I WONDER if George Lucas was actually predicting a possible future United States

[yuiyoshida]

When he created Star Wars. The idea of the free Republic falling to an Evil Emperor and all of those who were squeezed out of their god given rights....

How easy it would be, for people to give into the Dark Side. We are looking at the Rise of that dark side now... and of course people think its cool.. they can live with others having pain and suffering.

Republicans removing Health Care to replace it with what? Nothing.. they WANT to control people and Even Trump thinks of himself as a Dictator. America is falling... and we will need more than JEDI to save it...

People have talked about Removing Trump, but it will be far, far more difficult with the Republicans in the Majority. Trump provides the distraction while Republicans Gut the Government, except for .. a strong Military Build up...

Sound familar?




Building up that Military not only for the world, but even for its own People. In many of the STARWARS stories, Storm Troopers are everywhere, they are the Police and the Military wrapped up into one major occupation army.


I have talked to friends, who play the online games. Most of them prefer to be SITH than JEDI Knights.. because they think its cool. Is that the way it will be in America, when it comes to authority figures like cops?


In the world of Star Wars, those who live on many of the planets are at some point poor, and trying to survive in a Universe that has the Empire, stealing their stuff, taking some as slaves, and generally using their population for making the EMPIRE GREAT AGAIN...

If you think about it, that's whats happening now...and You have to wonder when will their be a recruitment for storm troopers, to gather up and deport "aliens". This is a very scary time we live in, when once the Constitution was a cherished document, but now people in government can ignore the Bill of Rights, and Constitutional law and do as they wish, as Government representatives.

In Star Wars the old Republic was swept away, and the Empire became all powerful. Are we going to see this happen in the next four years?

[Greywing]

1. Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi! You're my only hope!

[saidsimplesimon]

2. yuiyoshida, thank you

The are many movies that have this theme. There is The Matrix and V for Vendetta to name just a couple. Thank the gods for Hollywood's liberal elite.

[PufPuf23]

3. I appreciate your post and better understand Star Wars

even though I have never been a fan nor watched the any movies of the Star Wars franchise.

[yuiyoshida]

4. maybe its time for a Marathon weekend

Go rent them all and sit down with lots of popcorn. Its amazing the parallels...

[scscholar]

5. Nute Gunray

was named after Newt Gingrich plus Alzheimer Reagan.

[Ilsa]

6. The first freeze frame was chilling to see

at the movies. I couldn't help but wonder if this was our future.

[Takket]

7. what is sad is these stories have been told in many settings

The past, the future, the present. The Evil Empire story has been written in many ways in fiction, and also exists in actual history with the Nazis...........

By sad, I mean that it is sad that we walk willingly and blindly into the same trap we have been warned of so many times.

This is why the resistance is so important. We have to stop this before it is too late.

[LunaSea]

8. Inspired by our oldest stories....

Here's some background you might enjoy-