Star Wars is my crack (2)

Hey, I made epicrants!  I'm kind of flattered.  (And kind of freaked out, too, but still.  It's like, five years after the fact and somebody's complaining about my story!)

Anyway, continued thoughts on ANH:

-- I've heard plenty of complaints about Mark Hamill's acting in ANH, but I don't really follow it.  He makes a spectacularly convincing whiny teenager.  The whine in particular has a distinct ring of authenticity.  If the prequels had ever happened, he'd be a chip off the old block. As it is, I wouldn't be surprised if Hamill actually was sixteen or eighteen or whatever it is.

Maybe if Luke were supposed to be something other than the archetypal golden-haired, fresh-faced hero, pure as the newly driven snow but restless and impractical until he takes a few levels in badass, I might see something to complain about ... but, um, no.  That's exactly what he is.

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