>>7296355Starwars was shallow. Farm boy gets magic sword to smack an empire. That is why it was so popular and effective. Well that and the FX.
Its popularity meant it had to be embroidered with detail and 'lore' to give it a false sense of depth and self-sustaining marketability. It quickly became unwieldy, a lumbering trash heap of pastiche and fan fiction, Lucas being the worst writer of fan fiction.
