Several publications compared the political context of the Clone Wars to the Iraq War. In claiming that the "Star Wars" galaxy under the deceitful Palpatine parallels the modern issues of the United States, an editorial on Antiwar.com states that "Star Wars" "establishes first the generally agreeable premise that it's right to overthrow oppressive government, before bringing into focus something more discomforting – that the corrupt tyranny referred to is our own". Additionally, an article from Wiretap claims that "like Palpatine, the Bush administration has been able to feed on people's fears to gain more power". Lucas stated that the Iraq war "didn't exist" when he developed the Clone Wars, but he did see parallels between the Vietnam War that inspired "Star Wars" and the war in Iraq. "Star Wars" producer Rick McCallum corroborated that the Clone Wars was developed before the Iraq War, adding that Lucas "is a product of Vietnam".