Video Explores How Earth Factors into the STAR WARS Universe GeekTyrant [Video]

The Art of Storytelling has released an interesting video about how Earth factors into the Star Wars universe.

The video points out how the Skyriver Galaxy connects with Earth’s Milky Way in an artificial manner, how the characters are actually human despite descriptions otherwise, and how aspects of the real world has leaked into the franchise.

It’s explained: “Many have objected to the heavy-handed messaging in new Star Wars productions, which sometimes feel nakedly political. The proximity to contemporary American life kind of collapses the sense of remoteness necessary for mythology and fantasy.”

It also acknowledges that many fans “have responded positively to ‘Star Wars’ productions that are more grounded in realism and which deal with morally ambiguous real world, issues like corruption, bureaucracy, political dissent and class struggle.”

Andor is then used as an example of how it’s more based in realism than fantasy. “It’s only indirectly related to the mythology of the Skywalker Saga and …