Star Wars A New Hope was just “A hero’s journey” which is apparently a literary device or something that involves discrete events such as the hero must lose their mentor, and so on.
George Lucas called it at one point a fairy tale for a generation that grew up without them. I think he meant boomers.
I have no insider knowledge and it’s possible I’m wrong, but from 1977 as a little kid until now in 2025, this is the first time I’ve heard any claim it was somehow about Vietnam.
Star Wars A New Hope was just “A hero’s journey” which is apparently a literary device or something that involves discrete events such as the hero must lose their mentor, and so on.
George Lucas called it at one point a fairy tale for a generation that grew up without them. I think he meant boomers.
I have no insider knowledge and it’s possible I’m wrong, but from 1977 as a little kid until now in 2025, this is the first time I’ve heard any claim it was somehow about Vietnam.