My Sith Wars are completely realistic and have real-life parallels just like the Rebellion from the original trilogy was based on World War II and the American Revolution. I’m no historian, but I can’t think of a single war where a guy created two armies only to make them fight each other (simplest least convoluted Clone Wars explanation).
Well, there was that one time Satan rebelled in Heaven…
And theological connections vis-a-vis Palpatine do seem to have been on GL’s mind in the prequels. Darth Plagueis’ name, for instance, is a Paradise Lost reference.
I can’t tell what your first comment means. Are you saying the Rebellion is like Lucifer? (Lucifer became Satan AFTER rebelling) Do you think Lucifer created two armies and made them fight each other?
The prequels had religion in mind, but the references were fucked up in the worst way.
The Jedi, once based on Taoism and Zen Buddhism in the original trilogy, became more like Christians. Darth Vader was inexplicably paralled with Jesus Christ (with the whole “the savior” and virgin birth stuff), which made the Force exclusive. If you don’t have a bunch of Force juice/midichlorians, you can’t use the Force or be the Chosen One! In the original trilogy, even a wrinkly green midget who can barely move can be a wise master! (though later it was revealed that green midget can perform barrel rolls in the air while carrying a laser sword)