Lessons Learned from Star Wars as Archetype

[wkmac]

Sidious is the “phantom menace” who, aided by his apprentice Darth Maul, covertly manipulates the galaxy’s republican government to progressively increase his own power, steadily advancing toward a total Sith coup. Just as with real life democracies, the Galactic Republic masks the machinations of the true wielders of power with the facade of “representative government” and drapes their seizures of still greater power with the sanctifying mantle of “popular sovereignty.” The Sith can be seen as an analogy for the deep state.

Sidious’s implement of choice for accumulating power is war. His modus operandi is as follows. He first manufactures an interplanetary conflict and crisis, manipulating one side as Palpatine and commanding the other side as Sidious. He then engineers enhancements of his own power over the Republic, justifying them as regrettably necessary for decisively dealing with that crisis.

The Plot of Star Wars Frighteningly Resembles Modern Day America

 

[rickyb]

The Plot of Star Wars Frighteningly Resembles Modern Day America

my take from star wars is that not everything the jedi said or did was right, just like not everything the sith did or said was wrong. they both had their problems. i only realized this recently, after i understood it to be the same thing in the matrix trilogy.

on top of that i think its very important message that the "good guys" are actively engaged with democracy and rebelling however they can. if only more people would do this!

i was also thinking its well timed star wars is released when america is wrestling with its own bubbling fascism.

 

[rickyb]

star wars is a mirror for americans:

the "good guys" are the groups of people around the world the american government typically bombs, and the "bad guys" are your government and you if you side with the government

 

[Babagounj]

I always wanted to be a bad guy .
I look good in black .

 

[rickyb]

I always wanted to be a bad guy .
I look good in black .

power has its perks

 

[oldngray]

The Canadians are the planet that gets blown up because they can't protect themselves.

 

[rickyb]

The Canadians are the planet that gets blown up because they can't protect themselves.

yea i think when the "terrorists" get their revenge and drop the bomb on you, that im gonna feel the pain too living in a city so close to the border.

 

[Babagounj]

I pity you when all those welfare babies jump the fence after this gov't collapses and stops paying them .

 

[rickyb]

I pity you when all those welfare babies jump the fence after this gov't collapses and stops paying them .

the corporate welfare babies? or the african in a cadillac?

 

[rickyb]

i like george because he explains what his trilogy is about. whereas the wachowskis typically have followed the "learning is what you discover, not what you cover" mantra.

Only [humans] can exchange information. And the test of how accurate the information is will be whether we all die or not. If we all die, then it wasn’t the right information. I would rather see us be a positive force in the universe than a cancer. We have the knowledge to be either one. That, in essence, is what “Star Wars” is about. We are both good and evil, and we have a choice.3

 

[rickyb]

 

[rickyb]

yoda speaks in terms of allies

the sith have a master / servant relationship

capitalism resembles the master servant relationship

 

[newfie]

yoda speaks in terms of allies

the sith have a master / servant relationship

capitalism resembles the master servant relationship

socialism a much stronger master / slave relationship

 

[rickyb]

socialism a much stronger master / slave relationship

depends on what kind of socialism your talking about

 

[oldngray]

depends on what kind of socialism your talking about

 

[wkmac]

Friend of mine wrote this piece about reasons Star Wars was written and rings with people. And having seen Force Awakens last week myself, it did come off as a reboot of New Hope and yet again, our new protagonist has family issues.

The Main And Overlooked Reason Star Wars Is So Popular

 

[rickyb]

“I sold them to the white slavers that takes these things, and…,” Lucas said before laughing and deciding it better not to finish.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-george-lucas-disney-white-slavers-1201669959/