• banneryear1868@lemmy.world
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      Yeah it’s not actual communism but more like a reflection of the fears of communism in pop culture from the time when it was written in the late 70s. Comment was a bit inprecise but amended.

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        Even the empire’s uniforms were pretty obviously based on nazi uniforms, what makes you think the empire is supposed to represent communism?

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        Why are you spreading this around like it’s true? Also, this is you:

        Very interesting! I knew the Vietnam thing but I’m not into Star Wars.

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          1. George Lucas mentions Vietnam as an influence

          2. Fascism is clearly represented as well

          3. Star Wars is not a politically consistent universe or critique

          4. It’s a typical story arc where the antagonist is an amalgamation of things that were considered bad at the time

          5. It’s Star Wars so I ultimately don’t care that much

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          It’s just based on what other’s have said about the Vietnam allegory but it’s also whatever, I’m sure Lucas’ wasn’t thinking of it as a primarily political mission to produce Star Wars, since it’s very much a standard plot with your usual archetype characters and roles.

          There’s a similar fan take on Lord of the Rings too which is interesting.