The Battle of Endor is supposed to represent Vietnam, and the Ewoks are supposed to be the Vietnaimese.
     Great, just great.
     The Ewoks employ booby traps, and jungle guerilla warfare to overcome the stormtroopers.
     The movie showed one Ewok dead, maybe more.
     That is the problem when you have a war movie made for kids.  It does not show all the ugly stuff, which would make it more realistic.

     Of course, a movie can't show everything, especially if the film makers want to make money.  You don't want a bunch of kids crying like what happened with Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom when they showed 'human eyeball soup'....haha.

     Now that many years have passed since 'Return of The Jedi', I think Ewoks can be shown like how they are supposed to be.
     I'll have to do a comic book page or two to show what I am talking about.

     One dinky little battle, the second Death Star is destroyed, everyone is happy.  If only Vietnam ended so happily and easily.

     I need more war in 'Star Wars'....otherwise, the whole thing is ridiculous.

     You know what happens in real wars?  Soldiers do drugs and they look for prostitutes, because they don't know if they will live another day.  That is what war is.

     They also set villages on fire if they can't tell who the enemy is.

     One has to ask, "Does The Empire at times use chemical warfare?"  The United States did it in Vietnam, so I don't see why The Empire wouldn't use some version of napalm.
     Would the Rebellion or The Alliance use chemical warfare?  They are supposed to be the good guys.  But would they use chemicals against the enemy?  They might, what do they care?

     It was the night after the second Death Star had been destroyed.
     Luke Skywalker had fallen into a deep sleep, after the long celebration, that had lasted long into the night.
     He started dreaming...
     "Leia, I have the hots for you, let's make out.  Remember when you kissed me on the first Death Star?  Remember all the times we had close moments, but Han was always in the way?  Now we're alone, baby."

     Suddenly, a voice came into his head, "Luke, this is Leia...I have the force, too, and I know you were dreaming about us.  Just stop it.  It's really creepy.  Dream of something else."

     Luke opened up his eyes, in the darkness of his room.
     "Damn," he thought to himself.  "I need to get me a girlfriend.  This jedi thing of not having a girlfriend sucks.  What am I supposed to do?"

     So, Luke fell asleep, and thought of other things.  This time, he did not dream.

     Star Wars is fiction, just so you know.  This little fact may come as a surprise to many people.
     It is true, though.
     The Star Wars Galaxy is all made up.

     Hyperspace can be used to travel within the galaxy, but not outside it.  There is no reason for this.
     Supposedly, there are beacons located within hyperspace, which provide co-ordinates so ships can safely travel.  Sometimes, there are accidents.  A ship can fly into a planet, hit another ship, or fly right into a star.

     The Empire wants order in the galaxy.  There are two groups on the planet Earth who want order.  Nazis, and Mormons.  Both of these groups like order a lot.
     The Empire does not like non-humans much.  The Rebellion is more accepting of non-human types.

     Star Wars does pretty well with white people, but not with others.  Many foreigners are converted into aliens.  Green-skinned tradesmen have Chinese accents and red robes.  Jar Jar is kind of an island nation kind of being.  Watto is Middle Eastern.  The aliens who make the clones live on a water world, and behave like Japanese people.

     Blacks are represented mostly by Lando Calrissian, the pimp, and Mace Windu, the behaved one.

     Latinos and Hispanics aren't really represented at all, except the little guy who flew with Lando in The Millenium Falcon in 'Return of The Jedi'.

     The basic language of the galaxy is English.

     'The Battle of Endor' is supposed to mirror Vietnam.

     George Lucas said that he based Emperor Palpatine loosely on Richard Nixon.

     From one point of view, Star Wars is 'The Wizard of Oz In Space'.

     Swear words are avoided at all costs, as is blood.  Sex, or sex talk is also avoided.

     Star Wars makes war look like fun, and that is not true.

     There is indeed underwear in space, despite Lucas not wanting Leia to wear any.  He wanted her to go bra-less.

     The Empire is actually the legal government.  So, from their point of view, the rebels are war mongerers.  The rebels have a good reason, though, for The Empire is corrupt.

     The Sith needs The Empire, which doesn't realize that they are a tool for The Sith.

     Tattooine is kind of a white trash planet, and I don't know why they can't get more water there.  You would think they would try and plant some trees, which would provide shade.  Trees require a lot of water, I guess.
     If there is hardly any water, do people on Tattooine bathe much?  Doesn't look like it.

     Slavery exists all over the galaxy.  The rebels don't seem to do anything about it.

     When the second Death Star was destroyed, The Empire still had control of over a thousand worlds, if not more.  It took twenty years for the Alliance and The Empire to come to a truce.

     In a Star Wars book, prostitutes were referred to as 'Glitter Girls'.  Star Wars does not do too well with this subject.

     Aliens are often presented as stupid, or like they are from Sesame Street.

     There are a trillion sentient beings in The Star Wars Galaxy, and millions of habitable worlds.

     Civilization began in The Core Worlds, and spread out.

     The Force helped to discover Hyperspace.  I read that.

     Han Solo talks American.

     People in The Empire speak British, as does Princess Leia when dealing with them...sometimes.  Depends, I guess.

     Twi'leks are an enslaved people.  I will have to read up on that to figure out why.

     Ryloth is a poor planet, in terms of The Galactic Economy is why, I learned.  The Hutts enslaved them to work in their own mines. 
     All the information is on Wookieepedia.

     There is prostitution in The Star Wars Galaxy, and apparently a lot of it, on many worlds.  The subject is broached upon, but not into depth much.
     So, basically, if you have enough galactic credits, you can get laid.
     They have a small stub of an article on this subject on Wookieepedia.

