To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.starwarsOpen lugnet.starwars in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Star Wars / 5962
5961  |  5963
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
Viewed: 
1578 times
  
<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



Message has 5 Replies:
  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) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: Empire Analysis : WAS: [Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships]
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)

Message is in Reply To:
  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 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)

82 Messages in This Thread:




































Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR