I think the rebels were meant to be VietCong making the empire the americans. This of course was retconned in the sequels making the empire explicitly nazis
But Vietnamese fighting Americans isn't really. Before Star Wars, he made THX 1138 which was also very anti capitalist. There's a reason he's always complaining about American censors.
Americans fighting space nazis is a sublimated narrative, in reality outside of those Hollywood delusions, America used WMDs
I think the rebels were meant to be VietCong making the empire the americans. This of course was retconned in the sequels making the empire explicitly nazis
But Vietnamese fighting Americans isn't really. Before Star Wars, he made THX 1138 which was also very anti capitalist. There's a reason he's always complaining about American censors.