     Well, there are my Star Wars thoughts for the day.    

    

     So, I was ten years old, and I saw a commercial for 'Star Wars' at around 2:30 in the afternoon.
     My jaw dropped, watching a droid get sucked up into a jawa land transport.
     I was really excited.  I wanted to see this  movie.
     Then my brothers saw the commercial, and we all wanted to see this movie. 
     We got to see it, with my father talking to management to get us into a crowded theater.
     We saw it, and it was great.
     A week or two went by, and we saw it again.  And again.
     After three or four times, that was enough.
     Eventually, the version with new titles proclaiming it to be 'Episode IV' came out.  We had to see it again, because, then we could think about how there were going to be nine movies, as we read in the movie magazines.
     'Empire' came out, and we watched that again and again.  I did not know if Darth Vader was bullsh***ing Luke.  An evil person would lie.  Then, I was really uncomfortable with the ending.
     'Return' came out, and I was excited to see it based on the commercials.  It looked awesome, and better than anything I had ever seen.
     Then halfway through the movie, I began to be disappointed somehow, what with teddy bears.  It just wasn't as good as 'Empire'.
     So, after several viewings of 'Return'...I was done with Star Wars, considering that I had outgrown it.
     I got into Dungeons & Dragons.  Star Wars came out with their version, and I would have bought the book if I had the money.
     Then it was the ten year anniversary of Episode IV, and I didn't care all that much.  I would rather have had another movie.  I did not know what they were waiting for.  Lucas had the whole world hanging, instead providing us with f***ing 'Howard The Duck' and f***ing 'Willow'.
     Dark Horse was making Star Wars comic books.  I had collected the Marvel comics of Star Wars, but they were pretty bad.  By then, I was kind of done with comic books, too.
     Then there were the limited edition releases of Star Wars in the theaters with some new digital stuff added, which were cool to see, but they really didn't expand my idea of The Star Wars Universe much.  I wanted to learne, but there was not much content out there.
     And Episode I came out, and the excitement level was very high, and within five minutes, people deflated like a balloon losing air.  You could feel this in the theater.  We all knew that the whole rest of the movie was going to be pretty bad. 
     'The Matrix' was a much cooler movie.
     Episode II came out, and hopes were higher, and it was a better movie.
     Episode III was pretty dark, and pretty much a joyless affair.

     Now I listen to Star Wars audiobooks on youtube, and I am pretty happy.

     I can't depend on Lucas to make a good Star Wars movie.  Somebody else has to do it.

     * * * * *

     Some black guy said, "IT'S STAR WARS BIG!"

     I love the phrase, because no matter what stupid hit song comes out or movie, it is not going to be as big as Star Wars.

     What other franchise is there where the original actors can come back to reprise their roles thirty-two years later?
     Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford will be in Episode VII.

     So, why would anyone join The Empire?  Steady work, employment, and a paycheck.  Plus, you get to work for the winning side.  Opportunities for advancement.  Cool uniforms.  Make your family proud.
     I suppose it is why someone would join the U.S. military, especially if you come from a poverty-ridden family.
     Plus, the appeal of kinky sex with female Imp agents would be attractive.
     Scheduled vacations and shore leaves would also be appealing.
     Visiting other planets, and seeing the galaxy would be interesting for those with no opportunity to do so otherwise.
     Plus, The Empire was the official government of the galaxy. 

     If you saw life in terms of Black and White, yes or no...The Empire would indeed be the obvious choice.  If you saw things in terms of right and wrong, well, The Empire had to be right.  The best always come out on top, right?

     Yet, among many in the galaxy, The Empire was hated and feared.

     Most people in the galaxy were aware of an Imperial presence.  There were always Imp posters and propaganda everywhere.  To remove them was illegal.

     To deface Imp posters was even worse.  Taggers were seldom caught, though.  Younglings would often draw mustaches on pictures of stormies or officers.
     It was a rite of passage among the young to deface at least one imp poster.
     The penalty for doing it while you were young was not as bad as when you were an adult.  Then it was serious.

    

     How long ago is 'A long time ago...?'

     'Far, far away....' is a given.

     For me, a long time ago would be 100 B.C., or 10,000 B.C.

     So, when did the events in Episodes 1-6 happen in correlation to us?  Or is it all false, and it is all actually in the future? 

     So, humans that look just like us developed in another galaxy?  Or do we migrate to another galaxy?

    

     I've been confused by the year system in Star Wars.
     I finally got it. 
     'BBY' refers to 'Before Battle of Yavin'.
     'ABY' refers to 'After Battle of Yavin'.

     This makes the destruction of the first Death Star the prime event in The Star Wars Universe.
     In our Earth time, it is 'The Birth of Christ', which is also possibly fictional.

     Anyway, this before and after way of keeping time is confusing.
     I think the Chinese have their calender well into the 5000's.

     Then, the events of 'The Old Republic' take place 3000 years before BBY 0.  Or is it 30,000 years?  I get confused.

     So, is BBY 0 the year 1977 in our years?  Star Wars was supposed to happen a long time ago.  So how long ago?  I haven't found this out yet.  It seems important.
     Also, where is this Star Wars galaxy located? 

     We know Gilligan's Island is supposed to be somewhere in The South Pacific Ocean.  So I see no reason why a group of astronomers, or even Lucas himself,  can't pick a galaxy where the events of Star Wars takes place.
     We'll never be able to get there in ten generations anyhow, so what does it matter?

     Also, who discovered hyperspace?  Who was the first jedi?  Who got into space first?