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Does Star Wars Corrupt Our Youth?

Posted By Mike on September 7, 2008

Click here and find out why io9.com thinks that Star Wars corrupts the youth of America. See the intro below but make sure to check out the full post at io9.com.

"While The Clone Wars goes out of its way to teach all the right messages to today's generation of the future of the world - things like the value of loyalty and bravery, believing in yourself even when clone soldiers are calling you names and the importance of good personal hygiene, even if you're a baby slug - it's worth remembering that things weren't always like that. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that the original three Star Wars movies taught children some of the worst lessons that any movie series could have, and when I'm done explaining why, you'll have to agree with me.

It's not just that George Lucas' first three films in the series - well, mostly the first two, to be honest - slowly undid all of your parents' hard-taught lessons about a larger morality by showing you that gamblers, smugglers and bounty hunters were all actually really awesome, and that the coolest place in all of a galaxy far, far away is actually a bar (Sure, like any of us were confused by that "cantina" thing). I mean, look at some of the lessons that the original Star Wars trilogy teaches:"

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