Todd’s Movie Blog

Since everyone seems to be throwing their two cents in on the new Star Wars movie I thought I might as well toss my blog into the ring. I don’t understand this film. I mean I know that it is a lead in for a new animated series on TV that will focus on the new character Ahsoka Tano, who is Anakin’s Padawan. And that’s what I’m having trouble with. My understanding of the way the hierarchy works is that you are a Padawan until you are made a Master Jedi at which time you get a Padawan to tutor. And if we look at the new trilogy, Anakin was never made a Master Jedi. Mace Windu even make a vocal point of it in Revenge of the Sith, telling Anakin that although he is sitting on the Jedi Council at the behest of President Palatine, he is not given the rank of Jedi Master. So if he is not a Master how can he have a Padawan? I know it is just a movie and I should go with the flow, but it is irksome when someone sets up a fictitious world and then arbitrarily contradicts their own rules just to create a vehicle for a new character for no other purpose than to make some more money off a cash cow that is all but printing its own currency without it. To quote J. J. Gittes from Chinatown, “How much more money do you really? Is there any better food you can eat? Is their any better liquor you can drink?” It all smacks of a cynical condescending attitude on the part of the creator for his own fan base, feeling he can put out any piece of crap and the stupid fans will buy it up and demand more. No wonder George Lucas has going from being the Golden Boy of Hollywood to just another corporate bloodsucker in the minds of many fans.