'Star Wars' saga comes to an end... with jab at Bush's empire

[trogdor]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050515/ennew_afp/afpentertainmentfilm_050515191155

Baddies' dialogue about bloodshed and despicable acts being needed to bring "peace and stability" to the movie's universe, mainly through a fabricated war, set the scene.

And then came the zinger, with the protagonist, Anakin Skywalker, saying just before becoming Darth Vader: "You are either with me -- or you are my enemy."

To the Cannes audience, often sympathetic to anti-Bush messages in cinema as last year's triumph here of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" attested, that immediately recalled Bush's 2001 ultimatum, "You're either with us or against us in the fight against terror."

Lucas, speaking to reporters, emphasised that the original "Star Wars" was written at the end of the Vietnam war, when Richard Nixon was US president, but that the issue being explored was still very much alive today.

[gordianot]

1. There is even a real life model of the walker capable of being weaponized.

for movie try this link: http://wwe.americanantigravity.com/video/Land-Walker-150kbps.wmv


for the website : http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/

Of course made in Japan, but sure there is an evil empire out there ready to buy one.

[Catchawave]

2. MSNBC just covered this story !

Verrrrrry interesting :)

[Orangepeel]

3. Lucas is doing a good job covering himself...

"You are either with me -- or you are my enemy."

The original was written when Nixon was President, but that line was written recently.