It's also a failure for fiction, which has drawn on the past to prepare for the future. Just goes to show, even a subtext with few nuances isn't enough.
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Star Wars is anti fascism for kids and yet Americans come away with thinking “ perhaps the empire was right “ anyways. Like even thoughtful critics and discussions usually boils down to “ I hate the Jedi and they deserved what was coming to them” when that is your frame nothing will be good.
It is. But there is a real thread among people discussing Star Wars today and that are basically “ well the Jedi are basically fascist cops already so therefore I’m not gonna be sad about them going away and I hope they never are able to return” and I feel your missing a big part of the point then.
Oh well, I hear it all.
But that was also the subject of the Prequels, so I'm waiting to see what a new Jedi order that learns from its mistakes will look like.
Yep I mean the prequels are about the downfall of the Jedi but George isn’t being coy there, it’s a tragedy that it happened and going away from than and bing like “ Jedi - fuck em “ isn’t at all what is intended especially when considering Luke in the OG trilogy etc .
Anyways it’s a bit shield from the point really but there is such a vitriolic hatred towards anything that isn’t the”perfect most satisfying organization out there and therefore I will choose death to all “ kind of mindset .
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But that was also the subject of the Prequels, so I'm waiting to see what a new Jedi order that learns from its mistakes will look like.