In between fretting about the downfall of the 20th Century order, I'm indulging myself in some Star Wars. I saw the first movie in the theater four times, and it was among the very first VHS tapes I owned. (Still have it.) I got the Marvel comic for a few issues, but I got distracted from that and didn't pursue it. One thing I've never done in all these years is to read the novelizations of the first trilogy. Lucas is credited with the first installment, the one we now call "A New Hope". When I read the first few pages though, I was struck by some startling parallels. Here is the "Prologue".
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I was gobsmacked at how much it reads like the news of the day. I guess we are enduring a story as old as time and fraught with enough drama for nine feature films and counting. Change a few names and we have the current crisis in the United States well and properly predicted, albeit from the depths of space from a time long, long ago.
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Here in the UK Star Wars didn't open until December 26th 1977 and that was only in London. Star Wars finally reached my local cinema in May 1978, a whole year after it had opened in the USA. Like you I loved the film but I thought Marvel's adaptation wasn't very good with poor artwork.
ReplyDeleteStan Lee had little confidence in this project and I can't blame him. When Marvel got it, the movie hadn't opened and no one could have predicted this level of success.
DeleteI've just heard that Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's far-right National Rally party, has been barred from standing from office for five years after being found guilty of embezzlement which means she can't run for the French presidency in 2027. This is how Trump should have been dealt with.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. The fact that Senators failed to convict him when he was impeached for inciting the attack on the capitol has proven to be some of the most heinous cowardice in the history of the nation. If they had only done their duty.
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