Monday, May 4, 2026

Lessons from Star Wars

 May he the 4th be with you.

Hillary Clinton is often criticised for her book It takwes a Village. The right has a twisted taek that it undermines family values. Of course it doesn't but hypocricy is nothing new for the right


George Lukas made one successful movie before Star Wars: American grafitti His grand vision of a space opera a pipe dream. He got it made thanks to luckand creative geniuses around him. 

I Won't bore yoyu with details but anyone who sees Star Wars without the music knows how important John Willams' music is to the endeaour

The crawl at the beginning briefly explaining what's going on is thanks to Brian DePalma. 


And even more important was George's wife Marcia. Remember the climatic ending where you think the Moon of Yavin is going to be blown up? In seconds it's incinerated if the rebels aren't successful in blowing up the Death Star? That is thanks to Marcia Lukas, the Editor.

The Hollywood joke is that a movie is made three times: By the writer, the director, and the editor. When it comes to editors George married up. 

Trump has has created a village of grifters and idiots who do not remotely understand how little they know about Iran and its history. He is constantly proclaiming all the ways he has already won this war. At this point it's beyond TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out). My president lives in an alternate reality and that scares the shit out of me. 


On Sunday he declared that all is good. The US military will escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz. The problem? That's not enough. The Strait is a chokepoint. In Supply Chain terms it's a bottleneck. Miller sold more beer when it created a wide mouth can. Chokepoints and bottlenecks matter. 

 


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