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This is getting out of hand! Now there are more than 3 of them! (lemmy.world)

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[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Star Wars is about Taoist philosophy. The following two movies are about how America's war on Vietnam is unjust, and the next three are about 9/11, which is really fucking clever because 9/11 hadn't even happened yet when the first one came out and George Lucas successfully predicted it. Star Wars has always been about high-minded philosophy and politics. Your comment rests on the assumption that Star Wars is mindless entertainment that never comments on the real world, but that's always been false.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

And the ST is about Vladimir Putin working in the background before revealing that fascism has been there this whole time, we just didn't notice. Somehow fascism returned! An authoritarian with thousands of super weapons capable of destroying entire cities suddenly attacks out of nowhere and everyone in the world has to band together to help the resistance.

Putin's invasion of Ukraine didn't happen yet, but JJ Abrams predicted it! The JJ Abrams Star Wars movies were about high-minded philosophy and politics.

Your comment rests on the assumption that JJ Abrams movies are mindless entertainment that never comments on the real world, but that’s always been false.

Really though, the JJ Abrams movies have quite a lot to say about the emotional paths to fascism. From indoctrination to bad relationships with a father figure, the relationship to our ancestors, our need to restore a past empire. It's all there. The prequels are very dated, just immature shots being fired at a W. Bush and Newt Gingrich. The JJ Abrams movies explore the emotions that lead fascism, which will always be relevant.

Ever see the statue of a confederate general being removed? If you did, you'd see a reproduction of an evil guy that died a long time ago being moved around with a crane. What do you see at the beginning of RoS again? You might see it as mindless entertainment but there's a message there, it's just that JJ Abrams isn't spoon-feeding it to you.