The author of Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, etc. has a great op-ed piece on Star Wars as a reflection of our culture, and how normal people depend on the geeks (the Jedi) to sustain their way of life, but just like with the Jedi, the normal people don't necessarily like us all that much. here's an excerpt:<br /> <br /> "Concentrate on the moment. Feel, don't think. Trust your instincts," says a Jedi to the young Anakin in Episode I, immediately before a pod race in which Anakin is likely to get killed. It is distinctly odd counsel coming from a member of the Jedi order, the geekiest people in the universe: they have beards and ponytails, they dress in army blankets, they are expert fighter pilots, they build their own laser swords from scratch.<br /> <br /> And (as is made clear in the "Clone Wars" novels) the masses and the elites both claim to admire them, but actually fear and loathe them because they hate being dependent upon their powers.<br /> <br /> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/17/opinion/17stephenson.html<br /> <br />
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