From: walrus@bessel.umd.edu (Grig Larson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Random musings from a fan
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:49:26 GMT
Organization: Punk Walrus Enterprises, Inc.


Well, an old fan is going to post his thoughts and views with some stuff
that I am surprised has not been brought up yet:

1>-- I saw SW as a kid and I thibnk my entire life has been influenced by
     it. This is pretty sad, since I am one of those people that make fun
     of Trekkies quoting episode numbers. Trying to find out what influenced
     me so much led me down psychological alleys not travelled in years. So,
     for the first time, I saw the entire Video Tape trilogy with my wife who
     had not seen them. The Video tape edits a LOT. I was a bit upset. Sure,
     they never mentioed the Biggs/Luke scene, or deleted a few non-essential
     minor stuff, but I got so upset inside for some reason. I guess coming
     from one of those "dysfunctional families" <is that what they call them
     now?>, the movie offered this kind of "your real parents are really these
     heroic people and you will escape your hell someday" thing that a lot of
     abused kids try to believe. I was suprised how emotionally hooked I was
     to this medium. The music, the romantic storyline, the realism, etc...
     just everything. I was trying to explain to myself, "The force must be
     strong with me..." as a joke, but it became a truth somewhere.

2>-- A friend of mine worked on "Terminator 2" <accounting> said that
     they had been delayed in 1990 for ILM time. Why? they asked and they
     were told that "the owner has booked it up for a year on a special
     Lucas project." He told me he thought it was another Star Wars thing,
     but a year later, still no real rumors of production. What was Lucas
     doing? Young Indy in Space?
 
3>-- The new books. I worked in a book store when "Star Wars: An Heir to
     an Empire" was promoted and released. I was shocked when it shot up
     the best-seller list. Was it that popular? The releases from Bantam
     said it was the official story picked up 5 years after the movies
     ended. I have a reader's copy <one of the many benis working in a 
     bookstore> and it says "Trademark and Text (C)1991 LucasFilm Ltd." The
     releases had an interview with the authour, Timothy Zahn <The Cobra
     Strikes, Triplet, Time Bomb> who stated he was liscensed to do so. I
     read the book, and although Zahn isn't an A+ writer, it was VERY good.
     I figured that Lucas would never put out 7-9, and he just had Zahn
     write it. Of course, no one is saying that this is the episodes 7-9,
     remember, to 7-9 could be after the book, 50 years later, as they used 
     to say.
 
I have access to the publishers at Bantam, if you have any questions, I can
TRY to get an answer. 
 


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