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  • Awoo [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Hmmm we disagree a bit but I do kinda understand how you got to where you are. Star Wars is good though, at least under Lucas. Yes there's a space cult and magic involved but I genuinely think it serves no political or ideological purpose other than to put wizards in space for the sake of making the story more interesting. I don't see Jedi or Sith as competing religions. They are space wizards learning light magic vs dark magic. It has DnD influence if anything, which I think you can see a lot of when you look at the varied party-members during "dungeons" that they're investigating and the skills of the party members ranging from ranged combat to melee to lock-picking and/etc. Jedi are the space wizards of the party.

    • Gorn [they/them,he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Honestly, 95% of the time I talk about HP these days, it’s just to shit on the author. I cannot explain why I feel compelled to redeem it that other 5% ahaha

      I’ve always liked the Jedi, tbh, before I started doing a political reading. They remind me of Buddhist monks, and I like a lot of the teachings they carry. Plus, they do it with badass space swords and are committed to fighting to the death to protect their values. V cool.

      Jedi are the space wizards of the party.

      I can’t believe it took like less than an hour for me to come around on Star Wars haha thank you for enlightening me o7

    • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Jedi or Sith as competing religions

      Thats way more of a thing in the old EU, particularly the old republic era stuff

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Right right but I'm mainly focused on what Lucas was directly involved with. When I say "Star Wars is based on vietnam" I'm definitely solely referring to Lucas' works. I'm sure there are huge chunks of the EU he had absolutely nothing to do with.

        • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          I’m sure there are huge chunks of the EU he had absolutely nothing to do with.

          Yeah, pretty much everything in the EU had ~0 Lucas involvement, thats why a lot of it is, you know... good

          But semi-joking aside, from what I remember from interviews and stuff, he basically wanted to make a ww2 film, in space, with samurai movie elements and that morphed into whatever the hell it is now