A New Hope , via the netflix It’s too easy to make fun of George Lucas, especially after the supremely awful “prequel” sequels. And what a pompous ass-basket that man manages to come off as sometimes. But the funny thing about the old Star Wars movies is how good they were when they were good despite also plumbing the depths of badness. I don’t imagine this happens very often; it’s hard to be both that good and that bad at the same time. I don’t really have a grand unified field theory for
