Since Episode II opened with a terrorist bombing, some have picked up on the plausible notion that Lucas is trying to adapt his cautionary tales about dictatorship to our own predicament.
Even the National Review Online has taken notice, with a truly mind-bending and credulity-stretching review explaining why the Empire was not a bad thing. Yes, the NRO sees the analogy, and they're prepping us for more parallels to Fearless Leader W.
Now that the Cartoon is coming out, chronicling the last days of the Republic and the last great battles of the few remaining Jedi, what parallels can you see with the current world scene?
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