It’s important to note also that WWII films are not necessarily about the history of WWII; like Westerns they are mythology of ideas. It’s about the iconography, a valorous vision of heroes and unambiguous evil; at the time a more modern template for a war adventure in the burgeoning film medium. Lucas employs that imagery because he’s a film buff. It’s not like he’s saying anything about 1100s England when he pulls on Errol Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood.
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