Knives Out for President: Man Who Killed Luke Skywalker Takes Aim at Trump Voters

Two Points. First, Star Wars is an adventure story that should have no political message beyond fighting for freedom against tyranny. That was the storyline we fell in love with in 1977. It morphed somewhat later into the rise, fall and redemption of Anakin Skywalker, but that’s okay; it was George Lucas’s story, and he did it his way as entertainment, not for politics. Selling the franchise to Disney, however, which has become a political propaganda machine, is what doomed this current iteration, this Mary Sue thing with Rey and the death of Luke Skywalker (he got a few billion dollars out of it, so good for George). But in storytelling terms, no one is EVER truly dead in sci-fi or fantasy. They can always be brought back if the writer has a good enough reason. Just wait and see. I won’t be surprised to see Emperor Palpatine or Anakin Skywalker brought back to life someday if a writer wants to badly enough. We can only hope that for this latest trilogy, J.J. Abrams will save the overall story arc. But even if he can’t, the long-term franchise, the universe it is built upon, is rich enough that once this current political Leftist insanity du jour of Hollywood is past (and it will be, eventually), the Star Wars universe is still rich enough for excellent stories set in future movies when this political madness has faded from the scene. Maybe not in our generation, but this franchise will outlive our generation many times over. Good entertainment sells to everyone, especially if it speaks to basic human imperatives and desires, like freedom from tyranny or the fight against evil. Hollywood will relearn this fact eventually.

Two. Why is Hollywood wanting to attack Trump supporters? They buy tickets, too. This director letting his political emotions cloud his judgment for making money. That’s a loss of revenue plan, if you ask me. It’s a plan for a movie to fail at the box office, and it aims to split people into opposing camps within the audience watching it. It’s preaching, not entertainment. As a Trump supporter, I will simply boycott this movie altogether. I refuse to pay someone to diss me. In the end, I know Hollywood isn’t really a Blue entity; at its bottom line it is a “green” entity, and that green is money. Don’t go see the film and the investors don’t get the expected return on their investment. Then the movie tanks at the box office. Then the executives that fund his guy’s next movie project will be more reluctant to advance him any cash to make his next one. That’s capitalism as it works for the audience member. You have a say. When they do good, reward them. When they do bad, punish them. That is the power of the audience. That is our Force. Use the Force.