@solitaire I do think there is still an undercurrent in the book that maybe this isn’t all okay. In that sense I always thought of the movie just surfacing that an making it a major theme. For me at least I’ve never seen them as opposing each other the way a lot of people do. But then again there’s a lot of people out there that didn’t realize the Empire in Star Wars is supposed to be facist, so there’s a lot to be said for not being subtle.
@solitaire I do think there is still an undercurrent in the book that maybe this isn’t all okay. In that sense I always thought of the movie just surfacing that an making it a major theme. For me at least I’ve never seen them as opposing each other the way a lot of people do. But then again there’s a lot of people out there that didn’t realize the Empire in Star Wars is supposed to be facist, so there’s a lot to be said for not being subtle.