-Caveat Lector- from alt.talk.royalty Subject: George Lucas and Royalty From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Louis Epstein) Date: Thu, 08 July 1999 07:39 PM EDT Message-id: <qEah3.18928$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Star Wars movies have a rather ambivalent attitude toward royalty. On the one hand,republican rebels against an empire are presented as good; on the other,the sympathetic characters include royalty. The latest offering has a character who is supposedly ELECTED "Queen" of a planet at the age of fourteen,and previously "Princess" of a city at twelve,despite humble village origins. The concept is rather fantastical...and I wonder if it's meant more as a wish-fulfillment role model for juvenile audience members than anything else.(Though why not have her be president?) Without heredity playing a role,what society of adults would defer to a child as head of state? Subject: Re: George Lucas and Royalty From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jfohne) Date: Sat, 10 July 1999 10:08 AM EDT Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: George Lucas and Royalty >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RCLOVELY) >This is a movie script and is ment for entertainment. Besides that, >it is in a "galexy far away" I must disagree. Louis has an understanding more so in agreement with my own opinion. Simply, for centuries Liturgical actions has always been used as a vehicle to teach that particular faith, whereas entertainment has been the vehicle used by secular types to preach their own type of vision. Entertainment throughout the centuries has been a means of teaching, even dare say so brainwashing the people to agree with the writers and producers of such events. ... To me the whole Star Wars saga is providing a fantasy justification for revolutionaries and anti-monarchists. So much of it seems to say we don't mind kings and queens, if they are totally obedient to the every whim of the people. Which of course is democracy with a slightly different face. Also, he implies heavily if the people don't select you, it is because you have ruthlessly climbed the ladder and must be a dictator. Which is quite the opposite of how so much of European royalty have obtained and kept their thrones for so many centuries. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om