Ok. That’s pretty cool. Cool enough that I’m super jealous that The Manny found this just last week on GeekDad, and it’s too late for us to get in on the creative action. Bummer.
I was watching the work people put in on “The Escape” (video at the end of this post), and I found myself engaging with it canonically. As fans, none of us have the time or resources to put an entire Episode together, let alone the entire Classic Trilogy. And even if one or two of us did, there would be a lot of points to quibble about. Shoot, think about how much dorks people debate about the remakes George did. Serious debate over minor changes and added scenes.
The best most of us could do is hope to master a small section while staying true to the overall corpus. You then put the pieces together and work from there.
Watching ‘The Escape’ I had a lot of different reactions. I enjoyed seeing the different mediums people used. I thought the coolest segments were the ones where people tried really hard. Some of the clips stayed very true to the originals. Others were clearly making an attempt to mock the franchise, and some of the mockeries required a lot of effort.
As I’ve been analyzing the video an psycho-analyzing myself, some questions have popped up about how I and we interpret the Bible:
- Are we trying to make statements or discern statements?
- How can we express truth communicated via written word through other mediums?
- How much effort do we really put into thinking through things (theological or otherwise) that we are really passionate about?
- Do we focus more on what people are getting right or on what they are getting wrong?
- How can good-intentioned people interpret the same thing in two completely different ways?
- Why is it so hard to get a good Wookie costume?
- Do I lose my fanboy card if deep down inside I wish “Kissed by a Rose” was part of the official Star Wars soundtrack?
- How many posts labeled both Star Wars and Theology can I have before I get kicked out of the church?
Renew and Restore
