The whole Lucas/Spielberg Indy 4 cover made a certain kind of sense. It’s an epic narrative, the story of underdogs turned Hollywood royalty, and it’s also about the passing of torch from the star sphere of the 70s-80s-90s to the new generation, however annoyingly it may be embodied by Shia LaBouf. This kind of reification of Hollywood myth is the only way to pay Graydon Carter’s salary nowadays, even if it’s not something the average Christopher Hitchens reader really has much use for.
But why is Vanity Fair exhaustively covering a new Star Wars video game? To the point where they’ve not only posted a three-pager about the technology behind Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, but a 14-page slideshow of stills from the game itself? Are they that desperate to win the Digg crowd, and if so, do they really think teenage gamers will become loyal customers after this issue reels them in? Was this a contractual thing??????ie: did Lucas only agree to the Indy interview on the grounds that the game would get coverage as well? And if so, why didn’t he offer better quality images than the one screen-capped at right?
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