With the premiere of The Bad Batch, executive producer Dave Filoni keeps doing Star Wars justice. On the surface, Star Wars was always a story of simple black and white, light and dark. Even in its color scheme. Luke wears white. Vader wears black. George Lucas himself famously said, "Bad guys get red lightsabers, and good guys get blue ones." Keep it simple. Joseph Campbell. You know the drill. But the real secret sauce is the choices despite all that. What makes Star Wars great is that there is moral ambiguity nestled in amongst those polarities. This is embodied by various characters over time, but initially just by one. Han Solo was the key to Star Wars (1977). Not just because Harrison Ford played the part. Separating Ford's stardom from the role of Han is virtually impossible, but the two things fed into each other and created a new superstar and another iconic rendition of a familiar archetype to rival those played by Bogart and Gable, or written by everyone from Lord Byron to Raymond Chandler. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 4 May, 2021