I guess I never really thought about it before back when I watched the original Star Wars Trilogy, but just like almost every other movie, Star Wars does have meaning. Mainly focusing on the fifth movie, titled The Empire Strikes Back, I've taken notice of a few bits of information that before was like "yeah I get it." Now with a little more years behind me and a bit more experience with life in general, some of the associations represented in the movie are a lot clearer. Such as, most of the human life shown in the movie appear to being American. I understand that it may had been all the actors the producers could get, or maybe that was part of George Lucas' plan in directing the movie. Some thing I noticed, after I watched a behind the scenes feature, was that the Empire's helmets looked like old Japanese war helmets. Something I thought about while watching the movie was how the Rebels' helmets seemed familiar also. They seem to remind me of Roman Centurion helmets, whether or not that was intended or not.
I also noticed something I did not think about before, The "Force." The more I ponder what it is or what it represents I can't help but ask myself, "is the Force a form of religion in the Star Wars' world?" This "Force" has followers as do religions. It also has those that believe it exists but do not follow it fully. And there are even those who use it to their advantage. This question has really had me thinking for awhile.
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insightful, shawn. i wonder, did you notice that only half the "human" characters sound "american"? the other half sound european. did you notice which half that was?
nice post.
I believe the half who had the slight european accent to their speech were actually the ones be rebeled against, The Empire.
It seemed that in a sense there was a tribute to the early rebellion of the Americans preCivil war era.
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