So that's the thing lately I've seen a lot of. Fan videos about theories of where Rey came from or how Emperor Palpatine didn't know that Vader was secretly gay or whatever. And there's some interesting and thought provoking ones in the mix, to be sure. Some of them I even agree with, to a point.
And it's all good fun, of course. Some of them can be seen as taking it a little too far or perhaps it is more eloquently stated to say they're taking it too seriously. Still, those are just as entertaining to watch (sometimes) and maybe that's part of their point, too.
The __ side of me, of course, can sometimes see those types as mere attempts to get more viewership, since that is actually a way some people make a living. Getting 'followers' and 'subscribers' and making online entertainment that people flock to see the latest from. Where people gather, advertisers will not be far behind.
But, this isn't about that part of it, so we'll leave that for now.
Some of the them though, I have a hard time taking seriously without actually looking at the facts of timing and technology. Episode 4, 5 and 6 were made when we have little in the way of computer graphics capabilities. Namely none. Then the Special Editions came around because someone figured out how to make and add and change scenes and add digital crap.
[ side note on this one. Even though I'm largely a putter-downer of the 'Special Editions' and I HATE the whole changing of characters things, I will admit to attending the National Air and Space Museum IMAX theater in Chicago twice just to catch a glimpse of the new Dewbacks that were being added to Star Wars. Sick. ]
Anyway, I digress. So, some of the films were made in a time when technology was very limited. Some might argue their popularity is due is large part to how it made everyone feel when we saw it's never-been-done-before sights and sounds. Maybe. Regardless, their moment in time was many years ago. Then, a decade later, they made more movies. And then, a decade later, made some more still.
So what do I find so funny? All these arguments about things like "why didn't Vader recognize R2 in the Cloud City?" "Why didn't he say hi to Threepio there?" "Why didn't he help fix Threepio there?" He wasn't doing any constructive at the time anyway.
I'm being a little facetious obviously, but these kind of statements, to me, are harder to accept as real. Yes, there are many inter-twinings in these films and lots of under the surface kind of things going on. It's one of the things that make Star Wars so appealing. And obviously the interweb has given mere mortals like you and me and them to give chase to these ideas in our heads and make them a real point of view and something to talk about or make a video about. I'm doing that very thing right now.
It's funny talking to a 12 yr old about all this. When he says to me that "Snoke is Mace Windu" because he watched some fan video on YouTube and believed it. Still, all good fun and all, but really?? Some theories are a bit out there...
The facts remain though, that even George Lucas was pondering whether or not to go through with making Vader Luke's father. He will say those Episodes were all written already, and maybe they were outlined in his head in some way, but when the originator himself speaks of 'not going through with it' that should be a good indicator that some of this we're making up as we go. I think if it were indeed so worked out as a three-part series and Luke as this and Vader was that, I sort of doubt he would have had Princess Leia kissing on her brother so often.
Maybe.
So anyway, I'm not trying to poo poo on anyones's 15 minutes or argue that we shouldn't argue about who so and so's father is or why didn't this do that. I love that people do that sort of thing. I have my own opinions and theories, too, some of which will likely show up here in my own galaxy far, far away.
I just prefer the ones that are a little more based in what could possibly and realistically be true or correct. 'Cause I hate making R2 fly; that's just dumb.
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