[ChiefsMan]

The address above will take you to a website that shows a brief sneak preview from "Episode 2:Attack of the Clones." It depicts a conversation that, to put it very mildly, expresses a hard-core Marxist sentiment. Don't read it if you're concerned about spoiling the movie.

Personally, I'm sick about it. I have been a Star Wars fan for 20 years, but I don't think I will see the movie if this dialogue is representative of the movie as a whole.

Maybe some of you folks know something about what Lucas is up to. Forgive me if the link doesn't work, I've only posted once or twice before. Take care, ChiefsMan.

[A CA Guy]

Use the farce ChiefsMan. Remember the farce!~

[mlo]

It goes to a comic book page, not a preview, and it has some characters saying they are in favor of capitalism and free trade. These characters aren't the good guys, but it isn't obvious that they are bad because they are capitilasts and I didn't see any Marxism.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

crap, if true, and it wouldn't surprise me. Lucas is a fruitcake

[Slainte]

I didn't take that to be a pro-Marxist exchange, I took it to be anti-free trade. It sounds like they want to enhance their own profits, not to establish a workers paradise.

[Revolting cat!]

George Lucas resides in Marin County in his own Graceland type (i.e. isolated playground) environment. 'Nuff said?!

[lowbridge]

bump

[Cicero]

Put not your trust in horses.

[Jar Jar Binks]

My afraid my've been banished.

[Brett66]

Return of the Jedi was a Luddite screed. Ewoks beating the Empire? Stupid stupid stupid. Lucas has a fascination with backwards cultures triumphing over advanced ones.Jedi also proved he's an incredible dunce when it comes to knowledge of the effective application of military force. I shouldn't be too hard on him though, noone in hollywierd seems to understand this.

[max61]

Have you ever heard the maxim "Never judge a book by it's cover". Think about it.

---max

[jimkress]

Episode I was an anti-capitalism screed. Why would you expect Episode II to be any better?

Hollywood is consumed by the Left. That's why I don't go to movies nor do I watch much TV.

If you want to read an unbelievably good, pro-freedom, pro-capitalism novel (better than The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged) read "Faith of the Fallen" by Terry Goodkind. It destroys the Left's gospel that successful people are evil and that freedom is ephemeral.

[Spiff]

And why do you suspect that the Jedi are almost completely wiped out by the evil empire? Could this be a related reason?

[Redcloak]

I'm taking your spoiler warning seriously and thus I haven't gone to the site to see for myself what's up; but, having the principle characters espousing Marxism wouldn't be a bad thing. At this point in the Star Wars "history", the Republic is about to collapse into tyranny. How many real republics have collapsed into despotism as a result of Marxism? Though this may not be what was intended by Lucas & Co., seeing the Galactic Republic fall as a result of Marxism would be a good object lesson for movie-goers. "See? Even Jedi knights cannot keep Socialism from going bad."

[Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy]

We seem to be forgetting that these people are representatives of trades guilds, beneficiaries of government granted monopolies and charters. As such, they have very little to do with modern capitalism (except to the extent modern corporations seem to be trying to recreate some of the less savory aspects of medieval corporatism); "free trade" and "low taxes" means free trade and low taxes for themselves. It has very little to do with across the board, unrestricted free trade and low taxes for everybody. Am I the only one here who recognizes the obvious historical parallels between the medieval Holy Roman Empire, and Lucas' Republic? They are in fact quite similar in many respects.

[Mr. Peabody]

I've seen enough to know...this is bad news!