I recently watched the show in the subject on the History channel. I found it to be quite interesting but I also found myself asking all through it as the “analysts” told you what George was doing the whole time…
Did George Lucas really think of the myths of the Greeks, Romans, and the Babylonians as well as others when he wrote it and that is what he wrote it to or is this just what people are reading into a story written by someone who was influenced by those things because he was influenced by others who have been influenced by others who have been influenced by others who were influenced by those things.
Don’t get me wrong, I think George Lucas was a genius with that series, but I just don’t expect he did some comprehensive mythos study when he was writing it. I think the really good writers just hit the nerves of the populace intuitively and know how to connect with them. Certainly we don’t enjoy it because we think back to the idea of, wow, Anikin Skywalker is just like Achilles and Padme is like the strong woman characters in Greek mythos.
I think the comparisons to the Nazis and the stuff happening in D.C. and the war in Iraq were more on target.
joe