sfxrlz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoWe could be going towards a Star Trek like earth, but instead we're going for Star Wars like democraciesmessage-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1230
arrow-up1230message-squareWe could be going towards a Star Trek like earth, but instead we're going for Star Wars like democraciessfxrlz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squarehungryphroglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI’m not familiar with Star Wars, but I remember hearing something about the original movies being intended as commentary/allegory for the Vietnam war?
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoYeah the Empire represents the USA. The rebels represent the Vietcong. Star Wars is literally US imperialism in space.
I’m not familiar with Star Wars, but I remember hearing something about the original movies being intended as commentary/allegory for the Vietnam war?
Yeah the Empire represents the USA.
The rebels represent the Vietcong.
Star Wars is literally US imperialism in space.