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Post by coffee on Jan 5, 2012 23:25:24 GMT -6
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Azafuse
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Post by Azafuse on Jan 6, 2012 5:47:31 GMT -6
Just a long and detailed babbling, IMHO: Chewie is simply a Sasquatch, Big Foot or whatever you wanna call it.
It's like saying Tolkien stole the Balrog's concept from the Bible or the Divine Comedy.
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Post by DungeonDevil on Feb 27, 2012 13:07:53 GMT -6
Yup. Chewie = Sasquatch. In the 70's there was a 'documentary' circulating in theatres and drive-ins on that (in)famous grainy footage of Big Foot striding away into the woods. It was the first movie I ever saw at a drive-in. It was probably in '75 or '76, but the footage, IIRC was from the 60's, so it's possible that Lucas had it in mind when he formulated the first script in 1974 (unless there is yet an earlier version of the script).
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Post by Mushgnome on Feb 27, 2012 13:37:22 GMT -6
Lucas was heavily influenced by Joseph Cambpell; Chewie represents the "beast man" of a thousand myths and legends.
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Post by kesher on Feb 27, 2012 13:53:31 GMT -6
Heh. It boggles my mind when people are able to analyze a process like the creation of that film, a process ongoing even as they were filming, and try to pin it down. I did find a lot of the post (essay, really) interesting, but thought this quote was maybe the most interesting of all (and maybe has some relevance to some of the prevalent views of OD&D...)
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