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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.


61 posted on 06/04/2008 8:27:02 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (The change Barack Obama will bring is called anarchy.)
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To: Rebelbase

May the farce be with you George!


62 posted on 06/04/2008 8:27:31 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (1984 was supposed to be a warning not an instruction manual!)
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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.


63 posted on 06/04/2008 8:29:22 AM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: Rebelbase
Oh, shut up, George and go watch your daughter get the snot knocked out of her...
The Force is Not Strong with Her
64 posted on 06/04/2008 8:29:57 AM PDT by McKayopectate
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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.
65 posted on 06/04/2008 8:31:47 AM PDT by allmendream (Life begins at the moment of contraception. ;))
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To: Rebelbase

wtf is this dreams and hopes crap. Tired of it. What does Osama bring to the table?


66 posted on 06/04/2008 8:37:59 AM PDT by JackDanielsOldNo7 (On guard until the seal is broken)
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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.

67 posted on 06/04/2008 8:43:27 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Average White Conservative)
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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))
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To: allmendream

You’re may be right, I was quoting from memory which has cobwebs and rust.


69 posted on 06/04/2008 8:51:00 AM PDT by Rebelbase (McCain: The Third Bush Term ?)
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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.

70 posted on 06/04/2008 8:51:31 AM PDT by yarddog
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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.

71 posted on 06/04/2008 8:58:31 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Rebelbase

And I will NOT be going to see Crystal Skull now.


72 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.")
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To: Dahoser

You left out episode 6. Stupid Ewoks.


73 posted on 06/04/2008 9:25:03 AM PDT by BBell
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To: Right Brother
HOOOOOOOOOOOPE...

CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGE...

74 posted on 06/04/2008 9:29:26 AM PDT by BBell
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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!

75 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)!)
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To: Rebelbase

The Star Wars movies teach us a foreboding lesson—evil emperors start out as senators


76 posted on 06/04/2008 9:58:29 AM PDT by G8 Diplomat
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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...

77 posted on 06/04/2008 10:03:58 AM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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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.


78 posted on 06/04/2008 10:10:04 AM PDT by Bigg Red
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To: BBell

Half of episode 6. They didn’t ruin the whole thing.


79 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.)
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To: Rebelbase

80 posted on 06/04/2008 10:40:29 AM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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