As one of those life-long Star Trek fans who hasn't exactly been all that thrilled with what death, damage, and destruction JJ Abrams has wrecked on the franchise with Star Trek (2009) and the just-God-awful Star Trek Into Darkness, I'm trying very hard to remain optimistic about Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. I am on record already as absolutely hating the name -- after all, how can the living Force ever truly go to sleep? -- but I realize that's largely a semantic issue.
Like most fans of SciFi and fantasy, I've watched the teaser trailer; and, like many, I've questioned the logic of this three-bladed lightsaber.
I get that storytellers always want a way to "up the ante" as it were, but at some point fankind really has to cry 'please stop' to whatever powers might be listening. On the plus side, it's only a single film, so let's be thankful for small favors. Still, I have already grown weary with the endless parade of YouTube videos claiming this particular saber is either a good or a bad idea. To me, it's all in the execution -- if it's pulled off believably on film, then I'm always willing to give directors leeway in delivering their respective epics.
However, the above video (I noticed this recently on Geeks Are Sexy) really should bring this particular debate to its close ... that is until the next teaser trailer reveals the four- or five-sided blade that the aged Jedi Master Skywalker now uses.
Like most fans of SciFi and fantasy, I've watched the teaser trailer; and, like many, I've questioned the logic of this three-bladed lightsaber.
I get that storytellers always want a way to "up the ante" as it were, but at some point fankind really has to cry 'please stop' to whatever powers might be listening. On the plus side, it's only a single film, so let's be thankful for small favors. Still, I have already grown weary with the endless parade of YouTube videos claiming this particular saber is either a good or a bad idea. To me, it's all in the execution -- if it's pulled off believably on film, then I'm always willing to give directors leeway in delivering their respective epics.
However, the above video (I noticed this recently on Geeks Are Sexy) really should bring this particular debate to its close ... that is until the next teaser trailer reveals the four- or five-sided blade that the aged Jedi Master Skywalker now uses.
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