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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (3 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.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

the emperor is literally described as being Nixon.

Now strike me down in your hate and anger. Aroooo!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You’re kidding, right? They’re literally called stormtroopers

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

It's like Lucas was accusing America of doing things Nazis would do! But that's unpossible!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

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