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13 points

Don’t know about the Nazi analogy, but in the original Book (The adventures of Luke Skywalker) on which the original movies are based, the emperor is literally described as being Nixon.

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22 points

the emperor is literally described as being Nixon.

Now strike me down in your hate and anger. Aroooo!

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15 points

You’re kidding, right? They’re literally called stormtroopers

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7 points

It’s like Lucas was accusing America of doing things Nazis would do! But that’s unpossible!

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6 points

The book is a novelization of the screenplay for the first film.

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2 points

Doesn’t matter. Star Wars was political from the start.

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Agreed, just pointing out that the book was not source material

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