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The force is with Obama, 'Star Wars' creator says
Bribart ^
| 6/4/08
| AP
Posted on 06/04/2008 7:31:52 AM PDT by Rebelbase
George Lucas has created legendary film heroes like Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones, but the US director says that in real life, his hero is Barack Obama.
Lucas was in Japan on Wednesday to promote his latest film, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," as Obama clinched the Democratic Party's nomination for president.
"We have a hero in the making back in the United States today because we have a new candidate for president of the United States, Barack Obama," Lucas said when asked who his childhood heroes were.
Obama, "for all of us that have dreams and hope, is a hero," Lucas said.
Lucas is the creator of the blockbuster "Star Wars" series, as well as the adventures of the swashbuckling archaeologist Indiana Jones, played by Harrison Ford.
Obama on Tuesday sealed the Democratic contest after a marathon battle with Hillary Clinton, becoming the first black White House candidate nominated by a major party.
TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 2008; boycotthollywood; georgelucas; hollywood; hollywoodreds; hollywoodvote; jarjarbinks; lucas; milliondollarmarxist; nobama2008; obama; starwars
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To: Rebelbase
George Lucas is an expert on fantasy.
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posted on
06/04/2008 8:27:02 AM PDT
by
Niteranger68
(The change Barack Obama will bring is called anarchy.)
To: Rebelbase
May the farce be with you George!
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posted on
06/04/2008 8:27:31 AM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(1984 was supposed to be a warning not an instruction manual!)
To: Rebelbase
Looks like old “tin ear” Lucas isn’t content with having destroyed all his own properties, now he wants to destroy everyone else’s.
To: Rebelbase
To: Rebelbase
I believe the line was “You may never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy” but maybe Lucas changed it while making Greedo shoot first.
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posted on
06/04/2008 8:31:47 AM PDT
by
allmendream
(Life begins at the moment of contraception. ;))
To: Rebelbase
wtf is this dreams and hopes crap. Tired of it. What does Osama bring to the table?
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posted on
06/04/2008 8:37:59 AM PDT
by
JackDanielsOldNo7
(On guard until the seal is broken)
To: Rebelbase
This from a guy who chose the catatonic Ewan McGregor and the gooey-faced Natalie Portman as his lead characters in his colossal snoozer Episode 1.
No thanks, George.
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posted on
06/04/2008 8:43:27 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Average White Conservative)
To: ChocChipCookie
Those pics and his demeanor really speak for themselves, don’t they?
68
posted on
06/04/2008 8:48:06 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: allmendream
You’re may be right, I was quoting from memory which has cobwebs and rust.
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posted on
06/04/2008 8:51:00 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(McCain: The Third Bush Term ?)
To: Dead Corpse
As soon as I saw the Ewoks in "Return of the Jedi", I knew they were meant to represent something evil but that the movie makers considered good.
Many years later, Lucas mentioned they were meant to represent the Viet Cong.
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posted on
06/04/2008 8:51:31 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: yarddog
They were originally supposed to be Wookies and the whole fight taking place on Kashyyyk. It was supposed to be a fight between technologically backwards Wookies vs Imperial might.
His kids thought something more like a teddybear would appeal to them. Hence those stupid ass Ewoks.
THX1138 was Lucas' only "real" film. One he now seems bent on recreating by joining forces with those who want to push the buttons and prescribe the drugs to a highly controlled populace.
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posted on
06/04/2008 8:58:31 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(What would a free man do?)
To: Rebelbase
And I will NOT be going to see Crystal Skull now.
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posted on
06/04/2008 9:18:13 AM PDT
by
fightinbluhen51
("...If it moves, tax it, if it moves faster, regulate it, if it stops, subsidies it.")
To: Dahoser
You left out episode 6. Stupid Ewoks.
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posted on
06/04/2008 9:25:03 AM PDT
by
BBell
To: Right Brother
HOOOOOOOOOOOPE...
CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGE...
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posted on
06/04/2008 9:29:26 AM PDT
by
BBell
To: Rebelbase
"We have a hero in the making back in the United States today because we have a new candidate for president of the United States, Barack Obama," Lucas said when asked who his childhood heroes were. Hero? Because hes a Mocha Negro? Now you know why the last 3 (soon to be 4) Star Wars movies sucked!
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posted on
06/04/2008 9:55:49 AM PDT
by
Bommer
(There's an (R) next to his name! I must trash my principles & beliefs and vote for the (R)!)
To: Rebelbase
The Star Wars movies teach us a foreboding lesson—evil emperors start out as senators
To: Rebelbase
Obama, "for all of us that have dreams and hope, is a hero," Lucas said. Yep, the Farce is strong in that one...
To: garyhope
Have they ever heard of 9/11?
What do they think is next from the Islamofascists?
&&&
They live in the fantaay world that they create for a living.
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posted on
06/04/2008 10:10:04 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
To: BBell
Half of episode 6. They didn’t ruin the whole thing.
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posted on
06/04/2008 10:28:44 AM PDT
by
Dahoser
(America's great untapped alternative energy source: The Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
To: Rebelbase
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