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Re: Empire Analysis : WAS: [Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships]
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lugnet.starwars
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000 04:37:45 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Fraser Lovatt writes:
> And has anyone else noticed that just about every single member of the Empire
> is played by a British actor and the rebels are nearly all American?
And in doing so, Lucas betrays how much he was influenced by Hollywood, while
all the while claiming to dislike the place. Using Brits for the (generally
evil) overlords and Americans for the (generally good) oppressed underclass is a
tradition that goes back to films like "Spartacus" and "Ben Hur."
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--
John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D.
Department of Structural Biology
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA 94305
Secretary, Californians for Renewable Energy <http://www.calfree.com>
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