Since the release of 1977’s Star Wars, George Lucas has forged one of the greatest franchises in pop culture by combining classic cinema, historic events and politics. This has shined through in many of the franchise’s projects, and Lucas famously looked to the Vietnam War as partial inspiration. However, one of Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ best episodes earned a strong reputation with fans in no small part thanks to parallels with two classic World War II movies.Star Wars has presented a master class in taking real events and adapting them to a galaxy far away, one that feels simultaneously familiar yet foreign. Where the nature of some of Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ battles and missions can feel evocative of 20th century warfare, they’re given the Lucas makeover. The moral ambiguity is muted, the soldiers are clone troopers, the generals are morally righteous Jedi knights and the enemies are (mostly) mindless droids. However, the series still did a great job of making viewers think about its inspiration. In the season two episode “Landing at Point Rain,” viewers were given a spectacle that merged George Lucas’ universe with the intensity and epic nature of two classic WWII movies: Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far.Star Wars: The Clone Wars was successful in many endeavors, from highlighting the individualism of the clone troopers to shedding light on the politics of the Republic. However, one of its greatest feats was the seamless merging of real events and classic war movies into the saga of the Clone Wars themselves. The animated series itself borrowed from real world commentary on conflicts in Iraq, Vietnam, Germany and more. The Clone Wars themselves broke out in Attack of the Clones, when the Jedi learned that the planet Kamino had been hired to produce an army for the Republic. This came in the form of over a million clones of the bounty hunter Jango Fett, all of whom were trained to be professional and loyal soldiers. After Anakin, Padme and Obi-Wan were captured on Geonosis, they were used for sport, until the Jedi arrived.10 Greatest Clone Commanders in Star Wars: The Clone WarsWhy Inquisitors Dilute The Importance Of These Iconic Star Wars Characters
Since the release of 1977’s Star Wars, George Lucas has forged one of the greatest franchises in pop culture by combining classic cinema, historic events and politics. This has shined through in many of the franchise’s projects, and Lucas famously looked to the Vietnam War as partial inspiration. However, one of Star Wars: The Clone Wars‘ best episodes earned a strong reputation with fans in no small part thanks to parallels with two classic World War II movies.
Star Wars has presented a master class in taking real events and adapting them to a galaxy far away, one that feels simultaneously familiar yet foreign. Where the nature of some of Star Wars: The Clone Wars‘ battles and missions can feel evocative of 20th century warfare, they’re given the Lucas makeover. The moral ambiguity is muted, the soldiers are clone troopers, the generals are morally righteous Jedi knights and the enemies are (mostly) mindless droids. However, the series still did a great job of making viewers think about its inspiration. In the season two episode “Landing at Point Rain,” viewers were given a spectacle that merged George Lucas’ universe with the intensity and epic nature of two classic WWII movies: Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars was successful in many endeavors, from highlighting the individualism of the clone troopers to shedding light on the politics of the Republic. However, one of its greatest feats was the seamless merging of real events and classic war movies into the saga of the Clone Wars themselves. The animated series itself borrowed from real world commentary on conflicts in Iraq, Vietnam, Germany and more. The Clone Wars themselves broke out in Attack of the Clones, when the Jedi learned that the planet Kamino had been hired to produce an army for the Republic. This came in the form of over a million clones of the bounty hunter Jango Fett, all of whom were trained to be professional and loyal soldiers. After Anakin, Padme and Obi-Wan were captured on Geonosis, they were used for sport, until the Jedi arrived.
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