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[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 1 points 27 seconds ago

Didn't George Lucas say that the original trilogy is an analogy for the Vietnam War, and the Rebel Alliance are the Vietcong?

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

i learned recently that the actualy george lucas modeled the ewoks after the vietcong and that's all you need to say to about lucas' political beliefs.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if he meant it in a racist way or by portraying them as guerilla fighters fighting the a technologically advanced destructive empire.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 1 points 4 hours ago

most likely a little bit of column A, a little bit of column B

[–] finickydesert_1@social.vivaldi.net 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

but why was there suffering?