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Subject:	Re: Empire Analysis : WAS: [Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships]
Newsgroups:	lugnet.starwars
Date:	Wed, 9 Feb 2000 16:50:53 GMT
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<snip> Loads of stuff about the Empire. </snip> And has anyone else noticed that just about every single member of the Empire is played by a British actor and the rebels are nearly all American? George -- what are you trying to say? F

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		Re: Empire Analysis : WAS: [Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships]
(...) EVIL British. ;) I think it was just to have a difference between the Empire and the Rebels. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Page -> (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)

		Re: Empire Analysis : WAS: [Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships]
(...) I think that Americans tend to associate the British accent with formality and sophistication; sort of the regal by-the-book British officer character. This stereotype (or so I suppose it could be called) fits well with the characteristics of (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)

		Re: Empire Analysis : WAS: [Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships]
(...) It's just the military officers. The stormtroopers have a normal accent. So it's that formality thing. Which sort of explains Sir Alec Guinness. Formal, you know. Steve (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)

		Re: Empire Analysis : WAS: [Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships]
(...) And in doing so, Lucas betrays how much he was influenced by Hollywood, while all the while claiming to dislike the place. Using Brits for the (generally evil) overlords and Americans for the (generally good) oppressed underclass is a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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(...) I thought most of the episodes were shot in England, thus if you need a few more speaking characters (not the major actors), you call the London talent agency. I don't recall a lot of non-stars on the rebel side, who was there, Wedge, one or (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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		Re: Empire Analysis : WAS: [Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships]
In lugnet.starwars, Scott Edward Sanburn writes: SNIP (...) That is because they are the Villains of the story. Villainy never wins in the end because of many factors, the most important one being "Evil never Prospers". This was an unwritten code in (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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