LOOK AT THOSE GLASSES MY GOD MAN

wherever he goes, there he is

imagine having to be elon musk for a second

youd have to spend every moment for the rest of your life *with elon musk*

wouldnt wish it on ... okay theres plenty of folks id wish that on, but yeesh

one of georges great decisions is to put the lamest fucking nazi chuds in the room with true evil power so we can see the difference

'i find your lack of faith disturbing'

and THEN to have the powerful evil turn out to be a hurt little snot baby too? chefs kiss

by toxic fan chuds and a clear artistic vision that didnt neatly prop up the myth they were/are trying to make

EVEN THOUGH TLJ DOES PROP IT UP! it just owns the wrinkles that come along with being older and still recognizing the power of hero stories and fairy tales, which is what star wars is

because lukes cynical adult life - his failures, his fears - doesnt actually negate the goodness in him, nor the good he actually did

the millions - billions - of lives he saved

(i do wish somebody had said that to him in those terms - that IS a valid critique)

but fucking disney got spooked

even if the stories about them are bullshit, the stories - the images - have power

after all, its not luke himself, but *the image of him* that saves the resistance

because luke learns from rey how important he is as a symbol, and even as he resists her, she wins the argument, bc shes right

like, i get ppl being uncomfortable with what johnson does with luke - youre SUPPOSED to be

but the fucking movie is ABOUT luke - the cynical adult who grew up on star wars but now thinks the world is too complicated for 'heroes' - learning that HES WRONG AND GOOD GUYS RULE ACTUALLY

tlj was the ONLY entry in the sequel trilogy with anything at all to say

all 6 of georges movies were about politics and good vs evil; force awakens and tros were empty nonsense, and tlj was about *stories* - specifically the story of star wars and what it means to people

im not a bigot josh im a REALIST

english class is about inherited nobility/titles first, then income/wealth

american class is about income

actual class is about relation to capital/the need to work to survive

basically:

historical british aristocracy (royals, earls, dukes and shit) = upper class

wealthy non-upper class (plus maybe professionals?) = middle class

everybody else = working class

note that the 'middle class' often have more money than like the 5th earl of glocestershire-upon-widdleshanks

THE SHUTDOWN DIDNT END NATHAN