While the elite Jedi-who guard peace and justice in the Galactic Republic-bear similarities to Japanese samurai and Shaolin monks, they also echo the medieval monastic military order of the Knights Templar. “It is plain that the basic structure of Lucas’s history derives from the fall of the Roman Republic and the subsequent establishment of a monarchy,” Keen writes. The transition from the democratic Galactic Republic to the dictatorial Galactic Empire over the course of the franchise also mirrors that of ancient Rome. As Tony Keen notes in “Star Wars and History,” the architecture on the planet Naboo resembles that of imperial Rome, and the pod race in “The Phantom Menace” rivals that of the Roman chariot race seen on screen in “Ben-Hur.” The political institutions of “Star Wars”-such as the Senate, Republic and Empire-and the pseudo-Latin names of characters such as chancellors Valorum and Palpatine echo those of ancient Rome.
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