But in the original cut of Revenge of the Sith, even more scenes connected the Empire to real-world fascism. A video from the YouTube channel Star Wars Analyst explores this subject in greater detail.

George Lucas is not a subtle storyteller. He named evil mooks of the Sith Empire "Stormtroopers." He made the non-Sith, especially Tarkin, walking Nazi stereotypes. He has them build, not one ...