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Star Wars did also include a fair amount of politics as you can't have rebels without something to rebel against. I find your Mummy/New Hope idea intriguing an

• triceratops 5mo ago
  > Star Wars did also a fair amount of politics You might be thinking of The Phantom Menace with its trade negotiations. The movie that Red Letter Media panned because of its focus on this plot point. The feeble nod to politics in A New Hope mostly went over my head as a kid. It was already obvious the Empire was evil. They had a guy who choked people at a whim and another who blew up planets. The scene telling us the Emperor had dissolved the Senate meant nothing to me. > maybe raise you Raiders of the Lost Ark Fair point.