Seeing Star Wars Anew Again
This article was originally published at the venerable Coffee With Kenobi Attack of the Clones was on TBS the other day. I dutifully and joyfully put it on. This under-appreciated episode of the Saga is much maligned, and I think that is wrong. While viewing this visually stunning masterpiece, I realized that I was reciting all of the lines along with the movie. Like some people sing along to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Sweet Caroline” or “Frankenstein,” I find that speaking along with these movies is comforting and helps me to find new depth in them. So then the question arises: How can we see these movies for what they are, and not what we expect them to be? By this I mean an even more basic question. Can we ever see these movies new again? For the past decade we have been treated to The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels , each of which has offered new insights to Episode II (among other things); and I would say that it has made it an entirely different movie. So, ...