The Tooncinator
By Jim Dallas
Perhaps a little late, since everyone's already seen the Revenge of the Sith, but here's one more cheap shot at the folks, both right and left (examples here, here, and here) who went bonkers over Star Wars being "anti-Bush."
To be sure, George Lucas made a few comments which added fuel to the fire (perhaps knowing that it would sell movie tickets), but given that the entire back-story for Star Wars was kicking around in Lucas's head thirty years ago, it's perhaps a bit of a stretch to read the movie as a critique of the Bush administration. Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.
That said, I found this old Saturday Night Live skit (episode guide | windows video), which while conceived and written fifteen years ago is nonetheless clearly a political statement about the current conflict between the moderate, Schwarzenegger wing of the GOP and the religious right wing lead by Senate Majority Leader Bill "Pussy Cat" Frist.
Posted by Jim Dallas at June 5, 2005 02:43 AM
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The general plot line for Eps. I, II, and III was indeed devised years ago. But according to various sources, including a CBC interview with Hayden Christensen, British playwright Tom Stoppard did an uncredited last minute re-write of the script before shooting on Sith began in late June of 2003. Stoppard has been a vocal critic of the Iraq War.
If the Bushies complain loudly enough about being depicted as Sith lords, that association will seep into the consciousness of the movie going public. Is that really such a bad thing for us?
I've been known to occasionally refer to the current chief executive as "Darth Idious". :P
