Born in May 1944, in Modesto, California, George Lucas lived a world away from the horrors of Nazi Germany. But his imprint is more than evident in Lucas & 39; life of work and creative idea, the Star Wars saga. Adding that the Galactic Empire & 39; was on Germany& 39;s Third Reich, Lucas, from the history of the signs and pictures to paint, needs his evil regime. While some parallels are obvious-like the white soldiers Lucas robot named storm " soldiers, " the same name was Hitler& 39;s personal bodyguard during the Second World War, other comparisons require a little digging. These comparisons make for a fascinating study.
Senator Palpatine and Adolf Hitler: The story of Senator Palpatine as specified in episodes I, II and III bears remarkable resemblance to Adolf Hitler& 39;s rise to power. Both men rose from darkness to power, outward comprehensive democracy and the Republic, while behind the scenes, they worked for their ruin. In Episode II Senator Palpatine is faced with the dissolution of the Senate, I love democracy " I love the Republic ", while only reluctantly accepted the highest power. It is not known that he is the Sith Lord, orchestrating the demise of democracy. The echo of the history of Hitler, who also outwardly supported democracy, promising to play by his rules, which all together form a shadow government and an army under the ranks of his Nazi Party. The similarity is very striking, and the burning of the Jedi Temple and the 1933 burning of the Reichstag, the German Senate effectively disbanded. These glasses were both drew Palpatine to bring Hitler to power. It then installs itself as Emperor Palpatine, while Hitler declared itself " Fuhrer " or supreme leader.
The leadership style of Palpatine continues to be modeled after Hitler, which then withdrew from the public eye and surrounded himself with only those who he knew to his loyal followers. While Hitler formed the SS-black coating protection team, which it day and night and publicly expressed his orders, as Emperor Palpatine created Darth Vader& 39;s black-robed men are crony whose obedience to the emperor to destroy entire planets. Hitler is known as the embodiment of evil, and as such, Lucas could not have chosen a better figure to model Palpatine.
Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker parallels: in German, means father " father. " Sun, Vader is a very interesting and conscious choice for a character, is the spiritual father of the Star Wars heroes. The father-son relationship finds its parallel in the relationship between the German poet and political rebels Albrecht Haushofer, and his father, Karl. Karl & 39;& 39;s frequent trips to Japan strongly influenced his life and thinking. He was particularly enchanted by the samurai - the Japanese military aristocracy, which has heavily on Lucas for the inspiration for the Jedi. In the 1920s, Karl, with Hitler through his close student, Rudolf Hess (which later was regarded as Hitler& 39;s 3 man under Goring). Karl was instrumental in the formation of the alliance between Germany and Japan. Another interesting side note is that a contemporary geopolitical Maull name existed at that time. Maul was a contemporary sith of Anakin Skywalker.
Young Albrecht, in a poem " The father, plays an evil, which shows once in a thousand years. When does the Star Wars sith had not seen that for a long time. The poem continues to say that Albrecht father had power to stop this evil, but he unleashed a power, the election and Anakin Skywalker, before he Darth Vader. While Albrecht worked with his father on the first attempt to secure peace in Europe through a contract with England and France, and later he saw the futility of his actions, and the assassination plot to bomb Hitler and restore the balance and peace in Germany. Here George Lucas departs from the story, for while Luke succeeds in overcoming the evil that his father embraced, Albrecht was not so happy. It was for his dedication and treacherous shot from an SS-command, as Russian troops in Berlin. Karl was also in prison after the war. Perhaps the memory of his son to his death in 1946. Before his death, Darth Vader redeemed by himself from the emperor, the influence and restore balance to the universe. He is last seen, his place among the Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, the Jedi that he once was. Karl & 39;& 39;s last act in life also resembled the Jedi, when he committed suicide by seppuku, the traditional samurai method. Echoes
Nazi The discerning eye detects the open Nazi overtones in the Galactic Empire. This is not a coincidence. George Lucas reportedly told costume designer and military historian John Mollo that he wanted the evil " " to look Fascism. The atmosphere of rigid control and dehumanization was the ideal of Hitler, whose armies marched into stiff procession go beyond the description of robotics to disciplined. The uniforms and caps worn by the imperial officers in Star Wars were modernized versions of 1915 Bavarian Chevaulgers. The throne room scene in Episode IV, reminiscent of a Nazi propaganda film, painting the picture further, that history repeats itself. In this way, observers of Star Wars get a lesson in history.
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