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So this is how democracy dies ... (files.mastodon.online)
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[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 8 points 9 months ago

Nah, Lucas confirmed it.

While interviewing Lucas on AMC in 2018, James Cameron said, "The good guys are the rebels. They're using asymmetric warfare against a highly organized empire. I think we call those guys 'terrorists' today. We call them 'mujahideen.' We call them Al-Qaeda."

Lucas agreed with Cameron, adding, "When I did it, they were Viet Cong." He explained that the Vietnam allegory was front and center in his mind when making the original "Star Wars" in the mid-1970s, as was the American Revolution.

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

Again, shows you how much Lucas knows about history. The Mujahideen were allied with the US during the Soviet-Afghan war.

[-] peeonyou@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

you're not a smart person are you

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago

This is a 2018 interview, during the US occupation of Afghanistan.

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