1977 STAR WARS - THE POWER OF THE FORCE OVER WEAK MINDS

There are a number of ways we could have broken down the 1977 film Star Wars – from in-fighting between Masonic orders to the Acceptable Year of the Lord. Instead we have gone at archetypes and coding. In the mid-seventies film began to change, once again, with the blockbuster becoming a driving force and the “New” directors who would fuel the new Hollywood. The 1977 Star Wars is like a line in the sand in movie history and as we know it has become a property of the House of Mouse. The franchise has also changed world culture and it should be clear what films of this stature are used for in the modern era, and film quality no longer seems to be an integral part of the equation. How many eyes and how much influence appear to be the main concerns of our media driven era… I hear music… Is that American Idiot by Green Day I hear playing? Who cares – let’s watch the Death Star blow up again, and again, and…

The Empire Strikes Back