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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Firebird" data-source="post: 9760531" data-attributes="member: 7015803">The most interesting thing about the films is that they have resonated so widely and across multiple generations. Intentional or not (and I think there is intention there), Lucas captured something profound and powerful. And none of his imitators have come close. While the best of the spin offs may be considered "higher quality" they have nothing like the cultural impact.Imo that's because Lucas gets storytelling and mythmaking for children, or better for a cross generational audience, better than perhaps anyone I can think of. I'm thinking of Jung and the inherited image, the collective unconscious.It reminds me of an exchange before Hamill and Lucas. Regarding Vader's introduction, Hamill said"I wanted to see Darth Vader’s first entrance, even though I didn’t work that day and I said George why don’t you cut away to two characters saying ‘Oh that’s the Dark Lord of the Sith. He’s the most powerful evil. [Lucas] goes, ‘No, he’s got a white background and he comes on in a black costume. We’ll play some scary music. You know, they’ll get it.'”Get it they did.</blockquote>