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Sad Devotion to that Ancient Religion
Aug. 20th, 2008 01:57 pmI’m kind of irritated about The Force Unleashed, for two reasons. Number one, because it’s not coming out for PC, so I won’t get a chance to play it. Number two, because of the hype, building it up as the ultimate Star Wars game – which is rubbish! The ultimate Star Wars game would be another bloody X-Wing game, damnit! IT HAS BEEN ALMOST TEN YEARS SINCE X-WING: ALLIANCE!
Seriously, doing Jedi stuff with the Force sounds fun, but *real* Star Wars is about taking out massive spaceships with a handful of well-placed torpedoes, while dog-fighting waves of TIE interceptors. Hmphr.
My theory is that there’s two key types of Star Wars fans – those that think of Luke Skywalker as a pilot who happens to also have a lightsaber, and those that think of him as a Jedi who happens to also be a pretty good pilot. Unfortunately, thanks to the triple-damned prequels and their obsessive focus on the Jedi, Star Wars media is focusing on group two to the exclusion of all else! And by all else, I mean ‘what I personally like’!
*wanders off, grumbling about kids these days*
Seriously, doing Jedi stuff with the Force sounds fun, but *real* Star Wars is about taking out massive spaceships with a handful of well-placed torpedoes, while dog-fighting waves of TIE interceptors. Hmphr.
My theory is that there’s two key types of Star Wars fans – those that think of Luke Skywalker as a pilot who happens to also have a lightsaber, and those that think of him as a Jedi who happens to also be a pretty good pilot. Unfortunately, thanks to the triple-damned prequels and their obsessive focus on the Jedi, Star Wars media is focusing on group two to the exclusion of all else! And by all else, I mean ‘what I personally like’!
*wanders off, grumbling about kids these days*