Jul 31, 2026 · 1 hr · 13 segments
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Bunny RoseHostso where are we? When George Lucas sat down to write the political structure of Star Wars, he didn't invent the new system of government.
He just stole from the darkest chapters of human history.
Which is funny
every,
mean, as we were going through the entire Star Wars saga on It's Alive Alive.
Yeah.
There were constant parallels.
Jesus Christ, how close is that to what's going on right now?
The overarching political tragedy of the prequels, a peaceful republic willingly cheering as it becomes a fascist empire, is a direct mirror of the fall of the Roman Republic.
So we were half right here.
You said at the end of the show, when we went off the air, I kind of hinted at who I had read.
And then you turned around to me and said, I could have sworn that would be the Romans.
And we're both right.
It's both.
There's certain dissimilarities between him and Caesar, but then there's major similarities as well at the same time.
Oh, I guess so.
That was, I mean, the 70s.
so where are we? When George Lucas sat down to write the political structure of Star Wars, he didn't invent the new system of government.
He just stole from the darkest chapters of human history.
Which is funny
every,
mean, as we were going through the entire Star Wars saga on It's Alive Alive.
Yeah.
There were constant parallels.
Jesus Christ, how close is that to what's going on right now?
The overarching political tragedy of the prequels, a peaceful republic willingly cheering as it becomes a fascist empire, is a direct mirror of the fall of the Roman Republic.
So we were half right here.
You said at the end of the show, when we went off the air, I kind of hinted at who I had read.
And then you turned around to me and said, I could have sworn that would be the Romans.
And we're both right.
It's both.
There's certain dissimilarities between him and Caesar, but then there's major similarities as well at the same time.
Oh, I guess so.
That was, I mean, the 70s.
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