A Thousand Generations: Politics and Star Wars

from Page Turners They Were Not · host Brennen Marr

From its very inception, Star Wars has been influenced by the political landscape. When George Lucas was in the process of creating his space opera, counter-cultural movements were gaining a foothold in the United States as a result of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. Like many filmmakers of that time, this political upheaval made its way into the films of Lucas. Join with me as we discuss how the political landscape of the 70's made its way into that galaxy far, far away...s

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