Posted on 05/15/2005 8:24:10 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
'The Force' ins't with President George W. Bush, as least as far as George Lucas is concerned.
The blogosphere has been abuzz for days with reports that Episode III contains several barely concealed digs at the Bush Administration.
In a much cited scene, Ewan McGregors Obi Wan Kenobi decares, 'Only a Sith Lord deals in absolutes,' after Hayden Chirstensen's Ankin Skywalker/Darth Vader character says, 'If you're not with me, you're my enemy,' an obvious reference to President Bush's statements regarding the war on terror.
As the Senate cedes power to Palpatine under the guise of 'intergalatic security,' Natalie Portman's Princess Padme Amidala exclaims bitterly, 'So this is how liberty dies-to thunderous applause.'
No surprisingly, right wing leaning cineaste critic Michael Medved says George Lucas' script shows just how liberal Hollywood political sensibilities can infect a mass market fantasy like 'Revenge of the Sith'.
'What's striking about the Bush digs is not that they are that important to the film, but that they are so unimportant to it.'
None of this stuff is probably worth getting worked up over, but it's just another indication of the obvious and underlying partisanship of the entertainment industry coming out in places where you would least expect it.'
In an interview with the Associated Press last week, Lucas claimed has was less insipred by the current political climate than by the Nixon and Vietnam era, how the French turned their backs on democracy to support Napoleon and how the Romans did the same thing with Caesar.
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So are the freepers who wanted to boycott Kingdom of Heaven now going to call for a boycott of Star Wars? laugh.
I thought Lucas was a card carrying Republican.
He is a darling of the Liberal, Bay area mdia set.
He is not even "moderate."
He is, but he has no love of Nixon and the Vietnam-era politicians.
ahh well who cares, its a FANTASY!!
Some can't watch their kids play baseball without applying politics to it......
"'So this is how liberty dies-to thunderous applause.'"
I might be wrong but isn't that a Roman quote, I am thinking Cicero or maybe Cato the Younger or maybe later in History.
Seems like I heard it before now.
LUCAS GEORGE W: SAN FRANCISCO, LUCAS FILM LTD $1,000 GENERAL BARBARA BOXER FOR US SENATE 3/31/92
$1,000 PRIMARY BARBARA BOXER FOR US SENATE 2/13/91
$2,000 DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE PRIMARY 10/28/92
Seems like I heard it before now.
You did. If you want new ideas, read old books; if you want to old ideas, watch new movies.
The evil character "Nute Gunray" in Ep I was a slap both at Gingrich and Reagan.
Dan
Medved.
Lucas.
Gives "inconsequential' new dimensions.
I think Medved should lay off the movie popcorn.
Lucas donated to Boxer way back like 15 years ago, was she as nutty then as she is now?
The fact of the matter is that Bush isn't a dictator, robbing people of liberty. Anyone with half a brain--hell, a quarter of a brain--can understand what he's doing is protecting liberty.
Of course I wouldn't expect the Hollywood elitists or the LameStream Press to recognize it--they've been running 'round in self-applauding circles for years. But generally, I believe, the average American gets it.
So I intend to enjoy Star Wars and the story it tells.
Could also apply to a certain cave dwelling raghead with a propensity to kill us en masse.
Ill probably just go to the afternoon discount matinee to keep as little of my money as possible from going to the Dims.
In the Ridley Scott bomb 'Kingdom of Heaven' they are the heroes!
meh, nothing to get worked up about. so far Kingdom of Heaven has been the only overt biased movie this year and it is bombing.
Ya know, some things can just be over examined.
Not worth my money, not because of anything political, but because the prequels are substandard fare.
I don't think I've ever seen more than a few minutes of ANY Star Wars movie. While I enjoy movies (I've got nearly 100 of them on my netflix queue), this stuff has never been my "bag." I guess it will continue to be that way.
Good point.
I don't think there's ever been a time when Boxer's been un-nutty.
So, can I mark you in the pro-brainwashing column? (Would it have been OK if Hitler had dressed his anti-Jewish propoganda in "FANTASY"?)
I had really wanted to take the family to see "Kingdom of Heaven", but I refuse to pay one red cent to see any movie that is at all tainted with liberal political propoganda.
That said, none of the quotes thus far attributed to this new episode of Star Wars strike me as being particularly problematic - so at this point I'm still planning to see it, although I will research this a bit more before making a final decision.
It could just as easily be an anti-Christian dig. Jesus said, "He who is not for me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters."
But seriously, folks, who cares what George Lucas thinks?
I always thought it odd that Queen Amidala was elected. Then the line in Attack of the Clones where she was releived that her time as Queen was limited to two terms and then she became a senator kind of reminded me of someone.
'If you're not with me, you're my enemy'
'Only a Sith Lord deals in absolutes'
So in another words if someone wants to lock up a child killer, and someone wants him to run amok so he can kill some more like liberals often do, the guy who wants to lock him up is a Sith Lord.
Did he wizz in your cornflakes this morning? Will it leave a subtle distate in your mouth as you see Staw Wars Part 6/Part3Redux?
Lots of people. Episodes IV-VI were brilliant. People have been waiting over 20 years for something of that caliber. The early reviews say that Episode III is the good. I will decide for myself.
Star Wars is pretty lame. Who needs it?
mark yourself....
To borrow a banner page headline in todays entertainment section of the local rag....you're a Sith Disturber.
I like it, but I can't imagine Threepio ever doing something that uncouth.
Artoo, maybe...
Obviously she retained royalty. Her daughter becomes Princess Lea. Odd that her son becomes a fatherless farm boy.
I never comment about movies that I havent seen
I meant his politics.
He lost, btw.
I saw 'Kingdom' and walked out before the end, since it really wasn't historially accurate.
Well we know that evil wins at the end of this film cycle. Darth Vader and the Empire rule at the beginning of the whole series (1977).
Would be interesting to hear what the story arc was at one time for the final trilogy (things did not remain calm, obviously).
Maybe...maybe not...I haven't seen this new one. We do know Leia gets adopted by Jimmy Smits so its possible he has some royal house he belongs to on future ill fated Alderaan.
My insight into Michael was complete when he spent shows reading the deleted chapters from his book, detailing ad nauseum his high school days.
Wow, I haven't seen Jimmy Smits in a long time. He was a cutie when he started in "L.A. Law."
The left has been claiming that Bush=Hitler for years now, don't see why they wouldn't take the opportunity to claim that Bush=Vader now (especially because children have a better understanding of who Darth Vader is than they do Adolph Hitler).
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