[weegee]

"I didn't think it was going to get quite this close," he said of the parallels between the Nixon era and the current Bush presidency, which has been sacrificing freedoms in the interests of national security. "It is just one of those re-occurring things.

"I hope this doesn't come true in our country. Maybe the film will awaken people to the situation of how dangerous it is ... The parallels between what we did in Vietnam and what we are doing now in Iraq are unbelievable."

How do you draw the conclusion that this is JUST about Nixon?

[Betaille]

He didn't say it was just about Nixon. He said it's taken from many historical examples of a democracy becoming a dictatorship. He personally feels that Iraq resembles Vietnam, so what?
My complaint is that everyone seems to be accepting that Darth Vader is supposed to represent Bush. Lucas never said that and has in fact pointed out otherwise.