By Chris Snellgrove | Published
Star Wars is a franchise that explicitly commented on Vietnam, with the creator George Lucas specific that the Ewoks fighting against an advanced technological force symbolized the Viet Cong. However, outside or Original series The Episode “A Private Little War”, the Science fiction franchise Star Trek rarely touched Vietnam or its controversies. All that changed with The next generation The “The Hunted” episode, which the Michael Piller Showrunner confirmed was based on the theme of “how society treats its veterans who return.”
If you need a letter review, “The Hunted” is an episode in which the company investigates a planet that will join the Federation, but the planet needs to help an escaped prisoner named Roga Danar. It turns out that he is a former soldier improved by the planetary government to fight in his Walf, but he and other similar troops were removed from society after war beer, too aggressive. Star Trek: The next generation Hancho Piller chief confirmed that this was an allegory for the Vietnam War and how many American citizens treated the soldiers who saw as too barbaric for re -ethical society.
Interestingly, this Star Trek: The next generation The episode offered a very different perspective about Vietnam than the episode of cough “to Private Little War”, which Kirk refers obliquely had the conflict with the line “Do you remember the brush wars of the twentieth century in the Asian continent?” That episode presented Klingon putting together a primitive tribe with advanced weapons and Kirk making the crazy decision to fix the situation ensuring that the rival tribe is equally armed. While Dr. McCoy opposes this idea, Kirk’s final decision is fascinating because it seems that the generally leftist show explicitly supported the controversial participation of the United States in Vietnam.
We quickly advance to “The Hunted”, and you get a posterior episode of Star Trek that still does not criticize Vietnam … at least, not the role played by the US government. Just thought the planetary government in this episode is corrupt, The Story Mostly Serves As a Critique of American Society and its Reluctance To Welcome Back Vietnam Soldiers, MANY OF WHOM WER TRAYED TO BE TRITED TO BE TRAITED TO BE TRAITED TO BE TRITED TO BE TRITED TO BE TRITED TO BE THE GROUPS TO BE TREEDED TO BE TRAYED TO BE TRAITTED TO BE TREATED TO BE TRAYED TO TROURED TO BE TRAYED TO TELL TO TELL TO TROUR.
Picard ends the planet count episode that can re -apply to the federation membership after discovering how to treat its veterans. This is essentially to tell the spectators that the future Utopia of Star Trek can only be achieved after we discover how to treat Vietnam veterans and other wars once they return to society. Obviously it is more than a little preacher, but what did you expect from the hippie franchise that is to save the world, a whale in danger of extinction at the same time?
Looking back in this episode of Star Trek, Michael Piller said that Roga Danar (the former fugitive soldier who symbolized Vietnam’s veterans) “to carry the company is a bit difficult to believe”, but that finally enjoyed this episode. We have to agree: “The Hunted” is the perfect example of an episode of preaching that did not allow his message to prevent the writer from delivering an entertaining hour full of action and introduction. And Danar is a murderous character who would love to see again, possible leading his own spin -off movie … one that could, only couldFinally get the taste of Section 31 Out of our mouths.
