Eat at Gamera’s
There is a restaurant only a few blocks away from us named “Megallon’s Gourmet Barbecue”. Naturally, when I pass by and am in appreciative company, it’s difficult to avoid making Godzilla vs. Megalon references. “Straight from the underwater farms of Seatopia!”
Last week I composed a business card for them. Imagine my delight to discover that the owner’s partner was nicknamed “Jet Jaguar” and the place is full of kaiju memorabilia. I may have to eat there sometime soon, just on general principle.
Today, a weblog link took me to a site comparing shots of the 1977 LD release of Star Wars and the 2004 Special-Special Edition DVD release. It got me to thinking what a difference a little time can make in a story; if we agree that Luke is approximately 25 by the end of Return of the Jedi, then Darth Sidious’ great Galactic Empire only lasted 25 years. The Old Repulic had lasted for at least 1000 according to Lucas. Not really a proud entry in Sith history, hmm?
Ben Kenobi certainly didn’t act like he’d been jumping lava rivers only two decades ago. Yoda absolutely suffered a decline in health and strength from age 875 to age 900. And Han Solo talked as if no one had seen public use of the Force, or a Jedi for that matter, in a century or so. How quickly the Galaxy forgets…
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How quickly the Galaxy forgets…
More like how quickly Lucas forgets! *shakes head*
We definitely have to do this place if I can get down there.
As for Star Wars, well, the “Thousand Year Reich” lasted less than fifteen, so there’s precedent.
As for Yoda, think about how Palpatine looked after fighting Yoda and Mace Windu. Maybe the duel in the Senate Chamber took more out of Yoda than it looked.
As for Ben, assuming he was about twenty at the time of Phantom Menace, ten years passing between that and Attack of the Clones would make him thirty, and even assuming five years passed between that and Revenge would only make him thirty-five at best, which would have made him a not-terribly well-preserved sixty at the time of New Hope.
Hmm… Does excessive use of the Force drain the life energies of the user? Interesting point to ponder.
Living on Tatooine has to be murder on your skin.
As for the Galaxy forgetting, that might explain why their technological progress petered off about 4000 years ago.