Message Forum: Re: A Musing Or Two About That Star Wars Movie

Re: A Musing Or Two About That Star Wars Movie

Posted By: Don the Monkeyman, on host 24.79.11.42
Date: Sunday, May 19, 2002, at 06:34:21
In Reply To: Re: A Musing Or Two About That Star Wars Movie posted by wintermute on Sunday, May 19, 2002, at 05:43:48:

> Lucas took the books out of canon when production started on The Phantom Menace. This allowed him to ignore all the books set before A New Hope and rewrite history as he saw fit. This would also apply to those books set after the films, too.

Very true. In my house, this is referred to as the "Lucas Megalomania". "It's all WRONG!!!!", shouts George, as he sweeps years of excellent literature from the table to replace it with a story that seems poor in comparison.

> winter"Knower of things Star Wars"mute

Don "I have to admit that he has better pictures than the books, though." Monkey

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Message:	> > Lucas took the books out of canon when production started on The Phantom Menace. This allowed him to ignore all the books set before A New Hope and rewrite history as he saw fit. This would also apply to those books set after the films, too. > > Very true. In my house, this is referred to as the "Lucas Megalomania". "It's all WRONG!!!!", shouts George, as he sweeps years of excellent literature from the table to replace it with a story that seems poor in comparison. > > > winter"Knower of things Star Wars"mute > > Don "I have to admit that he has better pictures than the books, though." Monkey
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