Which Evil Empire?

[RickSp]

The republic is crumbling under attack from alien forces. Democracy is threatened as the leader plays on the people's paranoia. Amid the confusion it is suddenly unclear whether the state is in more danger from insurgents, or from the leader himself. It sounds more like a Michael Moore polemic than a Star Wars movie. But George Lucas, speaking as his latest epic was given its world premiere at Cannes yesterday, confirmed that Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, could be read as a parable about American politics. ..... Asked whether Star Wars Episode III openly alluded to the Iraq war, he said: "When I wrote it Iraq didn't exist. We were funding Saddam Hussein and giving him weapons of mass destruction. We were going after Iran. But the parallels between what we did in Vietnam and what we are doing in Iraq are unbelievable."

Final Star Wars bears message for America

Does the final Star Wars movie bear a message for America?

[PatrickHenry]

Quote by: RickSp Final Star Wars bears message for America Does the final Star Wars movie bear a message for America?

A further Lucas quote from the article.

"I looked at ancient Rome, and how, having got rid of kings, the Senate ended up with Caesar's nephew as emperor ... how democracy turns itself into a dictatorship. I also looked at revolutionary France ... and Hitler. "It tends to follow similar patterns. Threats from outside leading to the need for more control; democracy not being able to function properly because of internal squabbling." "I hope that situation never arises in our country," he said. "Maybe the film will awaken people to this danger."

I think Americans are in a deep slumber, when it comes to empire. Most don't even know of the decades-long Declared State of Emergency. Declared State of Emergency in USA since 1933?