The Historical Context of Star Wars
Jul. 5th, 2011 08:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lazypadawanLook out, because a bunch of academics are going to toss your way "Star Wars And History" in 2013:
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/studying-how-star-wars-mined-history/
A few years ago I wrote an essay for Saga Journal on a possible inspiration for TPM, and that is the real-life story of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. Change out Selassie for Queen Amidala and replace Ethiopia with Naboo, and it's pretty much the same thing except for the Rastafarian worship.
The publishers want to publish similar tomes concerning science and politics.
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/studying-how-star-wars-mined-history/
A few years ago I wrote an essay for Saga Journal on a possible inspiration for TPM, and that is the real-life story of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. Change out Selassie for Queen Amidala and replace Ethiopia with Naboo, and it's pretty much the same thing except for the Rastafarian worship.
The publishers want to publish similar tomes concerning science and politics.
