In Star Wars, those sorts of things mattered way more to me than the spaceships.
One of the problems with making arguements about anything like this is that there's always exceptions. Generation aside, no two people are ever watching or reading something for the same reason.
I'm sure there's lots of people who watched Star Wars and cared less about the technology or the gosh-wow, but rather were captivated by the ideas and the characters.
I'd never seen a heroic, kick-butt, powerful woman like that in any movie before. (But I still wished she could have been a Jedi!)
I had that exact same reaction. In fact, I sort of fell in love with Leia, and many times, I wished the story could have been about *her*.
I never had a problem with her not being a Jedi, though, because she was already a princess and a warrior and hey...that's enough for anyone.
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Date: 2006-10-19 12:18 am (UTC)One of the problems with making arguements about anything like this is that there's always exceptions. Generation aside, no two people are ever watching or reading something for the same reason.
I'm sure there's lots of people who watched Star Wars and cared less about the technology or the gosh-wow, but rather were captivated by the ideas and the characters.
I'd never seen a heroic, kick-butt, powerful woman like that in any movie before. (But I still wished she could have been a Jedi!)
I had that exact same reaction. In fact, I sort of fell in love with Leia, and many times, I wished the story could have been about *her*.
I never had a problem with her not being a Jedi, though, because she was already a princess and a warrior and hey...that's enough for anyone.