Comments on: Danger Gal Friday: The Starkiller Who Could Have Been http://www.lisapaitzspindler.com/2008/01/17/danger-gal-friday-the-starkiller-who-could-have-been/ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Science After Sunclipse http://www.lisapaitzspindler.com/2008/01/17/danger-gal-friday-the-starkiller-who-could-have-been/#comment-442 Science After Sunclipse Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:00:49 +0000 http://www.lisapaitzspindler.com/blog/2008/01/17/danger-gal-friday-the-starkiller-who-could-have-been/#comment-442 <strong>Weekend Fluff: Luke As A Girl...</strong> I’ve been reading through Podblack Blog ever since the Podblack Cat hosted the Skeptic’s Circle (and kindly included an entry of mine). This is how I discovered that the Internets have a Carnival of Feminist SF, dedicated to feminist persp... Weekend Fluff: Luke As A Girl…

I’ve been reading through Podblack Blog ever since the Podblack Cat hosted the Skeptic’s Circle (and kindly included an entry of mine). This is how I discovered that the Internets have a Carnival of Feminist SF, dedicated to feminist persp…

]]> By: 20th Carnival of Feminist SF - The Diamond Age « PodBlack Blog http://www.lisapaitzspindler.com/2008/01/17/danger-gal-friday-the-starkiller-who-could-have-been/#comment-441 20th Carnival of Feminist SF - The Diamond Age « PodBlack Blog Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:11:24 +0000 http://www.lisapaitzspindler.com/blog/2008/01/17/danger-gal-friday-the-starkiller-who-could-have-been/#comment-441 [...] Lisa Paitz Spindler.com - Danger Gal Friday: The Starkiller Who Could Have Been - “Evidently, Luke was supposed to be a girl.” Talk about a paradigm shift. How would this saga have been different if Luke Skywalker would have been Luka Starkiller? Evidently, Han Solo was also supposed to be a Jedi. [...] [...] Lisa Paitz Spindler.com – Danger Gal Friday: The Starkiller Who Could Have Been – “Evidently, Luke was supposed to be a girl.” Talk about a paradigm shift. How would this saga have been different if Luke Skywalker would have been Luka Starkiller? Evidently, Han Solo was also supposed to be a Jedi. [...]

]]> By: Holly http://www.lisapaitzspindler.com/2008/01/17/danger-gal-friday-the-starkiller-who-could-have-been/#comment-440 Holly Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:07:37 +0000 http://www.lisapaitzspindler.com/blog/2008/01/17/danger-gal-friday-the-starkiller-who-could-have-been/#comment-440 I guess it goes without saying that it wouldn't have been the same story with a female lead. Well, I guess it could've been. But it probably wouldn't have been made into a movie. That synopsis from Adventures of the Starkiller shows many of the same problems that plagued the prequel trilogy: too many characters, tangled plotting, confusion as to whose story it was. Reading that, I'm amazed that Star Wars: A New Hope managed to arise in any comprehensible form. It's like he was shuffling a deck of story elements and laying them out like tarot cards. Mostly I'm just grateful that they changed the name from "Starkiller" to "Skywalker." Starkiller is sinister and aggressive and suggests a not-too-bright thug trying to make himself sound impressive. Skywalker suggests a seeker of truth and wisdom, which is what Luke turned out to be. Notice the reference to Akira Kurosawa? I said the Jedi were patterned off of Samurai, didn't I? I guess it goes without saying that it wouldn’t have been the same story with a female lead. Well, I guess it could’ve been. But it probably wouldn’t have been made into a movie.

That synopsis from Adventures of the Starkiller shows many of the same problems that plagued the prequel trilogy: too many characters, tangled plotting, confusion as to whose story it was. Reading that, I’m amazed that Star Wars: A New Hope managed to arise in any comprehensible form. It’s like he was shuffling a deck of story elements and laying them out like tarot cards.

Mostly I’m just grateful that they changed the name from “Starkiller” to “Skywalker.” Starkiller is sinister and aggressive and suggests a not-too-bright thug trying to make himself sound impressive. Skywalker suggests a seeker of truth and wisdom, which is what Luke turned out to be.

Notice the reference to Akira Kurosawa? I said the Jedi were patterned off of Samurai, didn’t I?

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