Star Wars on Trial (66 page)
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Authors: David Brin,Matthew Woodring Stover,Keith R. A. Decandido,Tanya Huff,Kristine Kathryn Rusch
FOR THE PROSECUTION: Jeanne Cavelos
FOR THE DEFENSE: Bill Spangler
CHARGE #8: THE PLOT HOLES AND LOGICAL GAPS IN STAR WARS MAKE IT ILL-SUITED FOR AN INTELLIGENT VIEWER
FOR THE PROSECUTION: Nick Mamatas
That answer is: You've already bought a book whose whole purpose is to discuss meaning and consequen
In Star Wars: The Magic of Myth, author Mary Henderson elaborates how much inspiration George Lucas
Oh, you do hear some messages of conformity and intolerance, but these fill the mouths of moustache-
George Lucas defends his elitist view, telling the New York Times, "That's sort of why I say a benev
All right then, I'll hold back on my little plot gimmick-the Darth Vader twist-that (in my humble op
Having half a dozen rants on Star Wars'
In the classic Salon.com article on Star Wars-an article that was written in June 1999-David Brin im
James Gunn expands on this notion in his essay "The Tinsel Screen"
But it was a single line of a conversation with the LucasArts content manager that really lured me i
Along with the fiction, the [sf] culture grew more sophisticated along the way, but it retained a pr
... electronic media brings science fiction to its audience free of Science Fiction Culture, the his
the book-buying public. Book sales expand every year from one to 5%, a phenomenal and consistent rat
Fiction markets have expanded. In 2004 alone, 2,550 books "of interest to the SF field" were publish
But I'm a barbarian. Of the 1,417 original SF books published last year,'
Because I had been burned before, I read the opening few pages, and a section out of the middle. And
Why do I want barbarians in the Science Fiction Village? Forget that they're my kith and kin. Think