Darth Sidious, Empereror Palpatine, is a representation of the inevitability of liberal democracy failing and becoming a fascist state. There's an interesting commentary about the Jedi, basically the religious and militaristic branches of the galactic government, being blind to the dark forces running the political sphere.
EDIT: George Lucas was asked in 1981 if the Emperor used to be a Jedi and he basically replied "No, he was a politician. Richard M. Nixon was his name."
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modifieddevice ago
I am down to part 8,holy shit is the US government run by Sith lords?
Cannavore ago
Darth Sidious, Empereror Palpatine, is a representation of the inevitability of liberal democracy failing and becoming a fascist state. There's an interesting commentary about the Jedi, basically the religious and militaristic branches of the galactic government, being blind to the dark forces running the political sphere.
EDIT: George Lucas was asked in 1981 if the Emperor used to be a Jedi and he basically replied "No, he was a politician. Richard M. Nixon was his name."
un1ty ago
You have seen Dick Cheney, right? Rockefeller? Soros? Kissinger?
Yeah, all Sith Lords.