The Similarities Between Adolf Hitler And Star Wars

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Although Adolf Hitler can go down as one of the greatest antagonist to ever walk amongst history books or films, Star Wars contains similar, if not the same, storyline minus it’s futuristic appeal. Underlining the lightsabers and awesome space battles, Lucas warns his audience to stay united and strong even during times of turmoil. When society becomes desperate, people become most vulnerable. George Lucas wanted to include a fascist look of the Empire so much so, while giving his commentary of the film, he alludes to his Stormtroopers as Nazis. He says, “The Nazis are basically the same costume as we used in the first film and they are designed to be very authoritarian, very empire-like.” The overwhelming similarities between Star Wars and

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