million dollar pulp.&nbsp; Paragon Space Opera.&nbsp; It is meant to be that way.&nbsp; The corny dialogue, hokey names, and black &amp; white morality is part of the entire concept of the pictures.Original Star Wars, a.k.a. Episode IV is in terms a direct rip, almost just a Sci-Fi remake of The Hidden Fortress in the first half (an old Samurai recruits a rogue and a farmboy to save a princess from a mighty fortress) and The Dambusters in the second half (a squad of pilots must destroy an invincible and heavily guarded fortress by dropping a bomb at a very precise place through dangerous flying), even to the point of recycling dialogue almost verbatim from both movies.&quot;Attack of the Clones&quot;, &quot;The Phantom Menace&quot;, &quot;The Empire Strikes Back&quot;, those are all the sort of &quot;over the top&quot; names you'd expect from some old 30's or 40's serial, or a 50's movie matinee.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 2404909, member: 14159"] Remember this about the "quality" of Star Wars, in terms of plot, acting and writing: It is a modern serial. It is old space opera matinees and serials blended in with some samurai and WWII movies while you're at it, reshot with much bigger budgets. $100 million dollar pulp. Paragon Space Opera. It is meant to be that way. The corny dialogue, hokey names, and black & white morality is part of the entire concept of the pictures. Original Star Wars, a.k.a. Episode IV is in terms a direct rip, almost just a Sci-Fi remake of The Hidden Fortress in the first half (an old Samurai recruits a rogue and a farmboy to save a princess from a mighty fortress) and The Dambusters in the second half (a squad of pilots must destroy an invincible and heavily guarded fortress by dropping a bomb at a very precise place through dangerous flying), even to the point of recycling dialogue almost verbatim from both movies. "Attack of the Clones", "The Phantom Menace", "The Empire Strikes Back", those are all the sort of "over the top" names you'd expect from some old 30's or 40's serial, or a 50's movie matinee. [/QUOTE]

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