Neal Stephenson talks Star Wars

Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out - New York Times

"These newer films don't even pretend to tell the whole story; they are akin to PowerPoint presentations that summarize the main bullet points from a much more comprehensive body of work developed by and for a geek subculture."

As usual Mr. Stephenson makes speaks much sense, and yet takes the discussion off into an unforseeable tangent.