yeah, the Pinochet thing is a bit of lefty baiting from the right wing dudes at the weekly standard. "do business with" is a quote from Thatcher. Now, enough reality. On with fantasy.
Ever since I was a kid I felt that the rebels were pretty dodgy.
He mentions the thing about the jedi being a kind of hereditry House of Lords - you'll notice that the alliance are also lickspittle lackeys of royalty in exile, and promote Leia's mates to exalted rank more or less as soon as they show up. The rebels are also disturbingly into Triumph of the Will-style rallies, which is never a good sign.
Also, I'd include the Disney Star Tours ride as part of the official Lucas oeuvre, as it bills itself as being created by him. When the transporter comes out of hyperspace in the middle of a dogfight, the rebel pilot on the radio comes across as bureaucratic rather than generally concerned for the safety of civilians - he admonishes the driver for entering a "restricted area". One doubts if the Shining Path think of their jungle ambushes as taking place in "restrictive areas".
You can take the bureaucrat out of the bureau, but you can't take the bureau out of the bureaucrat - even when he's behind the joystick of an xwing.
Not to mention the great "What about the contractors?" speech in Slackers. Book me a ticket to the Dark Side.
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yeah, the Pinochet thing is a bit of lefty baiting from the right wing dudes at the weekly standard. "do business with" is a quote from Thatcher. Now, enough reality. On with fantasy.
Ever since I was a kid I felt that the rebels were pretty dodgy.
He mentions the thing about the jedi being a kind of hereditry House of Lords - you'll notice that the alliance are also lickspittle lackeys of royalty in exile, and promote Leia's mates to exalted rank more or less as soon as they show up. The rebels are also disturbingly into Triumph of the Will-style rallies, which is never a good sign.
Also, I'd include the Disney Star Tours ride as part of the official Lucas oeuvre, as it bills itself as being created by him. When the transporter comes out of hyperspace in the middle of a dogfight, the rebel pilot on the radio comes across as bureaucratic rather than generally concerned for the safety of civilians - he admonishes the driver for entering a "restricted area". One doubts if the Shining Path think of their jungle ambushes as taking place in "restrictive areas".
You can take the bureaucrat out of the bureau, but you can't take the bureau out of the bureaucrat - even when he's behind the joystick of an xwing.
Not to mention the great "What about the contractors?" speech in Slackers. Book me a ticket to the Dark Side.