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Analysis Of Star Wars

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Star Wars, the single most recognizable science fiction experience to the date, hides a substantial amount of real life issues, and borrows a great deal from real life history. While feasting these senses, a lot can be gained by analyzing the saga, specifically A New Hope and The Phantom Menace by George Lucas. Ironic themes exist in the saga in the likes of an oppressive government, the horrid results of such governments, a strong presence of theology—all which demonstrates parallelism of real life; borrowing from some of history’s most notable governments, events, and theologies. From the first installment of Star Wars, it is overtly operant of George Lucas’ intentions to weigh in on …show more content…

War, murder, and neglect all chief contributors to this astounding death toll backed by the nefarious likes of Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, and vast number of omitted others due to the length of the proverbial list. In Lucas’ first film, A New Hope, the empire destroys an entire planet, annihilating countless lives, and shows a distasteful lack of morality. A simple theme here—genocide and utter disregard for human life, and the dangerous of such power in the wrong hands. Lucas plays heavily on the audiences’ emotions with the destruction of the planet Aldaaran. The decision to destroy the planet is made over a strategic demonstration of force and to leverage to get the Rebel princess, Leigh, to divulge information (Episode I). The dramatic screenplay displays a force with overwhelming power and how dangerous it could be in the hands of force not checked, and likely has an inspired parallel event and a cautionary tale of what the future may hold. August 6, 1945, Hiroshima, around 8:15 AM, nearly 80,000 people face the wrath of United States, and pay with their lives to a bomb nicknamed “little boy”. Another is dropped, “fat man”, and another 36,00 perish (Shi 1127). The events that unfolded that day have been, and will continue to be argued for eternity, however, ethics aside, draws strong connections to a growing militarized world and the concern that comes with such advancements. In modern times, the aforementioned

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