yeah everyone keeps telling me “Star Wars is a Vietnam allegory” and it’s insane. Have you seen a star war? Do you know what Vietnam is? Do you know what an allegory is
Everyone wants to make it a Vietnam allegory, when it’s a space western. Broad plot line is Seven Samurai of Magnificent Seven. Bad guys coming to destroy your town, this plucky band of swordsmen/gunfighters/space heroes will save you!!!
george lucas himself called star wars a vietnam war allegory though
yes he said many things about it that were absurd, including this
so you’re just denying authorial intent? lol come on man
if you can explain how it’s a “Vietnam allegory” other than there being a rebellion of an occupied population and some fighting, in one movie, taking place around trees, I’ll take it seriously
The “rebellion of an occupied population” by an imperial power isn’t just something you can wave away, Will. It’s the core of the plot.
May 8, 2025 14:14The Battle of Algiers is a Vietnam allegory. The hunger games is a Vietnam allegory. The Last of the Mohicans is a vietnam allegory
