After having seen Solo: A Star Wars Story and Episode VIII: The Last Jedi in the preceding months and Metallica being strongly in the news again with their excellent album and touring, something strange occurred to me.
Star Wars is the Metallica of Science Fiction and Metallica is the Star Wars of metal. Bear with me now...
If you follow the careers of Metallica and Lucas Films, there's a very serious parallel in the arc.
Star Wars (Later Episode IV: A New Hope) is a lot like Kill 'Em All... There's a lot of growing up to do, but you see promise.
There's great youthful exuberance here. After this, you want to see more and pray neither is a one and one. They're not a perfect example of the franchises in their primes, but you see where it all came from.
Star Wars is the Metallica of Science Fiction and Metallica is the Star Wars of metal. Bear with me now...
If you follow the careers of Metallica and Lucas Films, there's a very serious parallel in the arc.
Star Wars (Later Episode IV: A New Hope) is a lot like Kill 'Em All... There's a lot of growing up to do, but you see promise.
There's great youthful exuberance here. After this, you want to see more and pray neither is a one and one. They're not a perfect example of the franchises in their primes, but you see where it all came from.
