The way starfighter combat works is definitely WW2. There’s some hand wavy explanations in-universe for why it works that way, but it clearly comes from WW2 fighter and bomber turret footage.
Politically, the empire is pretty clearly Nazi-coded, but I don’t think Lucas ever had more than a surface level understanding of fascism.
Sure, but it’s not about WW2 specifically in a way that would make Return about Vietnam instead like their comment implied. Anti-fascism in general, sure.
The way starfighter combat works is definitely WW2. There’s some hand wavy explanations in-universe for why it works that way, but it clearly comes from WW2 fighter and bomber turret footage.
Politically, the empire is pretty clearly Nazi-coded, but I don’t think Lucas ever had more than a surface level understanding of fascism.
Sure, but it’s not about WW2 specifically in a way that would make Return about Vietnam instead like their comment implied. Anti-fascism in general, sure.