>>5853762>>5853800>STAR WARSThose booths in THX-1138 were pretty interesting
https://www.cbr.com/george-lucas-vietnam-war-star-wars-inspiration/>(...) when Lucas sat down with director James Cameron in 2018, he revealed how the Empire was also meant to resemble America. Cameron pointed out how the Rebels are a small group using asymmetric warfare against a highly organized Empire. Today, Cameron added, the Rebels would be called terrorists. "When I did it," Lucas replied, "they were Viet Cong." In other words, Lucas viewed the Vietnamese as the rebels and America as the invading villains.>He further explained that Star Wars was a "vessel" in which to place his worldview and that the United States had become an empire during the Vietnam War, doomed to fail like every empire before it. Cameron noted how those views carried over into the Star Wars prequel trilogy, especially in Padmé's line, "This is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause." Lucas replied, "We're in the middle of it right now," referring to the country's political state." 