Allow me to make a prediction. Rough, by all means. Totally uncalled for. But here it is anyhow.

This next episode shall affect some people.

That’s the singular magic of this moment in sociological weirdness. Even if nothing is wrong and all we’re proving to be are highly imaginative chicken littles, we and our archived imaginations will go on until they are purged.

Don’t think otherwise people. We seriously are living in the beginning days of a true and blue revolution. We merely await an assymetrical response from those to which our idle speculation threatens.

Perhaps nothing will ever come of anything. Therefore, enjoy the ride and be ready to be wrong.

Being wrong about now would be one of the nicest feelings.

That’s my take on Jar Jar.

Anakin Skywalker, “the chosen one”, is Christ (and to some extents, Mohammad).

Palpatine (or Sidious) is Monotheism (and Tyrrany), and can be seen as the Gnostic
Demi-urge.

Obi-Wan is the Occidental occult of magic (Hermes Trismegistus, Thoth, Merlin, Apollonius).

Yoda of the prequel trilogy is Hinduism, but as we find out in Ep 3, he takes on the Gautama role, sees the truth (fights Maya, the Devil, Palpatine, the Gnostic Demi-urge), thus becoming the Buddha of the original trilogy.

Qui-Gon Jinn of Episode 1 represents the magi of Persia, and fulfills the role of finding “the chosen one”, much like the 3 Magi. He also trains Obi-Wan who becomes the true representation of Magic.

The introduction of Darth Maul is much like the introduction of Zoroastrianism and duality (creating a good side and a bad side). When Darth Maul kills Qui-Gon, it’s like Zoroastrianism killing the shamanistic religions of Persia.

Darth Tyrannus or Count Dooku represents Judaism.

When Anakin kills the Tusken Raiders (for killing his mother), he creates an internal conflict (the Ep 3 book describes it as a dragon), and this internal conflict is Islam. Thus your conflicts between Christianity and Islam are internal conflicts.

When Dooku injures Anakin, it is much like the early relationship between Judaism and Christianity (and now the relationship between Judaism and Islam).

Anakin then (in Ep 3) kills Dooku, much like the Anti-Semitism that stems from both Islam and Christianity (cough, cough Nazis cough cough Ratzinger cough cough).

General Grevious, the main villian of Ep 3, is a representation of the evils of Technology, or in other words, when the scientists lose their soul during the Age of Reason.

The Clone Wars that began in Ep 2 and end in Ep 3, were just a front, a proxy war. They were meant to allow Palpantine to rise to power, much like Monotheism and fake Democracy (Tyranny in disguise) has risen.

Anakin (in Ep 3) then goes and kills many of the Jedi, launching an assualt on the Jedi Temple. This much like Christianity and Islam converting mass numbers of people and killing off the heretics. The burning of the Jedi Temple is similar to the burning of books by Christianity.

Thus, as Joseph Campbell said, the Age of Reason (General Grevious, Death Star, etc) combined with the rise of Christianity (Darth Vader), and to lesser extents, Monotheism as a whole (Palpantine, Demi-urge) killed the occult (the Jedi). The only Jedi that survived were Obi-Wan (magic, perhaps even psychics) and Yoda (Buddhism, Qi-Gong, Taoism, Tai-Chi, etc).

That is why the original trilogy was SO POWERFUL. It was the return of the Hero (Campbell’s Hero With a Thousand Faces), and the hero combined everything to conquer the Demi-Urge, and The Empire (Philip K Dick’s Empire?????).

That is why Lucas released IV first. It was hopeful. It was emotional. It was surreal. The prequel trilogy is too real, too sad, too depressing; it is the FAILURE of the Hero (failure of Christianity/Islam). That wasn’t going to sell for a struggling filmmaker. The hopeful overtones of the original trilogy sell.

The original trilogy also outlines what we must to overtake the Demi-urge. Combine the tenents of Magic (and other Occidental practices), Buddhism (and other Orient philosophies), and combine that with Christ’s reverance for life, as well as other Gnostic teachings of Christ, along with a solid understanding of Science and Technology. Technology is just a tool, for both us and the Demi-urge (or Archons) to use.

That is the Gnostic philosophy behind Star Wars, though I doubt that was what George Lucas intended. George Lucas is a stout Christian, who was impacted by myth, and what he created can be viewed from multiple angles. Even if Lucas didn’t consciously create Vader as a representation of Christianity/Islam, that doesn’t mean that his unconscious soul didn’t intend for this to be seen. Myths are living, and when you combine them, you create a living mirror of the world.

Now, your outlook on life determines where in the trilogies we are. I think we are somewhere between Ep 3 and Ep 4, but a pessimistic person may point towards the growing Fundamentalism (and the war on terror as a “clone war”) and say we are somewhere right after Ep 2. Likewise, an optimistic person would look at the return of the occult, and perhaps place current time somewhere around Ep 5 (before or after). It all depends on your outlook, but just remember, that Lucas wrote a rough story arch for ALL 9 (even the trilogy that probably will never be made) in the late seventies.

***It is good to note that Christ is not evil, nor is he fake, it is Christianity that is Darth Vader. This is why both Luke and Padme (in Ep 3) proclaim that there “is still good in him”. Also, about Palpatine, George Lucas shaped the original Palpatine after Richard Nixon (and probably Stalin/Hitler). Ratzinger similarities are after-the-fact (but not necessarily coincidences).

Don´t you think Cardinal Ratzinger looks (and is in some ways) like Senator/Emperor Palpatine? Does Sith and Nazi have the same etimology?

Keep walking, great blog.

PD. After Crusade and Episode III, we have The War of the Worlds. Seems that some one just wanted to film different versions of Huntington´s Clash of Civilizations? That by the way, this “scholar” wrote a famous study for the Trilateral Commission in the 1970s about the “dangers of democracy”….

If I recall correctly, one of Lucas’ answers back in the day about why he started the saga with episode IV was because the first half of his story was far too dark for the audience at that time. I also seem to remember an old interview where Lucas also intimated in no uncertain terms that the first three would never be made. What changed.

For one, I believe Lucas has financed episodes I through III completely on his own citing creative freedom. Therefore, in some ways I wonder if Lucas’ vision of evil triumphing isn’t simply a closing of a loop. He could be merely completing the cycle of evil rising, but good at the end (or beginning depending on where you start watching) always has it’s day too. Because if you think about it, how could anybody have an opinion about this third and final installment without having first seen the original three with the rise of of the rebellion and the human dilemma of evil and good? That, I wonder, could be of some particular design as it completely jibes with the world as it was back in 1977, ‘80 and ‘83 and the final three coming in chronological disorder, but more effective for a later turn of the century audience. After the Revenge of the Sith, everybody knows what happens next. That could be the message — A message of hope instilled thirty years before, thus preparing us for the harrowing but very temporary triumph of pure evil that precedes the reaction of the forces of good.

Either way, none of this explains the unfortunate phenomena of Jar Jar Binks, which only goes to prove that Lucas is still painfully human.

actually, your article on the star wars 9/11 connection was what brought me to your site originally long ago. i had been meaning to write that same thing myself but then saw that youd beat me to the punch.

Also, the final scene in Star Wars is lifted straight from the Nazi rally in Triumph of the Will: troops standing in perfect rectangular formation with a gap in the middle, up which the important people walk to be honored.

Also, notice the similarities between Star Wars and the popular myth of the 9/11 operation: Idealistic outsiders in flying craft, inspired by a bearded man from the desert, totally destroy a giant grey monolithic structure representing the control of a giant empire.