The Girl and Rhino

The Girl and Rhino want to believe this to be true: that extraordinary creative feats can be inspired by our everyday surroundings. They love the idea of a young George losing himself to the industry of the Oakland waterfront -- getting caught up in the machinery, the gears and pulleys, riding the elevator of his imagination to such heights that a mundane cargo crane becomes a treacherous military tool of the Empire. Most would stop at a clumsy dinosaur or skeletal horse, but not George -- his powers of fantasy are something to be cherished and deserve the cultural spotlight thrust upon them. Of course, some say it's hogwash, that the cranes had nothing to do with the mind-work behind the AT-AT. But really, who cares if it's true or not? At this point the story has taken on a life of its own, and that's something no one can question.