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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Don't know about the Nazi analogy, but in the original Book (The adventures of Luke Skywalker) on which the original movies are based, the emperor is literally described as being Nixon.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The book is a novelization of the screenplay for the first film.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter. Star Wars was political from the start.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed, just pointing out that the book was not source material

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