• ZephrC
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    1 day ago

    You can have a good silly movie about space wizards that isn’t taken too seriously but is really well made. People like to forget, but that’s what Star Wars started as.

    • lugal@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      Star Wars started as a metaphor for the Vietnam war (with the US as the bad guys). In The Force has always been a lot of philosophy. Just because you didn’t get it as a kid, doesn’t mean it was silly.

      And I say that as a trekkie who never really liked Star Wars but I see why people do and can appreciate it

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      1 day ago

      That’s certainly what some people wanted it to be.

      Also doesn’t mean that’s all it can ever be. Especially after 45 years.