From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!rocheste!stevans
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Star Wars had its secrets too
Article-I.D.: rocheste.184
Posted: Sun Nov  7 00:52:16 1982
Received: Sun Nov  7 04:01:00 1982

Call me insane.  Flame at me.  But.
   Star Wars parallelled the American Revolution.  Remember how all of the
Empire guys (except Vader) were obviously British and all of the heroes
were made to speak and act in a middle-American manner?  Counting
syllables also might be helpful:
  Luke  Sky-Wal-ker   George  Wa-shing-ton
  Lea-ia              Mar-tha
The entire idea of it -- the fight for independence from the evil Empire.
I mean this all seriously.  What do you think?
      Mark Stevans, University of Rochester
      (not an American History or Film Studies major)