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I readily acknowledge that Star Wars is an important cultural artifact, but only in combination with its place and time.
If the exact same movie (with appropriate special effects) were released today it would, I feel, be viewed with indifference. And if A Phantom Menacehad been released in 1977 it would today be viewed as an important cultural landmark.
But then I watched Star Wars on cable so many times when before I was 12 that I may have just burned out that fuse. But when I see it today all I notice is how middlin it is.
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