Here's the thing. What Lucas had in his brain or on his notepad is irrelevant except insofar as it relates to the "Myth" that surrounds Lucas and the notion that he had literally every detail intricately planned and connected vs. the notion that he made stuff up on the fly and then BSed about it by saying "I always intended blah blah blah."
Solo, I see you continually bring out this argument that Lucas has claimed to always have every detail of the Star Wars saga written in stone some thirty years ago. Can you support this with referenced quotes? It would be unfair to perpetuate this "myth" you speak of.
It would also be a foolish thing to presume that art can only ever be valid if it's conceived in it's entirety, in one single sitting with no option ever for further modification or refinement.
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bla bla bla, midi-chlorians, Lucas is a sloppy writer, I'm not so I can say with a fair degree of authority that Lucas really is quite the clueless storyteller, etc.. etc..
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I'm not surprised that most people complain about midi-chlorians, generally it's the juvenile whining of those who believe their childish bubble has been burst and have knee jerk histrionics to something that actually requires a more considered view.
I am surprised though that someone who professes such an interest in creative writing, can miss the obvious of
why there is a science over mysticism angle on the Force in the PT. If you think the approach taken with midi-chlorians/the Force is in any way a goof in consistency with the OT and bad storytelling in general then I have to question to what level of creative writing you actually aspire to.
It doesn't help matters when you post detailed ideas on what you think is a much better story and admit to starting to write an alternate version (really?!) which frankly at best is the same old fanfic and at worst is a telling sign that you are so immersed in a hazy romantic memory that you've lost better judgment and are hostage to it.
Seriously, if you are to take anything from Star Wars it should be to plough your own field.
Lucas has made some questionable choices no doubt, but the midi-chlorians shouldn't be on any level headed persons list. Qui Gon not appearing to Yoda in Sith is the number one narrative failure that bridges the trilogies, imo.
But then again, Lucas got away with a big narrative anomaly in Star Wars and no one ever sees it, so some he wins and some he doesn't.
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