Episode IV would likely have been seen as more libertarian had Lucas not lopped off the first five or so minutes just prior to release. Those who dislike Star Wars may be terribly wrong, but before acting creepy about it, ask yourselves: what would Yoda do? Hate leads to suffering. You’d think Star Wars fans, aside from Sonny Bunch, would understand that behaving like violent stormtroopers is evil, but several apparently sent death threats to political commentator Katherine Timpf for saying she dislikes the movies. The libertarian folks at Reason hosted a whole panel discussion on Star Wars, and whatever else you may think about the series’ politics, it should never be forgotten that it’s about resisting a tyrannical government and as such was reportedly condemned by the Kremlin back in the early 1980s as subversive. At least Bunch is mostly-joking, which is more than can be said for, say, Max Boot whining in a recent column that Ted Cruz isn’t warlike or pro-surveillance enough, one of the best advertisements I’ve yet seen for Cruz as the libertarian/conservative consensus candidate at a dark time for both movements.
Nonetheless, the anticipation period prior to this week’s big Force Awakens release has already inspired political commentary, perhaps most prominently Sonny Bunch’s neocon defense of destroying the planet Alderaan in the original film (I’m going to start just using the Episode numbers from now on-we’ve reached a critical mass of Star Wars films that makes me think ignoring subtitles and what got produced when may make things easier for everyone). Who controls how much of the galaxy on what basis really isn’t as important in this one as who’s attacking whom at the moment. Abrams’ earlier Star Trek reboot, really isn’t very political compared to the prior six episodes of the series. No spoilers here-except to say that the new movie, which unsurprisingly is comparable in quality to J.J.
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