Did you know Star Wars is a metaphor for World War Two?

Star Wars is a World War Two propaganda film only set in space.

The Empire is Nazi Germany. The Rebel Alliance is America. Luke Skywalker is the average American Soldier. Han Solo is the average American pilot. Princess Leia is the average British spy.

And Chewbacca is the dog. The dog in any military unit in any war.

Do you have a source for this? I wouldn't be too surprised if you were right, but if I recall correctly George Lucas was trying to model Star Wars after the Monomyth.

From Wikipedia "Star_Wars_sources_and_analogues":

Commentators have noted the strong political analogies in the Star Wars universe to contemporary American politics. Major analogies include Lucas's opposition to the Vietnam War being seen in the original trilogy.[75] Lucas even said in 2005 that Star Wars "was really about the Vietnam War, and that was the period where Richard Nixon was trying to run for a [second] term, which got me to thinking historically about how do democracies get turned into dictatorships. Because the democracies aren't overthrown; they're given away."[76] This claim was likewise backed up by the 1973 draft for the first movie, then-called The Star Wars, where Lucas specifically mentioned that the theme involved an independent planet named Aquillae that was compared to North Vietnam, and that the Empire was "America 10 years from now",[77][78] and by Walter Murch, who claimed Lucas, after his failure with Apocalypse Now, decided to do Star Wars as a way to channel the anti-war and pro-Vietcong ideology in a disguised form.[79] Ian McDiarmid, when recalling something Lucas told him during filming of Return of the Jedi, also implied that the Oval Office, and in particular, Nixon's presidency, played a role in the design of the Emperor's throne room.

I'll take this opportunity to ask how best to get acquainted with the lore of the universe - what to watch, read or play?