{"id":68941,"date":"2017-10-10T22:26:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T19:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=68941\/"},"modified":"2017-10-10T22:26:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T19:26:55","slug":"george-lucas-wrote-star-wars-liberal-warning-conservatives-struck-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/news-el\/entertainment\/george-lucas-wrote-star-wars-liberal-warning-conservatives-struck-back\/","title":{"rendered":"George Lucas Wrote &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; as a Liberal Warning. Then Conservatives Struck Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/293884104\/SJa0Thl7_default\/index.html?videoId=5603274574001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>George Lucas Wrote &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; as a Liberal Warning. Then Conservatives Struck Back<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"230\">When George Lucas sat down in early 1973 to draft an operatic science fiction movie about a ragtag group of rebels fighting a corrupt central government, the trial of the Watergate burglars had just begun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"232\">He wrote \u201cStar Wars\u201d reflecting the fraught politics of that moment, hoping to serve a tidy political lesson along with the popcorn.<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\"234\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"235\">&#8220;It was really about the Vietnam War, and that was the period where Nixon was trying to run for a [second] term, which got me to thinking historically about how do democracies get turned into dictatorships?&#8221; he\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.chicagotribune.com\/2005-05-18\/features\/0505180309_1_star-wars-sith-palpatine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"237\">told the Chicago\u00a0<i data-reactid=\"239\">Tribune<\/i><\/a>\u00a0years later. \u201cBecause the democracies aren&#8217;t overthrown; they&#8217;re given away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"241\">But like all art, movies have a way of escaping their creators\u2019 intentions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"274\">As \u201cStar Wars\u201d and its sequels broke box office records, it became so popular that its characters, plot devices and lingo became a kind of cultural shorthand. Politicians and activists used it to make their arguments \u2014 sometimes for ideas that Lucas disagreed with. And in the final blow, the movie\u2019s bad guys were embraced by the very types of people he was warning against.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"276\">In a way, \u201cStar Wars\u201d was the first political meme of the modern era, an analog example of the cultural churn the internet now produces daily, turning\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4530128\/pepe-the-frog-creator-hate-symbol\/\" data-reactid=\"278\">an innocent frog cartoon<\/a>\u00a0into the mascot of white nationalists or repurposing an awkward political moment into a thousand Photoshop jokes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"281\">The political history of \u201cStar Wars\u201d began hopefully enough with Jimmy Carter \u2014 like Luke Skywalker a farmboy who went on to bigger things \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/paleofuture.gizmodo.com\/every-single-movie-that-jimmy-carter-watched-at-the-whi-1728538092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"283\">watching \u201cEpisode IV: A New Hope\u201d at Camp David in 1978<\/a>\u00a0with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat as they held a secret strategy session for the historic Camp David Accords.<\/p>\n<div class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2\" data-reactid=\"286\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"289\">But the real breakthrough came in 1983, the same year as \u201cReturn of the Jedi.\u201d President Reagan had been lobbing rhetorical attacks at the Soviet Union throughout his first term, but he\u2019d faced pushback from the more Establishment foreign policy types in the White House. One speech at the British House of Commons in particular had been watered down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"291\">The White House\u2019s conservatives struck back, taking some of the harsher lines from that speech and adding new jabs to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reaganlibrary.archives.gov\/archives\/speeches\/1983\/30883b.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"293\">one set to be delivered before the National Association of Evangelicals<\/a>, an address that the foreign policy gurus would overlook. One section of the speech ended up defining Reagan\u2019s combative approach to the USSR:<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"296\">\u201cI urge you to beware the temptation of pride\u2014the temptation of blithely declaring yourselves above it all and label both sides equally at fault, to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire , to simply call the arms race a giant misunderstanding and thereby remove yourself from the struggle between right and wrong and good and evil,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"298\">Speechwriter Anthony R. Dolan, who wrote that paragraph, later\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/frankwarner.typepad.com\/free_frank_warner\/2003\/12\/story_of_reagan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"300\">denied<\/a>\u00a0that the term \u201cEvil Empire\u201d was inspired by the Galactic Empire in \u201cStar Wars,\u201d but the image stuck in large part because of that resonance. The Soviets decried the \u201cEvil Empire speech,\u201d as it came to be known, and Reagan himself\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1988-06-01\/news\/mn-3667_1_evil-empire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"303\">walked the phrase back<\/a>\u00a0in a 1988 meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, arguing it came \u201cfrom another time, another era.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"306\">But the association was hard to shake, especially since Reagan was a former actor who was known to be influenced by watching movies. When he gave a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learning.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/23\/march-23-1983-reagan-proposes-star-wars-missile-defense-system\/?