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I have seen a Star War
Jan. 2nd, 2020 01:09 pmNon-spoilery review:
The problem with Star Wars* as a franchise and this Star War in particular is that it attempts to marry fundamentally incompatible conceptions of duality in Eastern and Western philosophy. Balancing the Force makes sense if the Light Side and Dark Side are, respectively, order vs. chaos, or collective good vs. individual will. But not if they're good vs. evil or, in this case, Space Nazis vs. Not Space Nazis. Ironically this is the one thing the prequels did right.
But they didn't do that because you need to sell toys. Of Space Nazis.
* The movies. I know nothing about the EU or the video games or whatever.
The problem with Star Wars* as a franchise and this Star War in particular is that it attempts to marry fundamentally incompatible conceptions of duality in Eastern and Western philosophy. Balancing the Force makes sense if the Light Side and Dark Side are, respectively, order vs. chaos, or collective good vs. individual will. But not if they're good vs. evil or, in this case, Space Nazis vs. Not Space Nazis. Ironically this is the one thing the prequels did right.
But they didn't do that because you need to sell toys. Of Space Nazis.
* The movies. I know nothing about the EU or the video games or whatever.
