{"id":1959,"date":"2011-09-17T12:58:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T16:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2011-09-17T12:58:18","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T16:58:18","slug":"epic-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/09\/epic-storytelling.html","title":{"rendered":"Epic Storytelling from the Bible to Star Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

While searching for a recording of \u201cO Fortuna\u201d from Carl Orff\u2019s Carmina Burana<\/em> I came across this video which brings together scenes from across the various six Star Wars films to that musical accompaniment, connecting the early and later in a pretty effective way.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\nThe look on Obi Wan Kenobi\u2019s face in the first Star Wars film ever made, A New Hope, when Luke Skywalker asks him about his father, shows an incredible amount of forethought was already at work. The fact that one can splice in \u201cflashbacks\u201d to Episode III and have it work so well is impressive. Anyone who watched LOST and found themselves frustrated when things didn\u2019t match up should appreciate what George Lucas accomplished in Star Wars rather than complaining about it.<\/p>\nSome have chosen to \u201creboot\u201d classic shows and films rather than try to offer sequels that seek to maintain continuity. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-gutters.com\/comic\/188-joe-eisma\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The spoof comic Gutters recently explored the idea of the New Testament as a \u201creboot\u201d of the Jewish Scriptures<\/a> (HT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2011\/09\/16\/lets-reboot-the-bible\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hemant Mehta<\/a>):<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.the-gutters.com\/comics\/65ac152d713a87b4e7fc760ff798c7da3fcbd5c7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\"><\/p>\nDo you think that the New Testament is better viewed as a sequel or a reboot in relation to the Jewish Scriptures? And when it comes to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/13\/harmonizing-judas-with-doctor-who\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">continuity<\/a> (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/08\/continuity-errors-in-the-bible-and-star-trek\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">continuity errors<\/a>) is it more like Star Wars, LOST, or Doctor Who?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While searching for a recording of \u201cO Fortuna\u201d from Carl Orff\u2019s Carmina Burana I came across this video which brings together scenes from across the various six Star Wars films to that musical accompaniment, connecting the early and later in a pretty effective way. The look on Obi Wan Kenobi\u2019s face in the first Star […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,5,131,133,42,152,153,67,80,86,90,91,101],"tags":[584,2041,2167,4871,6719,6766,8284,11822],"class_list":["post-1959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-battlestar-galactica","category-bible","category-christianity-religion","category-doctor-who-science-fiction","category-humor","category-judaism-religion","category-lost","category-new-testament-bible","category-religion","category-science-fiction","category-star-trek-science-fiction","category-star-wars-science-fiction","category-theology","tag-anakin-skywalker","tag-comic-books","tag-continuity-errors","tag-humor","tag-lost","tag-luke-skywalker","tag-obi-wan-kenobi","tag-star-wars"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Epic Storytelling from the Bible to Star Wars<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While searching for a recording of "O Fortuna" from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana I came across this video which brings together scenes from across the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/09\/epic-storytelling.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Epic Storytelling from the Bible to Star Wars\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While searching for a recording of "O Fortuna" from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana I came across this video which brings together scenes from across the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/09\/epic-storytelling.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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