Talk:Twilight's Last Gleaming/@comment-28398720-20160904152443/@comment-27794543-20160904160528

The phrase is from the US national anthem. I've never heard of the film or novel, so it's not that well known among Americans. Wikipedia has plot summaries for both, which I'm too lazy to read right now.

Do we actually know the writers/producers meant it as reference to the film or novel and not to the US anthem? To me, the references to the anthem was sufficient, e.g. "rockets' red glare" = flares sent to signal to the Ark; the setting of the song (near Fort McHenry, Maryland) & where the 100 are located is fairly close; etc. Though, as I said, I haven't read the film & novel plot summaries to see if there was some deeper connection there.