what i meant by the maiden in distress was that lucas spent much of his time working on the plot on the first three films (4,5,& 6) then he did on the last three films. hence, Mr. Rauch’s sudden supprise of lucas’s philosophy. (which Lucas also discuss this in the Bonus Disc, but i am doing some infering)

I do not deny that he has used good-versus-evil successfully in the past. But it isn’t that clear cut. Never has been. The fact that Luke switched to black robes and jumpsuit in the ep6, demonstrates that. It gives him an identity with Vader.

Lucas’ use of the maiden in distress and other themes does not prove anything. All good authors weave certain fundamental themes and devices into their plot (and Lucas is a great story teller). For what its worth, Lucas appears to have gotten much of his characters from Dune.

Yes, Lucas does talk about good being in everyone and a power that ties us all together. Yet, lucas’s philosophy is hidden in his overall plot.

Lucas does a couple of interesting things with his story. First of all, each of his characters comes from a well developed character type in literature. You have the maiden in distress. the coming of age character. the wise old man. the been-there-done-that charater. Next, he sets up a clear distinction of good verus evil (again from clearly sucessful literature). Notice the the black, white and grays of the Empire versus the earth-tones of the alliance.

This is Lucas’s plot, which he then interweaves his philosphy that there is good in all evil and evil in all good. The movies 4,5,& 6 all deal with the good in evil, where the movies 1,2,& 3 deal with the evil in the good.

But because Lucas needed to make money with his first film, he had to cut out a lot of his philosophy for the plot’s sake. If you notice, that even in 1,2,& 3 lucas still has the same character types. even his distinction of good verus evil is there, Although, not clearly defined because even lucas knows that not all evil is very clear defined.

One thing you will notice as you watch lucas’s new films is that he spends more time on his philosophy then he did his first three films (4,5,& 6). this is because he can. He now has the fan base, the money and the time, whereas he didn’t in 4,5,& 6.

I can understand how Mr. Rauch could be shocked or disillusioned. However, he all he ever did was watch the movies, I would expect this from someone. Yet, if he had ever read the books that contiune the saga. I would say the Mr. Rauch is not a very critical reader, because the books do exactly what Lucas does in movies 1,2,&3, which is spend more time on the philosophy.