A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, or is it? Think about it for a second, Star Wars may seem like a regular good vs evil space battle, but deep down, could it actually be referring to the fight between Axis and the Allies. Lets start with the names for the troops of the Galactic Empire, or Empire for short, the troops are called stormtroopers, which were actually the names of some of Hitler's troops, then theres the fact that Darth Vader's name is similar to Vater a german name for father and then thee is the dictator-ship of Emperor Palpatine. Now you may be thinking what about Darth? Doesn't he technically rule with Palpatine? NO! Vader would be more equivalent to the idea of the Nazi super soldiers or in this galaxy, the Sith apprentice himself. Now think of the First Order, the smaller fraction of what's left of the Empire, they could represent the modern Nazis or Neo Nazis. Now let's head to the Rebellion. The Rebellion was already fighting the Empire, so they could be represented as the Allies pre-Skywalker, and then Luke Skywalker joins in after the death of his uncle and aunt, the attack of Pearl-Harbor December 7, 1941, and this ultimately makes Skywalker a represenation of the U.S. Hope this helps if anyone had an idea about it!
Actually, Star Wars talked about the Vietnam War. I wrote an article about it and Lucas himself said he drew inspiration from that war. The Ewoks were the Vietcong and the Empire was America. – Jemarc Axinto9 years ago
Thanks for that bit of knowledge. – BrainiacGamer39 years ago
Yeah, it's not a bad theory, but I think you will have to come up with a new topic as this one has no information backing it. – Jemarc Axinto9 years ago
Star Wars is a mishmash of a lot of things. It has influences of WWII but it also has influences from WWI films (the x-wing/Tie fighter dogfights). As well as the warring states / samurai period of Japan. It's hard to make a case for it being about any single event. – Eric9 years ago
Well, it's more about fact. George Lucas explicitly said that he made the films (specifically Return of the Jedi) about the Vietnam War. Perhaps it would be best to make an article about how Star Wars draws inspiration from a multitude of wars without necessarily being "about" a specific war. Or, even better, it could talk about how Star Wars represents the many things that go into war. I.e. war itself, politics, etc. – Jemarc Axinto9 years ago
Analyze the stark difference between Episodes 4-6 and 1-3 in terms of the lack of a Han Solo-type character. Perhaps Harrison Ford's acting carried the first three films, but the absence of this sort of character weighed heavily on the other films and put the burden on Hayden Christensen's Annakin. If the same would have happened in 4-6, Luke Skywalker would have had to carry the weight, and it doesn't appear he could have pulled it off. The Han Solo story and characterization appears to have added more interest for the audience, leaving Luke's grander story in the background, where it effectively progressed.
Great article idea. Han Solo is one of the most important parts of the original trilogy and the prequels put less focus on the archetype and more on comic relief, mostly from Jar Jar. – Austin Bender9 years ago
I've always thought that Anakin's characterization would've benefited a lot more if he'd started off as a swashbunkler-esque rogue young man, instead of a whiny little child. – CalvinLaw9 years ago
I think there is some truth to this. However, I think the larger problem with the prequels is the poor writing, campiness, and bad acting, with the exceptions of Liam Neeson, Samuel L. Jackson, and Ewan McGregor. Ewan McGregor's amazing performance in Episode III almost single-handedly rescues the film. It is also less campy because of the dark tone. – JLaurenceCohen9 years ago
Interesting....but the prequels had more problems than just that it was missing a scoundrel. Wrapped within that character is humor, risk, adventure, etc. Luke was the perfect angel, it seemed, so Han Solo was more fun? The prequels lacked characters like Han Solo who we cared about. – Candice Evenson9 years ago
Absolutely. The prequels also lacked something worthy of fear. The robots were comical, as were the Trade Federation. Darth Maul LOOKED scary, but almost to an exaggerated sense. – damfer219 years ago
