Lucas’s Hypocrisy?

#1 dougte

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Posted 18 June 2005 - 03:58 PM

If General Grievous’ ship is ‘Invisible Hand,’ what is Lucas saying about Adam Smith and capitalism? The negative connotation leads me to believe he’s a monster hypocrite because he’s one of the biggest capitalists around! I have nothing against successful people, but to get in a subtle jab at the system you profited from kinda leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

The lack of creativity with some of his other characters (isn’t someone named Sleazebaggano or something…or what about ‘death sticks’…)leaves me little choice but to believe this isn’t a coincidence.

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#2 jxw

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Posted 18 June 2005 - 05:11 PM

QUOTE (dougte @ Jun 18 2005, 03:58 PM)

If General Grievous’ ship is ‘Invisible Hand,’ what is Lucas saying about Adam Smith and capitalism?

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This one has already been raised (before the film came out). It's most likely an in joke for those who are able to understand it, and is probably a comment on the politics in the film.

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Posted 19 June 2005 - 09:25 PM

QUOTE (jxw @ Jun 18 2005, 05:11 PM)

This one has already been raised...

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the invisible hand has been raised.

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Posted 20 June 2005 - 10:22 AM

QUOTE (jxw @ Jun 18 2005, 10:11 PM)

This one has already been raised (before the film came out). It's most likely an in joke for those who are able to understand it, and is probably a comment on the politics in the film.

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Politics - hands up guessed that Anakin was going to be turned into Osama Bin Ladin and that they would root for him?