To A Childs Delight, George Lucas Says Jedis Can Get Married

Colin wrote to LucasFilm about how he wanted to get married but still retain his Jedi status (an obvious concern for any young fan). George Lucas' response made this kid's day (and the rest of his life). -Digg
siftbotsays...

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newtboysays...

Jedi aren't allowed to fall in love...so married is kind of out of the question. EDIT: Unless we're talking loveless marriage, like one of convenience or to gain citizenship for someone, that might be acceptable. ;-)
Loving/putting a single individual over everything else is a path to the dark side.

eric3579said:

Are Jedis not allowed to get married or something?

eric3579says...

Soooo lame. Who came up with that idiotic rule. Sounds like some stupid cult shit or religion. The backbone of any thing good in the universe imo should be based on love, empathy and the ability to forgive. Call me disappointed.

newtboysaid:

Jedi aren't allowed to fall in love...so married is kind of out of the question.
Loving/putting a single individual over everything else is a path to the dark side.

newtboysays...

Think about it. "love", and the fear of losing what he loved, is what turned Vader to the dark side. To me, it's like Buddhism, which teaches that desire is the root of all disappointment and evil.
They went over this a lot in episode 3.

eric3579said:

Soooo lame. Who came up with that idiotic rule. Sounds like some stupid cult shit or religion. The backbone of any thing good in the universe imo should be based on love, empathy and the ability to forgive. Call me disappointed.

newtboysays...

They went over this in Episode 3 quite a lot. It was the reason Anakin turned to the dark side...the fear of the loss of his love. It may not be explicitly forbidden, but it's certainly discouraged and frowned upon. While telling the child he could get married as a Jedi was a sweet thought, it's not really being honest.

I found it insane that 'low income' was anyone making under $72K per year!
It really does sound like the housing project is a slap back at his neighbors for not letting him expand his studio. Where his ranch is, there are no services, no stores, and probably no busses. I went there in the early 90's, and it was not near town at all. Today it's nearly a gated community in the hills with multi to hundreds of million dollar homes. It's a nice thought, and I hope it does help some people who are struggling, but purchasing land in or near town to build it really seems more reasonable and helpful to those really in need, like people living on or near minimum wage in the bay area. Those people won't be able to live in these low income homes, because they won't be able to get to work reasonably from there unless they're doing something about that problem too.

Hanover_Phistsaid:

Wow, this George guy is pretty cool when he's not ruining my childhood!

Here's other cool things he's been doing with his spare time now that he isn't writing and directing what would certainly be crappy sequels to the Star Wars franchise.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/04/18/rich-neighbors-refused-to-let-george-lucas-build-studio-so-hes-building-affordable-housing-instead/

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