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The title of the famous Star Wars film, "The Empire Strikes Back," is employed by Maxwell as a metaphor for historical and cultural tensions between new and old world powers. He links the "Empire" of the Sith to the historical ambitions of the United States—referred to as the "Empire State"—against European powers in the context of the World Wars. This perspective posits that Star Wars serves as an allegory for American expansionism and a symbolic overthrow of "old Roman dynasties."