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"308\">second speech a few weeks later<\/a>\u00a0calling for a space-based missile defense system, critics dubbed it \u201cStar Wars,\u201d and the name stuck. By 1985, even a group supporting the Strategic Defense Initiative was using the name in its ads \u2014 leading to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/lifestyle\/1985\/11\/13\/lucasfilms-star-wars-lawsuit\/c1c2ca50-8bc2-4f96-a792-5c22b7b3a35d\/?utm_term=.46d34c1d2674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"311\">an unsuccessful lawsuit on trademark infringement<\/a>\u00a0from Lucasfilm Ltd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"314\">It was telling that Lucas only tried to enforce his trademark when it was used to defend SDI. But the lawsuit was doomed because politics is so often thinly veiled plagiarism. You can\u2019t trademark a political argument, or sue to keep a metaphor in check, and so it proliferates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"316\">From the 1980s on, the Congressional Record is littered with references to Skywalkers and Yodas, Death Stars and Darth Vaders. Quotes from the movie are repeated and garbled. (President Obama famously mangled the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2013\/03\/01\/173251266\/jedi-vulcan-mind-meld-mind-trick-what-was-obama-thinking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"318\">\u201cJedi mind trick.\u201d<\/a>) And analogies are stretched beyond all recognition: The alternative minimum tax, Sen. Max Baucus\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=vWBxXUEZ13EC&amp;amp;pg=PA110&amp;amp;lpg=PA110&amp;amp;dq=congressional+record+%22skywalker%22&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=Gnfu7ZzoG0&amp;amp;sig=DoqRBQa2Pw61Wi33ETlzf11FLXc&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwjIto2Gj43WAhWJRyYKHeCND9AQ6AEITjAJ#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=congressional%20record%20%22skywalker%22&amp;amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"321\">once argued<\/a>\u00a0on the floor of the world\u2019s greatest deliberative body, is like Anakin Skywalker. \u201cBoth Skywalker and the AMT started off with great intentions, but eventually they went astray,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"324\">From Lucas\u2019 perspective, at least Baucus was acknowledging that Anakin Skywalker erred in becoming Darth Vader. Another strain of conservative thought beginning around the time of the prequels held that maybe the Empire wasn\u2019t so bad after all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"326\">The argument first made a splash in 2002 in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/the-case-for-the-empire\/article\/2540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"328\">conservative\u00a0<i data-reactid=\"330\">Weekly Standard<\/i><\/a>, which argued as \u201cAttack of the Clones\u201d was hitting theaters that Emperor Palpatine was a dictator \u201cbut a relatively benign one, like Pinochet\u201d and \u201ca dictatorship people can do business with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"332\">During the Bush Administration, Vice President Dick Cheney was called Darth Vader by critics so often that he embraced the nickname, dressing up his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/21575478\/ns\/politics-white_house\/t\/cheney-being-darth-vader-not-so-bad\/#.Wa4f6hQmXu9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"334\">black Lab in a Vader costume for Halloween in 2007<\/a>\u00a0and joking that it was \u201cone of the nicer things I\u2019ve been called recently.\u201d Eventually, he began using the \u201cImperial March\u201d \u2014 Vader\u2019s instantly recognizable theme \u2014 as his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/florida\/story\/2015\/11\/to-darth-vaders-theme-music-dick-cheney-wows-gop-crowd-027930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"337\">walk-up music in political appearances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"340\">Cheney was still mostly joking. But by 2015, conservative writers were\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/why-conservatives-love-the-galactic-empire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"342\">regularly celebrating<\/a>\u00a0the Galactic Empire on Twitter. And in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/steve-bannon-trump-tower-interview-trumps-strategist-plots-new-political-movement-948747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"345\">an interview shortly after the 2016 election<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0<i data-reactid=\"348\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/i>, Donald Trump&#8217;s then-adviser and Breitbart News executive Steve Bannon made clear he was not just making a contrarian joke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"350\">&#8220;Darkness is good,&#8221; he said, arguing it helps distract political opponents. &#8220;Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That&#8217;s power. It only helps us when they get it wrong. When they&#8217;re blind to who we are and what we&#8217;re doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"352\">Somewhere, George Lucas surely winced, twice. He had already made clear in 2009 that he viewed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/19\/opinion\/19dowd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"354\">Cheney not as Darth Vader\u00a0<\/a>\u2014 \u201ca promising young man who is turned to the dark side by an older politician\u201d \u2014 but rather as that older politician, Emperor Palpatine. And Palpatine, after all, was the character he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Making-Return-Jedi-Definitive-Behind\/dp\/1781310769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"357\">modeled after Nixon<\/a>\u00a0all those years earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2 end text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"360\">But that\u2019s the thing about art. As a director, you can have an idea for what a movie is supposed to mean, and how people should respond to it politically. But all you can do is put it out there. After that, the audience does what it wants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2 end text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"360\">\n<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2 end text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"360\">Source:\u00a0time.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Lucas Wrote &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; as a Liberal Warning. Then Conservatives Struck Back When George Lucas sat down in early 1973 to draft an operatic science fiction movie about a ragtag group of rebels fighting a corrupt central government, the trial of the Watergate burglars had just begun. 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