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Back to the Clone Wars: Shadow of Malevolence
Still working my way through the Clone Wars DVD set, I made it to "Shadow of Malevolence." It might be that by this time around, in anticipating this episode's little documentary emphasising connections to the old movies I was able to imagine accepting that. After all, this was "the episode with Y-wings in it"...
However, a different connection emphasised was unexpected enough to get me thinking. It was stated that the Malevolence itself had been designed by refining a preproduction concept for Revenge of the Sith through adding styling cues from the Rebel cruisers and transports, one reason for this given that since the Republic's technology was early versions of what the Empire ended up with, the Separatist designs had to "look different." Whatever questions might have developed about whether giving something a "Star Wars look" has to be a matter of "either/or" should be balanced, I suppose, against realising that I never made the specific connection myself until I was told about it. The big thought that I had, though, was something different about a connection between "the Separatists" and "the Rebels."
Pretty much throughout each wait for the new Star Wars movies, I was trying my best to keep from speculating what might happen for fear I would become so attached to my own theories that I'd have trouble accepting what I did at last see. Before "Episode III," though, I did have a thought that it might be interesting for the Separatists to somehow team up with the dissatisfied Senators and become part of the early Rebellion, although I may not have put any more thought into that than speculating that this could be a way to get Padme in trouble. Looking back on that now, though, I can say that focusing on "the Rebellion" to the exclusion of "the characters" is a less satisfying interpretation of Star Wars than just focusing on "the characters." Even in Star Wars itself, it could be said that Luke uses the Force in addition to his Rebel-supplied X-wing to destroy the Death Star, taking another step along his "hero's journey" in addition to saving the Rebellion, and in The Empire Strikes Back once everyone is off Hoth the focus of the story is on the characters. Of course, there is some presumption in suggesting how people "should" interpret things... but looking at it, I at least continue to have the feeling that it may be possible to focus on something that never quite seems to satisfy without that being deliberate.
However, a different connection emphasised was unexpected enough to get me thinking. It was stated that the Malevolence itself had been designed by refining a preproduction concept for Revenge of the Sith through adding styling cues from the Rebel cruisers and transports, one reason for this given that since the Republic's technology was early versions of what the Empire ended up with, the Separatist designs had to "look different." Whatever questions might have developed about whether giving something a "Star Wars look" has to be a matter of "either/or" should be balanced, I suppose, against realising that I never made the specific connection myself until I was told about it. The big thought that I had, though, was something different about a connection between "the Separatists" and "the Rebels."
Pretty much throughout each wait for the new Star Wars movies, I was trying my best to keep from speculating what might happen for fear I would become so attached to my own theories that I'd have trouble accepting what I did at last see. Before "Episode III," though, I did have a thought that it might be interesting for the Separatists to somehow team up with the dissatisfied Senators and become part of the early Rebellion, although I may not have put any more thought into that than speculating that this could be a way to get Padme in trouble. Looking back on that now, though, I can say that focusing on "the Rebellion" to the exclusion of "the characters" is a less satisfying interpretation of Star Wars than just focusing on "the characters." Even in Star Wars itself, it could be said that Luke uses the Force in addition to his Rebel-supplied X-wing to destroy the Death Star, taking another step along his "hero's journey" in addition to saving the Rebellion, and in The Empire Strikes Back once everyone is off Hoth the focus of the story is on the characters. Of course, there is some presumption in suggesting how people "should" interpret things... but looking at it, I at least continue to have the feeling that it may be possible to focus on something that never quite seems to satisfy without that being deliberate.