I've been brooding over the Star Wars universe recently, for no particular reason. What I find really fascinating is the political potentials of the storiy, and the discrepancies between the concept and the execution in the various films. I'm not much for preamble, so I'll jump right in: The Jedi Council What I'm addressing here is the first three movies - burned-over territories, to be sure. Probably more intense discussion has been inspired by the disappointments of Episodes I-III than the triumphs of the original trilogy. And one of the most tepid, mishandled elements of these three episodes, in my mind, was the Jedi Council. Basically we have a bunch of old men/aliens sitting around, being robotic and uptight, so poorly directed and written that even Samuel L. Jackson looks like he's in a bad Christmas pageant. In Episode I especially, we have Qui-gon Jin being upbraided for doing...something he wasn't supposed to? Are we supposed to get the impression h
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