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==Politics==

==Politics==

George Lucas was very liberal and left-wing in his politics, where he frequently donated to Democratic candidates. One of the more infamous examples was [[Barbara Boxer]]. His left-wing views stemmed from college, where he recalled that he "was angry at the time, getting involved in all the causes. The draft was hanging over all of us, and we were bearded, freako pre-hippies."<ref>https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/politics-behind-original-star-wars/</ref> He also claimed that he was a believer in pure democracy and not Capitalistic democracy.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-lucas-billionaire-down-on-capitalism/</ref> When discussing his ideal filmmaking style and how it contrasted with Hollywood's view on filmmaking, particularly the studio system which he claimed was dead due to corporations taking over, he described it as "the workers have the means of production", implying that he was an adherent to [[Marxism]].<ref>Skywalking, p.246<br />"'George Lucas is ''not'' what the rest of the business is about,' says Ned Tanen. 'Nobody has ever done what he has done. Nobody. George Lucas is over there, and the rest of the business is over here.' Lucas is the man who got away, who beat the system by building his own system. 'The studio system is dead,' Lucas insists. 'It died fifteen years ago when the corporations took over and the studio heads suddenly became agents and lawyers and accountants. The power is with the people now. The workers have the means of production.'"</ref> Similarly, during a later interview with Charlie Rose on CBS where he denounced the company he sold the Star Wars and Indiana Jones to, the Walt Disney Company, as "white slavers", he also implied that he found Soviet filmmaking to be preferable to filmmaking in America because, barring obviously avoiding making any negative statements against the leader of the Soviets, he is allowed to do whatever he wants, while in America, he has to curtail to a fine line of commercialism.<ref>http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/ken-shepherd/2016/01/04/george-lucas-soviet-directors-had-more-freedom-i-had</ref> He also implied that he had supported the Vietcong during the Vietnam War when he admitted that he based the Ewoks on that group and the Galactic Empire and it's defeat on Endor on America and its involvement in Vietnam. A note for his 1973 screenplay for ''Star Wars'' (at the time known as ''The Star Wars'') also indicated that he had intended for the Galactic Empire as a whole to be based on America and its involvement in Vietnam (as well as [[Emperor Palpatine]], its leader, specifically being based on then-President [[Richard Nixon]]), and that he specifically intended for the Rebel Alliance to be based on the Vietcong since the first movie entered production. He also specifically intended for Star Wars to be the third of a thematic trilogy detailing various critiques of the Vietnam War (with the first being American Graffiti and the second intended to be Apocalypse Now before he was forced by Warner Bros. to hand it over to Coppola due to his studio, American Zoetrope, being shut down by the studio). He also implied that at least one other inspiration for the story involved [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] taking over France during the [[French Revolution]].<ref>http://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/lucas_interview/</ref> Part of his reason for selling the ''Star Wars'' franchise to Disney was to make himself tax-exempt when the George Bush tax-cuts were repealed in 2013, despite his aforementioned lectures on how "the rich shouldn't own government".<ref>http://www.corson.org/archives/economics/E2012_14.htm</ref><ref>https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2013/01/02/michelle-malkin-n1476817</ref> He also voiced his support for [[Occupy Wall Street]] in 2012, with his declaring to his then-future second wife Mellody Hobson in a New York Times article that he was, among other things, a "dyed-in-the-wool 99-percenter before there was such a thing."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/magazine/george-lucas-red-tails.html<br />"When I asked about Hobson, Lucas said, “I’m a ’60s, West Coast, liberal, radical, artsy, dyed-in-the-wool 99 percenter before there was such a thing.” (He was referring to his upbringing rather than his reported $3.2 billion net worth.) “And she’s an East Coast, Princeton grad, Wall Street fund manager, knows all the big players, works in the big world. You would never think that we would get together, have anything in common. But when we did, we realized we had everything in common. It was the most unlikely coupling.”"</ref> During the 2008 election campaign, George Lucas infamously declared then-Presidential candidate Barack Obama to be a "hero."<ref>http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brent-baker/2008/06/07/film-producer-lucas-obama-my-hero-offering-dreams-and-hope</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080605010323/http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080604062402.9hhqclqi&show_article=1</ref> Ian McDiarmid, the actor for [[Emperor Palpatine]] in the films, implied in an interview with ''The Guardian'' that George Lucas' decision to have ''Star Wars'' be geared towards children at eight years old was specifically to indoctrinate them into Lucas' left-wing views.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/nov/07/theatre1<br />He [McDiarmid] also bristles at the notion that the Star Wars films are totally hollow entertainments. "I remember when I sat there in the Evil Emperor's swivel chair and George [Lucas] said things like 'does it remind you of the Oval office?' And I realised that at that time Richard Nixon was in his mind.<br />

