[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by JohnnyV13

Kathleen Kennedy and Rian Johnson admitted THEY had political agendas. Inserting politics in any Star Wars movie is a bad idea. The original trilogy came 3 years after Watergate, 2 years after the fall of Vietnam, and feminists were pushing ERA. It was a VERY divided time. And NO ONE came out of the original trilogy talking about contemporary politics.

If anything, Star Wars was a unifying force because it's underlying mythos was about restoring the Republic against an evil authoritarian Empire. Gosh, sort of like the same underlying reason behind the foundation of our country mixed up with our then current cold war adversary.

The fembot was clearly spouting feminist rhetoric and thus associated droid oppression with current rhetoric about female oppression. Whether the politics are right or wrong, stirring it up is simply bad business.

I'm with you. Besides being tired of Star Wars, I knew when the abhorrent prequels were released that the were trying to make some statement against the Bush Administration, hence all the Palpatine Votes Republican bumper stickers. The prequels were all about politics, a horribly written romance, a stupid character in a bunny suit, and neato over the top special effects. That's why I was so looking forward to TFA. And I did like it though it was an obvious reboot. