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Subject: SW apostasy
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Date: Sun, 15-Jan-84 03:12:48 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 15 03:12:48 1984
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From a STAR WARS Defector ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

W-h-y was such a SW devotee (who stopped counting after seeing "A New
Hope" 41 times, and who laboriously transcribed illicit recordings of
the sound tracks of ANH and TESB so as not to have to wait for
publication of the scripts) so utterly turned off by JEDI?

Because it was so much just a re-hash of stuff out of the first two
that I've \still/ not been able to stomach seeing it again in order
to add --ad nauseum-- to the following message to SF-LOVERS which the
computer record says I started on May 28th.

                     Isn't This Where We Came In?
                                  or
                        When Does VI = IV + V?

   The reprise-with-a-twist of "I love you"  "I know"  I could take,
   but not the constant deja-vu of--

    Rebel fighters attacking Death Star II, including
    	Recycled dialog
    	Fighter ships' intricate maneuvering down narrow passage
    	Explosion of Death Star
    Secret tech. info on Death Star gained at cost of spies' lives
    Imperial Walker downed by roping legs
    Infiltration of enemy area thru using Chewie as "prisoner"
    Luke and Vader's dueling with circular window in background and
    		stairway at the fore
    R2-D2 getting blitzed while using manipulator on door
    Alien uglies' R&R
    Princess Leia, perpetual prisoner/victim
    R2-D2 getting zapped, crying "Maaamaaa", and tumbling over
    A fall down a vast mechanical circular cavern
    Luke & Leia rope-swinging escape

It was as if Lucas had died right after TESB, without leaving usable
material for the concluding episode, which was then put together by a
committee, drawing on ANYthing they could from the first two!
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