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   Anybody to Duggy   
   Re: Star Wars (ep 4) as Wizard of Oz rem   
   13 Dec 07 18:02:40   
   
   6108ac99   
   From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article   
   <55c22834-5e87-4daa-aa03-2e0d46034b1c@a35g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,   
   Duggy  wrote:   
      
   > On Dec 11, 2:03 pm, Greg T  wrote:   
   > > > Han was the Tinman.   
   > > That bit at least works quite well - only at the end does he discover that   
   > > he really does   
   > > have a heart.   
   >   
   > > The rest doesn't seem to fit that well unfortunately.   
   >   
   > True.   
   >   
   > Artoo works as the voice-less "pet" that keeps running off.   
   >   
   > But beyond that, nah.   
   >   
   > No one gets a brain, no one gets courage.   
      
   Luke gets "courage" in the sense of learning to trust his feelings,   
   etc. He also gets a "brain" in the sense that he learns the about his   
   father being a Jedi and learning a little about the Force from Ben.   
      
      
      
   > The force is real.   
   >   
   > I was pointing out the flaws in the original person's assetment... but   
   > it is very, very unworkable.   
   >   
   > I think that The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings would work better... but   
   > I'm not going to try.   
      
   That Japanese movie that many people say "Star Wars" is based on   
   probably works better.  ;-)   
      
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