Comment by wmeredith

I was wondering when this aspect of Star Wars would start getting batted around in the main stream. It's very interesting watching America square the never ending war on terror against our rich cultural history of glorifying rebels, particularly in light of our nation's birth. There's a reason that the Iraqi rebels were branded as "insurgents" during that war. I'd venture a guess that referring to them as rebels or any form of the word would be enough to get a Fox news employee fired. Orwell would have a field day with our modern linguistic contortions to allow ourselves to remain the scrappy beacon of individualism and personal liberty in our minds.