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   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 21 May 2007 23:31:37 -0700, Mike Schilling wrote in   
   :   
      
   >   
   >Or, like so many things in the Star Wars-iverse, was it badly thought-out   
   >fodder for rationalizations by Star Wars fans who care far more about   
   >consistency and logic than Lucas ever has?   
      
     "A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away" is the best introduction to   
   a fairy tale ever.  Even better than "Once upon a time", "This is no   
   sh*te" (sea story), and, from software, "Version 1.0".   
      
   >   
   >My most vivd memory of seeing it for the first time was reacting to the   
   >parsec gaffe with an involuntary "Oh, come on!", and the stranger sitting   
   >next to me saying "Yeah, I know."   
   >   
      
     I almost walked out when I heard that line.  A bucket of ice water on   
   the warm suspension of dis-belief.  There were other slips but none   
   quite as bad as that.   
      
      
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