Lucas’ mythologizing changed the face of Hollywood in the 1970s, but today, there’s more of an appetite for darker, edgier, more morally challenging stories. The Rebels defeat the Empire, the Jedi triumph over the Sith, the light side of the Force balances out the dark side, etc. Emperor Palpatine is the deceptively camp embodiment of pure evil.
Series creator George Lucas was inspired by the archetype-driven storytelling of fairy tales and mythology to create a modern-day myth that would encapsulate those values. The Star Wars universe has always traded in standard good-versus-evil narratives.
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