Remember the threadbare attempts to link Star Wars to Joseph Campbell’s studies in meta-mythology? I’ve always suspected that it was Lucas’ attempt to de-emphasize the pulp sci-fi underpinnings to the movies, because pulp SF wasn’t Serious Literature. This Salon article dog piles more criticism onto Lucas, most of it valid, but still takes a couple of unfair potshots at the SF genre. Some worthwhile background on Leigh Brackett (the real screenwriter of Empire Strikes Back) too. Speaking of which, everyone has seen The Hidden Fortress, right? [via Slashdot]