Yeah it’s not actual communism but more like a reflection of the fears of communism in pop culture from the time when it was written in the late 70s. Comment was a bit inprecise but amended.
It is literally the word for “Father” in Dutch and in German there is just one letter difference ("Vater - “Vader”). It is pronounced differently, because it is a movie made for an american audience by an american director and writer.
ok but the empire were literally fascists trying to rule the imperial senate with absolute authority…
Yeah it’s not actual communism but more like a reflection of the fears of communism in pop culture from the time when it was written in the late 70s. Comment was a bit inprecise but amended.
Even the empire’s uniforms were pretty obviously based on nazi uniforms, what makes you think the empire is supposed to represent communism?
is it a coincidence that vader is derived from the german word for father?
Is that the case? It’s both written and pronounced differently
It is literally the word for “Father” in Dutch and in German there is just one letter difference ("Vater - “Vader”). It is pronounced differently, because it is a movie made for an american audience by an american director and writer.