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Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2
(That sequence would have been more believable if Lucas had gone with the original plan of having the Ewoks be Wookies.)
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...That's my new headcanon.
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Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2
But that's a side-effect of the fact that SW started out as a light-hearted, fun romp, a takeoff on the old movie serials from the 30s and 40s. Just like them, when it was more fun to play the enemy for laughs, they did. When they needed the enemy to be dangerous, they were.
Later, this immense would-be-serious structure was built atop the foundation of ANH and its light-hearted origins, and so you end up with elite feared stormtroopers who come across as a joke.
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True; ultimately, an entire massive edifice was built on top of a foundation that was never intended to hold it.
Also true that clashing themes are disfavoured in modern fiction.