Archive for May 16th, 2005



Lucas jabs at ‘Bush’s empire’ in new Star Wars film

From today’sJapan Today:

“And then came the zinger, with the protagonist, Anakin Skywalker, saying just before becoming Darth Vader: ‘You are either with me or you are my enemy.'”

Come on, I hardly think this is enough to draw parallels between the prequel trilogy and the Bush administration. I mean, in the prequel trilogy the Galactic Republic was attacked by an army that had been programmed by a former associate of the Chancellor. Then, in response, the Chancellor started a war based on faulty intelligence in order to consolidate his power and diminish individual rights under the guise of a wartime act passed by the legislature.

Nothing at all like what’s happened in the US in the past five years.



Lucas jabs at ‘Bush’s empire’ in new Star Wars film

From today’sJapan Today:

“And then came the zinger, with the protagonist, Anakin Skywalker, saying just before becoming Darth Vader: ‘You are either with me or you are my enemy.'”

Come on, I hardly think this is enough to draw parallels between the prequel trilogy and the Bush administration. I mean, in the prequel trilogy the Galactic Republic was attacked by an army that had been programmed by a former associate of the Chancellor. Then, in response, the Chancellor started a war based on faulty intelligence in order to consolidate his power and diminish individual rights under the guise of a wartime act passed by the legislature.

Nothing at all like what’s happened in the US in the past five years.