What did George Lucas mean by this?

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[–]ID10T 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The holy grail myth comes from Arthurian legends, the origins of which are not fully known.

The Ark of the Covenant is an entirely different legend from the bible, book of Exodus. The story goes, when the Philistines captured it, they suffered terrible sickness, death and destruction. That God would destroy any evil people who came close to it.

There's a great alternate, ancient aliens, theory that the ark actually contained a radioactive energy generator, that only trained handlers (Israelites trained by aliens) could safely handle and use. The aliens gave to them to help them through their 40 years in the desert.

The Philistines, not having the training to handle the device, unleashed a huge amount of radiation which killed anyone in immediate proximity and gave radiation sickness to the surrounding population. The Ark myth has inspired some fun theories:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manna_Machine

https://gizmodo.com/the-engineer-who-said-the-ark-of-the-covenant-was-a-gia-1598583115

https://www.biblia.work/sermons/theark-of-the-covenant-moses-secret-weapon/

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The question is why Lucas, having an entire world of ideas to choose from, chose these ideas.

[–]ID10T 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Because the Nazis were into that shit and it made for a great story?

The Nazis went after all manner of religious/mythical artifacts, looking to establish themselves as a religious authority akin to the Catholic Church. https://www.history.co.uk/shows/lost-relics-of-the-knights-templar/the-nazi-hunt-for-holy-treasure-from-thor-s-hammer-to-the-holy-grail

https://www.rbth.com/history/331804-hitlers-occultists-search-ussr

https://www.thedailybeast.com/hitlers-hunt-for-the-holy-grail-and-the-ghent-altarpiece

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Defending the Nazis. A new low, even for one of you. I guess the paid posters are here to knee-jerk contradict anyone. We say blue, you say red. That's how it works.

[–]ID10T 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lol, wut?