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Sith, Schmith, or when Stars Wars lost me.
I have no desire to see the new Star Wars movie. This is something of a surprise. I was about as much at the center of the Stars Wars generation as you get. I saw the first movie in the theaters 6 times. I have vivid memories of the disappointment I experienced when I parents were taking me to see the movie for the first time a couple weeks into it’s run, and we had to abort the trip and go home because I was running a fever and about to puke. I waited on line for tickets to see Empire and Jedi on opening day.
Episode I really lost me. The plot didn’t make any sense. While it was still entertaining to watch and had some good action scenes, I didn’t get it. It didn’t seem true to the originals. But I didn’t even make it through Episode II (which I waited to see on video as it was). Specifically, the very place where he lost me was when, in the middle of the city chase, Obi-Wan turned to Anakin an said, “Use the Force, Anakin. Think.” (see script.)
My jaw just dropped. Compare that to Obi-Wan to Luke in the famous blind training scene on the Falcon in the original Star Wars, “This time, let go your conscious self and act on instinct.” (see script.) To paraphrase, “Use the Force, Luke. Don’t Think.”
