Bit of a lighthearted question: Do you see the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars as communist? Or another form of leftist?
If so, would that make Star Wars a leftist film series?
Bit of a lighthearted question: Do you see the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars as communist? Or another form of leftist?
If so, would that make Star Wars a leftist film series?
But Tatooine, the main planet of the series, is a periphery world, and its young people did support and join the rebellion. We’d assume from that support, that they hate the empire. We don’t know if the previous republic had any presence there, but if it did, and the rebellion represents them, why would they join up?
Obvi Lucas never really takes any look at the core worlds, the economic system, how the republic is, etc. But I think its as simple as who Lucas paints as the good guys, and bad guys. Good guys = anti-imperialist resistance fighters, bad guys = soulless exploitative expansionist empire.
Contrast this with the black panther movie for instance: where killmonger and the Oakland panthers are the villians, and seen as “ultra-violent killers”, the Black panther is seen as a MLK peace-keeper, and the CIA is the good guys.
Pretty much.
Also, watch The Clone Wars as the Separatists are corporate overlords while the Republic is pretty much the “greater good” but also highly corrupt from corporate influence itself.