George Lucas was very liberal and left-wing in his politics, where he frequently donated to Democratic candidates. One of the more infamous examples was [[Barbara Boxer]]. His left-wing views stemmed from college, where he recalled that he "was angry at the time, getting involved in all the causes. The draft was hanging over all of us, and we were bearded, freako pre-hippies."<ref>https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/politics-behind-original-star-wars/</ref> He also claimed that he was a believer in pure democracy and not Capitalistic democracy.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-lucas-billionaire-down-on-capitalism/</ref> When discussing his ideal filmmaking style and how it contrasted with Hollywood's view on filmmaking, particularly the studio system which he claimed was dead due to corporations taking over, he described it as "the workers have the means of production", implying that he was an adherent to [[Marxism]].<ref>Skywalking, p.246<br />"'George Lucas is ''not'' what the rest of the business is about,' says Ned Tanen. 'Nobody has ever done what he has done. Nobody. George Lucas is over there, and the rest of the business is over here.' Lucas is the man who got away, who beat the system by building his own system. 'The studio system is dead,' Lucas insists. 'It died fifteen years ago when the corporations took over and the studio heads suddenly became agents and lawyers and accountants. The power is with the people now. The workers have the means of production.'"</ref> Similarly, during a later interview with Charlie Rose on CBS where he denounced the company he sold the Star Wars and Indiana Jones to, the Walt Disney Company, as "white slavers", he also implied that he found Soviet filmmaking to be preferable to filmmaking in America because, barring obviously avoiding making any negative statements against the leader of the Soviets, he is allowed to do whatever he wants, while in America, he has to curtail to a fine line of commercialism.<ref>http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/ken-shepherd/2016/01/04/george-lucas-soviet-directors-had-more-freedom-i-had</ref> He also implied that he had supported the Vietcong during the Vietnam War when he admitted that he based the Ewoks on that group and the Galactic Empire and it's defeat on Endor on America and its involvement in Vietnam. A note for his 1973 screenplay for ''Star Wars'' (at the time known as ''The Star Wars'') also indicated that he had intended for the Galactic Empire as a whole to be based on America and its involvement in Vietnam (as well as [[Emperor Palpatine]], its leader, specifically being based on then-President [[Richard Nixon]]), and that he specifically intended for the Rebel Alliance to be based on the Vietcong since the first movie entered production. He also specifically intended for Star Wars to be the third of a thematic trilogy detailing various critiques of the Vietnam War (with the first being American Graffiti and the second intended to be Apocalypse Now before he was forced by Warner Bros. to hand it over to Coppola due to his studio, American Zoetrope, being shut down by the studio). He also implied that at least one other inspiration for the story involved [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] taking over France during the [[French Revolution]].<ref>http://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/lucas_interview/</ref> Part of his reason for selling the ''Star Wars'' franchise to Disney was to make himself tax-exempt when the George Bush tax-cuts were repealed in 2013, despite his aforementioned lectures on how "the rich shouldn't own government".<ref>http://www.corson.org/archives/economics/E2012_14.htm</ref><ref>https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2013/01/02/michelle-malkin-n1476817</ref> He also voiced his support for [[Occupy Wall Street]] in 2012, with his declaring to his then-future second wife Mellody Hobson in a New York Times article that he was, among other things, a "dyed-in-the-wool 99-percenter before there was such a thing."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/magazine/george-lucas-red-tails.html<br />"When I asked about Hobson, Lucas said, “I’m a ’60s, West Coast, liberal, radical, artsy, dyed-in-the-wool 99 percenter before there was such a thing.” (He was referring to his upbringing rather than his reported $3.2 billion net worth.) “And she’s an East Coast, Princeton grad, Wall Street fund manager, knows all the big players, works in the big world. You would never think that we would get together, have anything in common. But when we did, we realized we had everything in common. It was the most unlikely coupling.”"</ref> During the 2008 election campaign, George Lucas infamously declared then-Presidential candidate Barack Obama to be a "hero."<ref>http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brent-baker/2008/06/07/film-producer-lucas-obama-my-hero-offering-dreams-and-hope</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080605010323/http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080604062402.9hhqclqi&show_article=1</ref> On a similar note, he has also implied that Obama would have been a Jedi.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080628085158/http://www.examiner.com/blogs-73-Yeas_and_Nays~y2008m6d25-Lucas-Obama-is-a-Jedi</ref> Ian McDiarmid, the actor for [[Emperor Palpatine]] in the films, implied in an interview with ''The Guardian'' that George Lucas' decision to have ''Star Wars'' be geared towards children at eight years old was specifically to indoctrinate them into Lucas' left-wing views.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/nov/07/theatre1<br />He [McDiarmid] also bristles at the notion that the Star Wars films are totally hollow entertainments. "I remember when I sat there in the Evil Emperor's swivel chair and George [Lucas] said things like 'does it remind you of the Oval office?' And I realised that at that time Richard Nixon was in his mind.<br />

"And I see that in the Guardian's review of the DVD - not favourable, of course - mention is made of the fact that there are lines that sound really contemporary. But the reviewer decided that was by chance: no, no, no, no. Entirely by design.<br />

"And I see that in the Guardian's review of the DVD - not favourable, of course - mention is made of the fact that there are lines that sound really contemporary. But the reviewer decided that was by chance: no, no, no, no. Entirely by design.<br />