Monday, May 23, 2005

The Politics of Star Wars

Someone at Blogcritics.org has done up an interesting piece on Star Wars. This one looks at the saga from a political point of view. If you're interested in the film's themes of how a Republic becomes a totalitarian state, then this is an interesting read.
The Star Wars saga ends. The first three parts of the Star Wars saga had a more complicated tale to tell- namely how a Republic becomes a totalitarian state. Telling the tale of the collapse of the Republic is a more challenging tale to convey than the more simple story of good vs. evil that permeated chapter four through six.

1 comment:

Frank said...

Someone was telling me today that the film seemed to mirror the Bush administration. While I do see some similarities, I highly doubt that Bush could take out 4 Jedi Masters at the same time!