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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think I heard about that influence or perspective, but I can absolutely see it

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's something that actually comes directly from the horse's mouth, so to speak, and I myself only came across it in the last year or so. And given the way Lucas uses some fairly direct anti-imperial vocabulary, I'm honestly inclined to believe him when he says it's not just a valid reading, but an intentional creative decision.