1. Since people are talking Star Wars & race, worth revisiting this 1977 essay by Samuel Delany: http://samueldelany.tumblr.com/post/82806452407/samuel-delany-reviews-the-first-star-wars-movie …
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@HeerJeet Movie showed a society with primitive gender norms — while under the surface, Princess Leia surprisingly fights with best of them. -
@EricKleefeld I think Leia's fieriness owed more the Carrie's acting choices than script. Carrie was in rebellion against the part. - Show replies
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4. Almost all the major SF from 968-1977 grappled with race/gender/sexuality: Le Guin, Disch, Delany himself, Russ, Tiptree, many more
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5. Lucas was clearly formed by the space opera SF of his 1950s youth and untouched by New Wave SF of late 1960s & early 1970s
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