The political institutions of Star Wars-such as the Senate, Republic and Empire-and the pseudo-Latin names of characters such as chancellors Valorum and Palpatine echo those of ancient Rome. Astore writes in Star Wars and History, both the Viet Cong and Ewoks were well-served by their “superior knowledge of the local terrain and an ability to blend into that terrain.” Ancient Rome The filmmaker, who was originally set to direct the Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now in the early 1970s before moving on to Star Wars, said in an audio commentary on the 2004 re-release of Return of the Jedi that the Viet Cong served as his inspiration for the furry forest-dwelling Ewoks, who were able to defeat a vastly superior opponent in spite of their primitive weapons. The guerilla war waged by the Rebel Alliance against the Galactic Empire mirrored the battle between an insurgent force and a global superpower that was playing out in Vietnam as Lucas wrote Star Wars.
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