Movie as a Text

Yesterday we began watching Star Wars episode 5. Today we were asked to write about this movie as though it was a book.

I'm not a large fan of Star Wars. I have never seen it before. I watched one of the newer ones with the little kid who is suppose to be Darth Vader. I'm kind of confused by this whole story. It starts in medias res (which means in the middle of things).

I think if I were reading it like a book I would be very confused and a little bored. There is a lot of action parts. I don't find it very fun to read 10 pages of someone flying through space.

It has some of the basic themes any adventure movie has. There is good vs. evil. The good guys wear white, or light colors, and the bad guys wear dark colors. The good guys also wear orange jumpsuits. There is also some bad guys that wear white, but they have on creepy masks, so you can pretty much tell they are bad.

There is also a romantic side to the story too. There is Hon Solo, who reminds me of Fonzie from Happy Days, and Princess Leia. She is kind of like the damsel in distress and Hon is like the bad ass who really has a good heart. They aren't my favorite characters. To me they don't have enough personality. You can always tell what they are going to do next.

Then we have the young Luke Skywalker. He is a little arrogant and stubborn. I have a feeling he will turn out the be the hero of the story. He has to start from nothing and will probably end up the best.

My favorite character is Yoda. He reminds me of ET and Kermit the Frog. I also noticed that in the Lord of the Rings, that little creepy guy/thing, was inspired by Yoda.

Another thing I notice about Yoda was that he was a little like the Emperor. They are both very powerful, commanding, and wise. However they fight for different reasons. I think it would be funny to see Yoda fight with the Emperor, who knows they might.

I don't understand the over all plot of the story. Are they just trying to escape from Darth Vader? What is Luke training for? Is there some kind of special mission he will be going on? It doesn't really make this clear, but I have to guess that in the end Luke and Vader are going to fight.

Another question I have is about R2D2. Do they really understand what he is beeping? Or are they talking to themselves? Like a young child would do with an imaginary friend. They make up what R2 is saying in their head and then answer him out load, like he was pet.

There is a part in the movie where Luke travels into an area of the swamp and sees Darth Vader. He then fights him and cuts off his head. Then then head rolls on the ground and Vader's mask comes off to reveal a face. Who's face was that? I couldn't tell. It was kind of mystical. I know I have seen this in other films and now I know where it comes from.