- 1/ The reason Star Wars took off is because it's the best example of visual cinema you can find while still having a solid story with twists. No description of Darth Vader will ever do better than showing you Darth Vader: the suit, the breathing, the implication he could kill you at any time.
- The reason is this: the movie is incredibly, richly *suggestive*. It gestures at all kinds of things that it does not show or explain to you. In fact, virtually every line is like this. What are power converters? What is the Kessel Run? What was Han Solo's history with Jabba?
