You know, it's totally possible that George Lucas has no fucking clue about history and just said "it was a metaphor for Vietnam" to sound smart. There is no version of Star Wars where the Empire does communism. Fanfic take that the Alliance were the good guys? Did we watch different movies? One side literally makes all their decisions based on the whims of an ancient evil wizard, and the other side are trying to stop the evil wizards from destroying planets.

[–] banneryear1868 1 points 9 months ago

That's where I got this view from but I'm not personally into Star Wars, I just know this very timely Vietnam influence but Lucas could be bullshitting who knows.

[–] Gabu 1 points 9 months ago

Palpatine isn't ancient, although you could argue he represents the apex of the rule of two thus dating back to at least Darth Bane.