Some of the concept art in the Art Of Star Wars book is a little bit creepy. There was definitely a WWII influence of the look and feel of the Empire from the beginning.
I’m always amused when I spot actors who played imperials in the OT playing Germans in WWII movies, or Russians in Cold War movies. Talk about typecasting!
Alec Guinness playing the title role in Hitler : The Last Ten Days is way too creepy though.
Here’s another one I noticed recently when ‘escape to victory’ was on TV over christmas…
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(By the way, pardon my ignorance but is there a guide thread on how to do simple things like embed an image?)