1112
Joan Jett Rule (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/196
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago

Don't know about the Nazi analogy, but in the original Book (The adventures of Luke Skywalker) on which the original movies are based, the emperor is literally described as being Nixon.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

the emperor is literally described as being Nixon.

Now strike me down in your hate and anger. Aroooo!

[-] bestagon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

You’re kidding, right? They’re literally called stormtroopers

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

It's like Lucas was accusing America of doing things Nazis would do! But that's unpossible!

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

The book is a novelization of the screenplay for the first film.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Doesn't matter. Star Wars was political from the start.

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed, just pointing out that the book was not source material

this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2024
1112 points (100.0% liked)

196

18134 readers
708 users here now

Be sure to follow the rule before you head out.


Rule: You must post before you leave.



Other rules

Behavior rules:

Posting rules:

NSFW: NSFW content is permitted but it must be tagged and have content warnings. Anything that doesn't adhere to this will be removed. Content warnings should be added like: [penis], [explicit description of sex]. Non-sexualized breasts of any gender are not considered inappropriate and therefore do not need to be blurred/tagged.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us on our matrix channel or email.

Other 196's:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS