"I wanted to show, if you like, the Human Dimension of Tremas -- and you can best do that by showing People That He Loves.
And, The Love of a Father for His Daughter is unequivocal;
whereas sometimes, the love of A Father for a Wife is -- less so.
So in a Child-Parent relation[ship], it was important to have that foil to show his Human Dimension, and maybe to give some idea of the nature of The Sacrifice he would make in electing himself, or allowing himself to be elected Keeper [of Traken]."
"The Patron creates The Propaganda - and what I wanted to do was go back to some of the Older Propaganda, which was consistant through ALL of The Societies, Mythology -
Which is to say,
"What Do They ALL Believe..?"
Because all of this propaganda was created INDEPENDENTLY.
And what are these things which they ALL believe, which is, Relationships with your Father, Relationships with your Society, Relationships with Your History, Relationships with The Gods - all of this stuff, it's old, but there were psychological motiffs that were created, through storytelling, primarily ORAL storytelling, that explained WHAT they believed in and WHO they believed in.
So what I wanted to do was go back and find the psychological motiffs that underlie that - those grow out of Popularism.
And to say that - not all - but a majority of people, BOYS, have a certain psychological relationship with Their Father -
And that's been going on through History, and trying to explain that to say :
"We Know
Your DARKEST SECRET.
And Therefore,
You're Part of US.
Because We All Know The SAME THINGS -
We Know What You're Thinking About Your Mother;
We Know What You Think About Your Bother;
We Know What You Think About Your Father REALLY -"
— George Lucas
