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There is a difference between people and art. 🙂

Dunno... would you separate Van Gogh from his paintings? They kinda become void without his intentions I think.

The difference is Van Gogh actually succeded in his intent.

Lucas said one thing, but appears to have done another.

And yet: there it is.

He obviously made the saga, but things arent correct.

1. Why is Kenobi only able to defeat Maul once he gets angry?

2. How can one Sith lord blind every Jedi from seeing his presence?

3. How do we relate Anakin's prophecy to the force?

4. Why are there contradictory opinons of the force in the films?

5. Why are Jedi teachings so flawed if they are the good guys?

Lucas's opinion can't answer these questions. Mine can.

That's why we have forums...

and then again: answers aren't everything? Plus it shows that the PT is flawed, and yet changing it doesn't help.

Lucas said he made the PT to correct our perspectives.

Its amazing that you'll hug his opinon on anything else, yet refuse to admit that people perceptions of Vader in the OT was not what he intended.

Clearly then, if you take that position, you have no right to deny mine.

He corrected it allright... he showed that with a lot of money you can screw up a couple of films and still make tons of money.

But I see the flaws, but I dont see the point in correcting them in an alternative universe. Like you can do so much better with someone else's work where you basically don't have tp invent all the principles, the universe etc...
As I said: do you think that way about your girlfriend too, taht you want to correct eveyrthing you don't like about her? I mean, you take SW as Lucas sees it or not. Including its flaws... and the PT has many.

No. What he did was screw up your interpretation of the films. Nothing more. Just because you interpreted it "wrongly" based on evidence within the films.

(using your developed logic of course)

?????

You are teh one changing the nature of the Force. Lucas is very clear on it. So whose interpretation is it?

I interpret it a Lucas says, now whether he did a good job that is another matter. I feel he was too sloppy.

Thats EXACTLY how I feel. I feel he didn't do it right.

Lucas is clearly agisnt what your conception of Vader was.

Yeah, tehre is no disagreement there. I just fell you have to take it for what it is: flawed here and there.

At least we agree that its flawed.

However, I have found a way that it is not flawed.

We always agreed on the flaws... we don't agree what to do with it.

Thats because I'm actually doing somehting with it.

I just accept it.

I feel there is somethign greater to be gained, that brilliant work can have a brilliant message, even if it is not the meassage of the creator.

amen.

Err.... something greater? SW is pop culture entertainment pal, not some significant contribution to art in general.

I was speaking personally, that is the primary goal of art you know.