Star Wars Is A Mirror For The World, And It's Best When It Remembers That

Jan 11 2023 by /Film

 

George Lucas has a thing for the past. Nearly every movie he's ever directed and/or written takes place in a period setting or, in the case of his most famous creation, "a long time ago." Even the big exception to this trend, his 1971 feature directing debut "THX 1138," is a film about everyday civilians rebelling against an oppressive system and the tyrannical overseers that uphold it, like so much of the rest of his work.

If one were to ask the man behind "Star Wars" why that is, his answer...

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