Deja Reviewer

Is it blasphemous to compare a document as divinely inspired as the United States Constitution to a film written and directed by a man who went on to create a character named Jar Jar Binks? I’ll let you decide. No matter how different the film Star Wars: A New Hope and the Constitution may seem, I’m about to show you that they actually have a lot in common in how they came about and how they’ve affected the world.

First, I’ll list all the similarities. Then I’ll go through them one by one:

• Each creation was inspired by one visionary man.
• Each visionary used ideas from the past to create something new and fresh.
• Others revised and built upon the visionary’s ideas to make the final product better than he could have done by himself.
• Without the aid of a beloved icon, both projects would likely have failed.
• Some things had to be abandoned in order to ensure the project’s success.
• The work first won over Americans and then people around the world.
• Politics and the film industry were changed forever by the advent of these creations.
• The two works have been amended several times over the years. Continue reading →