10 Star Wars Moments That Are Incredibly Stupid

leia Fun fact I discovered while writing this article: it€™s a bad idea to watch the original €œStar Wars€ with a critical eye. With some movies, like €œThe Matrix,€ a critical eye can make everything cooler, deeper, better. With €œStar Wars,€ the second you start tugging at threads the entire thing unravels. And I LOVE Star Wars. I love it all. I love the lame dialogue and the vaguely nonsensical plots, the design flaws and the random death. I don€™t want to ruin it by watching it with a super-critical eye. The things I do for you, dear readers. All 12 of you better appreciate this. One more thing: this list is not about the Extended Editions. If it was, all I would write about would be stupid animals and the singing lady in €œJedi.€ So without further ado: 10 of the many moments that are stupid in the Original Star Wars trilogy. You know... the one we actually saw in theatres. I hate everything and I hope in vain that JJ Abrams is a slightly better writer/director than Lucas....

10. €œI was going to the Tashi Station to buy some power converters!€ - A New Hope

This one is infamously bad for so many reasons. Firstly, it€™s a stupid thing to say. Who wants to pick up power converters? For fun? Seriously, Lucas couldn€™t think of a better line? Video games? Data cubes? Holo movies? Anything at all that we can believe an alien teenager would like to do? And secondly, the way Hamill delivers it, it€™s like going to pick up power converters is the best thing in the universe. Seriously, the high pitch and the sadness, it€™s truly ridiculous. It€™s one of those unintentionally funny things that sometimes makes it hard to like Luke Skywalker.
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Rebecca Kulik lives in Iowa, reads an obsence amount, watches way too much television, and occasionally studies for her BA in History. Come by her personal pop culture blog at tyrannyofthepetticoat.wordpress.com and her reading blog at journalofimaginarypeople.wordpress.com.