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The technological problems that I solved will be forgotten by then, but hopefully some of the stories I told will still be relevant. I&#39;m hoping that <em class=\"citation\">Star Wars<\/em> doesn&#39;t become too dated, because I think its themes are timeless. If you&#39;ve raised children, you know you have to explain things to them, and if you don&#39;t, they end up learning the hard way. In the end, somebody&#39;s got to say, &quot;Don&#39;t touch that hot skillet.&quot; So the old stories have to be reiterated again in a form that&#39;s acceptable to each new generation. 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