Would Star Wars have been famous if not for lightsabers?

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Discuss.

 

[Pocatello]

No. Without the glowing phalous, the Jedi Order is just some hokey religion.

 

[BillyBatson]

i am going to go with no, that is pretty much what stands out in everyones minds when they think of the movie

 

[Battleangel3222]

I am also going with no - Mabie the UBER Hardcore geeks could handle it, but the general public woudnt be interested, thus it woudn't exist.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Now with Poll

 

[Byte]

i only watch star wars because of the "life savers"

 

[MobiusPizza]

Originally posted by: Byte
i only watch star wars because of the "life savers"

i only watch star wars because of the word "War"

 

[Toastedlightly]

Ich habe eine grosse Schwanz.

 

[jdiddy]

Only if Princess Lea was in that gold bikini the whole trilogy.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I don't think the light sabers are that important.
It is my belief, that if they were in some other movie, and not star wars, then the light sabers would not be famous.

 

[FlakPanzer]

What the h*ll is Star Wars?

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: FlakPanzer
What the h*ll is Star Wars?

It's the Nuclear Defense plan ... A bunch of money went into it during the Reagan years ...

 

[dighn]

i voted no. but on second thought, the movies even without lightsabers would probably still have been pretty revolutionary back then. i was comparing it to today's entertainment where star ships, telekinesis etc have all been done to death

 

[oogabooga]

i dunno, i think the light sabers a pretty defining feature of the series. It's hard to imagine the jedi without their light sabers.

 

[klah]

Would Ron Jeremy be famous if he had a 4" pecker? HELL NO!

 

[Calin]

The movie is very good regarding other things than lightsabers. I loved the starship fight at the beginning, and even ignoring all the special effects, the movie was well done.
I remember seeing other movies from that era, and the difference in special effects was like day to night. The special effects from Star Wars are acceptable or better even today.
Well, except for the Death Star explosion

 

[krcat1]

Star Wars is swords and magic in a space opera setting.

Without the light sabers, you would need some type of dualing weapon for the "swords" part.