George Lucas

George Lucas and The Creators of Star Wars

Star Wars was a movie made in 1979 about individuals in space who were rebelling against an oppressive system that had an emperor and his henchman. Star Wars was an amazing film because it described how individuals can persevere despite adverse circumstances, adversity, and opposition. Despite Luke, Han, Lea, and Lando living in an oppressive empire, they decide to resist the arbitrariness and corruption of the system. 

The first Star Wars films were amazing because they describe how individualism is important. Despite the film not depending on special effects, the story was impressive. Star Wars described how there is good and there is evil. Despite being outnumbered and oppressed by an evil system, the good rebels decide against all odds to destroy tyranny. 

Despite the empire having clones and using violence to control planets, the good rebels decide to resist tyranny. The first three films were masterpieces describing that it is possible to persist despite envy and persecution. Han Solo described the importance of being masculine and not a coward like Vader (who even harmed Padme) and can be described being a space cowboy. While initially not being entirely good, he is able to change and chooses to fight for autonomy and freedom instead of being corrupted and a sycophant. Han is tempted to take the easy way out and instead chooses to be loyal to the good rebels. 

The clone army or stormtroopers are sycophants who envy and hate the good rebels who fight for peace and harmony. The stormtroopers hate authenticity and want to only obey the orders of Palpatine. (There is a blooper outtake video of a stormtrooper hitting his head on a door frame while marching next to Vader. I became aware of this in my childhood and cherish how villainy is not good). Despite being persecuted and outnumbered, the good rebels make it out of all the difficult circumstances. Ben Kenobi helps train Luke and even describes how death is not to be feared. When Kenobi battled Vader, Kenobi knew that he had accomplished his purpose and did not fear death. Luke saw that Vader was a tyrant and a sycophant and decided to be incorruptible. Star Wars taught that integrity and morality are of greater importance than sycophantry and wickedness. Lea was able to fight against the empire and never gave in. Lando also decided to help the good rebels battle Vader and his troops. Yoda trained Luke and prevented him from turning wicked. While initially it appeared that the empire was powerful, we begin to see how goodness and integrity can devastate hatred and wickedness. Even when the good rebels were not the majority, they managed to destroy the Death Star, persist despite envy, and never became corrupted by deceit. Vader even sees how wickedness does not help having turned him into a robot after murdering Padme and decides to end the emperor. Star Wars described that there is the need to persist with motivation despite a corrupt system. 

The Faustian Deal

Star Wars even describes in a similar manner the story of Faust written by Goeth. Goeth described in the story of Faust that wickedness does not pay off. Faust is tempted to work for the accuser and decides to be wicked yet is afflicted and worsened. Star Wars describes how Anakin Skywalker believed the lies of the emperor and became a sycophant. While being promised "immortality" and "power", the emperor was only looking to use Anakin. Star Wars describes in the first three films starting in 1979 how Anakin is not happy acknowledging that he is a henchman of Palpatine and that he was lied to. Anakin decides to destroy Palpatine after seeing Luke's incorruptibility. Anakin dies yet also destroys the emperor. Luke survives and builds the Jedi Academy. 

Anakin's story describes how we can not believe the lies of the accuser. Anakin became a robot and also caused Padme to not survive. Star Wars describes how we can persevere without believing the lies of the snake that wants to tempt with the illusion of "power", false "relationships", and monetary wealth, and only wants to lead to destruction. Star Wars describes how sin and envy corrodes  an individual ("envy makes the bones rot") while empathy and goodness improve an individual. We can persevere knowing that deceit and envy are not good for anyone and instead empathy and kindness help us persevere (yet we avoid socialist rat snakes).