Hmmm... the last time I watched Star Wars, the Empire was a militaristic, fascistic, corrupt occupying force, and the good guys were a
reaction to that oppressive entity. Or haven't you actually watched the movie, Hugh?
In fact, Lucas has talked about the political content in the films. But, of course, he is a liar . . . right?
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/new ... ucas_x.htm
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What is the political context of the director's Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival Sunday?
Since screenings began last month at Lucas' Skywalker Ranch, people have been discussing parallels between the final film in Lucas' six-film Star Wars saga and current political events.
Meeting the press, Lucas said any similarities were purely historical.
"This was written during the Vietnam War and Nixon era, when the issue was how a democracy turns itself over to a dictator — not how a dictator takes over a democracy," he said.
Sith opens in the USA at midnight Wednesday. Critics have applied the politics of the saga to presidential administrations from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush.
Lucas said that a long time ago in a galaxy far away, he had read some history and wondered why, after going to the trouble of killing Caesar, the Roman Senate turned things over to his equally power-hungry nephew, Augustus Caesar? Or that after a revolution, France turned next to Napoleon, a dictator?
That's what fueled the entire Star Wars saga, Lucas said. "It seems to happen the same way every time: There are threats, and a democratic body, the Senate, is not able to function properly."
Pushed further on the current Internet chat about the war in Sith being akin to the current Iraqi war, Lucas said, "When I wrote this, Iraq didn't exist. We were just funding Saddam Hussein and giving him weapons of mass destruction."
But, he added, "the parallels between Vietnam and what we're doing in Iraq now are unbelievable."
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Yeah, that really sounds like a guy who is intent on creating homonyms to get kids to chew tobacco and join the army.
