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.
You’re overthinking things again.
Nah, Lucas confirmed it.
Again, shows you how much Lucas knows about history. The Mujahideen were allied with the US during the Soviet-Afghan war.
you’re not a smart person are you
This is a 2018 interview, during the US occupation of Afghanistan.
thinking is a good thing.
When done properly, yes.