What an insightful essay. Prior to reading Ms. Black's work, I had never thought of Star Wars in an "American" old fashioned western sense. Please excuse the pun, but it makes sense. George Lucas just took the Hollywood "B" movie spaghetti western and moved the plot line forward a hundred years or so. Brilliant!
Ms. Black also nailed the thought regarding American values, good versus evil, tyranny and oppression. Not too long ago, I had the opportunity to re-watch two of the original Star Wars movies. It's funny how you notice what now are considered "old school" special affects, but in retrospect we all oohed and aahed over the original productions. The music, like today's Pirates of the Caribbean was played everywhere. Lets not forget the action toys too. Now I know why we felt that way we did about the movie. American values of democracy and goodness versus the evil dictatorship of the Empire. Nice job Ms. Whitney Black!
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