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George Lucas Gets the Moral Meaning of Star Wars Wrong

by Thomas Walker-Werth

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Thomas Walker-Werth
Aug 29, 2023
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Star Wars is a classic story of heroes and villains. In the original trilogy, the heroic rebels fight to save the galaxy from the Empire. The Empire crushes innocent people beneath its boot, coercing, destroying, and killing on a galactic scale. It’s a simple but compellingly clear story of good and evil.

Unfortunately, that clarity doesn’t extend to Sta…

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