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Jun. 12th, 2006 12:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pearwaldorfWarren Ellis on how the chambara form is used by George Lucas.
And the more I think about it, the concept of the Jedi as itinerant wandering do-gooders makes much more sense than a bunch of stodgy old bureaucrats in a building on Coruscant.
Adrienne and I had a discussion about Joseph Campbell and Star Wars the other day, and about how much George Lucas really is like Quentin Tarantino: such great influences, but unbelievably shitty output given said influences.
And the more I think about it, the concept of the Jedi as itinerant wandering do-gooders makes much more sense than a bunch of stodgy old bureaucrats in a building on Coruscant.
Adrienne and I had a discussion about Joseph Campbell and Star Wars the other day, and about how much George Lucas really is like Quentin Tarantino: such great influences, but unbelievably shitty output given said influences.
