Yeah it's not actual communism but more like a reflection of the fears of communism in pop culture from the time when it was written in the late 70s. Comment was a bit inprecise but amended.

[–] dreugeworst@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Even the empire's uniforms were pretty obviously based on nazi uniforms, what makes you think the empire is supposed to represent communism?

[–] yum_burnt_toast@reddthat.com 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

is it a coincidence that vader is derived from the german word for father?

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is that the case? It's both written and pronounced differently

[–] Maolmi@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

It is literally the word for "Father" in Dutch and in German there is just one letter difference ("Vater - "Vader"). It is pronounced differently, because it is a movie made for an american audience by an american director and writer.