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In the next step of the Darth Vader movement in Ukraine, and coming just before the new Star Wars movie is out, a statue of Lenin was replaced with a statue of Darth Vader.
Ukrainians have transformed a statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin into one of Darth Vader in the city of Odessa. The absurd but highly-symbolic move comes just before the release of the latest "Star Wars" movie.
The founder of the former communist state, the Soviet Union, has long been despised by many Ukrainians. In April, the government passed a law, ordering all symbols of the Soviet era to be removed from the country.
"After the anti-communism law was adopted earlier this year, we had to decide what to do with the monument [of Lenin]," Oleksandr Milov, the sculptor of the new statue, told the AFP news agency. A 'real life' Vader, one of several in Ukraine, was on hand to check that the new statue was 'fully operational'
"Honestly, I did not like the idea of destroying it, so we decided on a more flexible solution," he said, adding that they were planning to install a Wi-fi router on the statue's head so that he can "communicate with the other Siths."
(Score: 4, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday October 25 2015, @09:25PM
An interesting fact about Star Wars was that George Lucas was influenced by Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl [wikipedia.org] in a lot of his scenes, such as this one. [squarespace.com]
She made extensive use of wide-angle distance shots to capture number and organization of people. Other examples are this [nocookie.net] and this [moviepilot.com] scene in Star Wars, both of which are obviously influenced by this style of scene in Riefenstahl's work. [moma.org]
Oh, and Riefenstahl was hot, too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 26 2015, @12:05AM
Not influenced, deliberatively evocative. He called them stormtroopers for fuck's sake.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday October 26 2015, @12:30AM
The point of my post was to put a little more context behind the obvious.
Behind Hugo Boss' awesome uniform design, [pinimg.com] of course.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 26 2015, @12:34AM
Your posting history and your word choice in this case meant you got no slack. You've earned that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 26 2015, @01:29AM
He called them stormtroopers for fuck's sake.
And the time when I became interested in history and understood the real events, I dropped Star Wars like a bad habit. All those Star Wars games I played made me an accessory in spreading lies. Never again.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 26 2015, @01:47AM
Leni Riefenstahl was a film-maker, not a propagandist*. You need to see the documentary about her life and career: The wonderful, horrible life of Leni Reifenstahl [wikipedia.org]
And while you are at it, watch Olympia (Part 1 and 2). It will make you an instant fan of hers. And if you are still not convinced, watch "Triumph of Will".
Most of today's producers are not even 0.001% of what Leni Riefenstahl was. And these so-called producers keep stealing her ideas even today.
*Being a propagandist is not automatically a bad thing. And the National Socialists never lied (even in their propaganda) anyway.