I have to say I’m allowing myself a little optimism here for Revenge of the Sith…
the fact that A.O. Scott of the New York Times likes it, and ranks it
better than the original Star Wars, is heartening. It’s weird to think
back to when Episode I first came out — I was finishing up my first
year in law school and was waiting on line for tickets while studying
criminal law. This year I’m not even seeing it on opening night
(fittingly, one of the friends I’d seen Episode I with back in law
school will be visiting on Thursday).
Six years ago the Web was still new to me — it was the Star Wars message boards on TheForce.net
that showed me what it was like to belong to a real online community.
This new world fascinated me, so much so that I wrote my 3L paper on
using the web to teach, and now I’m in fact helping to train legal aid
lawyers over the web.
So I guess it wouldn’t be inaccurate to say that George Lucas is indirectly responsible for my current career path!
