/lit/ - Literature

That's the thing about Star Wars, with all the talk of meditation and temples and prophecy and legends you really think there must be some deep shit underlining it all. But George Lucas didn't even bother to explain the complex mechanics behind Amidala's demotion from Constitutional Monarch to Senator. The "deep" shit is just frantic speculation from nerds who don't want to believe that their fantasy world where thought can overpower the bullies at school and all the hideous space aliens running around will make their cystic acne seem mundane by comparison just doesn't exist. Lucas was smart, he knew his limitations and just fell back on hippy nonsense about like, if you get angry then you can't think clearly, and that's like, your immaterial emotions affecting material reality. Far out, right?

Go back and pay attention to the original trilogy, with an eye on drawing direct comparisons to our world, and you'll be shocked by the complete and utter lack of similarity. It wasn't until the sequel trilogy that a character drank water on screen or used fire for warmth or light. There is exactly one identifiable food item in Lucas's films: the pear than Anakin cuts for Padme. The dinner that Luke eats with his Aunt and Uncle, the spread that Vader prevails over when Lando reveals his betrayal, the rations that Yoda picks through when Luke crashes on Dagobah, and the plate that the diner operator hands over when Obi Wan comes to ask about the dart. None of it is identifiable, but it comes in a familiar shape that suggests certain ideas. And that's Lucas's brilliance, he can create a shape that you effortlessly fill in with your own mind. A sort of MC Escher painting where nothing connects and yet somehow the individual portions create a mental sensation of looking at a clear image of something which cannot exist. And the book that the faggot in the OP is holding represents a paradox: how can someone claim to under The Force and yet believe that it exists as something other than a thematic representation of feelings we all experience every day?