Last night the History Channel aired: Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed. I'm sorry, but what a snore-fest.

I love Star Wars. If I didn't I wouldn't care so much. But who are these "scholars" dissecting the movie? Oh sure this guy teaches classics at this ivy league school & this guy teaches mythology at this university, but why didn't we see more of Kevin Smith? Or Stephen Colbert? These are the guys who speak for the fans, well they at least speak on "my" behalf, you guys are obviously free to decide who sounded more like you on that show!

There were many things that totally made sense : The Hero's Journey especially concerning Luke & Anakin, the feminine hero, the pirate/cowboy, the witnesses. Many of the mythological parallels worked great for Anakin, Padme, Luke, Leia, Han, C-3PO, R2D2, Shmi, whatever. But they lost me as soon as they started to try to rationalize Jar-Jar's role as the innocent fool or whatever they called him. Puhleeze. Jar-Jar was GL's lame attempt at "attracting young kids" nothing more than a marketing scheme. Jar-Jar did not "grow up" through the PT, he was phased out because the fans complained & given the "honor" of having voted for the Clone Wars as a comment on how much we hated him - like we needed more of a reason.

Hubby-Wan promptly fell asleep during the 2nd hour of the show & I began flicking through the channels during commercials wondering if there was anything else on to watch. By the time the show had ended, I was ready for The Daily Show & Colbert Report. I did not watch The Tech of Star Wars that aired afterward, although I did see a few minutes of the Ion Propulsion system. Now I hear I should have watched this show instead, but whatever. I'll be back for the reruns & I'm sure it will be included in the next Special Edition bonus disc.

In true History Channel fashion, all the fun & life & spontaneity of our favorite films was sapped & stored in little casks like in The Dark Crystal. I have the book concerning Star Wars & mythology (I believe it's called "The Power of Myth" but I'm too lazy to dig it out of the box in the garage where I know it's being stored right now...) which I bought way back in 1998. Luke is truly a mythological hero. Anakin shows us what happens when the hero's journey goes wrong.

It was cool to hear scholars talking about Star Wars as if they've actually seen it more than a few times to help out with the documentary, but I don't buy for a second that they are actual fans. Most of what they had to say we already knew, I guess that's why Hubby-Wan passed out so early. I was hoping for some insight, but instead I cracked open a book & read while listening with one ear during the last 1/2 hour. And 2 hours was way more than was necessary to get the points across.

Do we think that there was anyone turned on to Star Wars last night from seeing this show? I dare say not. I missed the flash & excitement of "Empire of Dreams". I'm not afraid to say that I didn't enjoy last night's presentation. I'm glad I watched it, bummed I missed the 2nd program, and will probably be happy to see it included in my next bonus disc.

On a related note, Kevin, Stephen, if you're here in sw.com world, please email me! I swear I'm not a maniac contrary to some of my postings & of course me being the founder of "Axe Murderers Anonymous" means nothing...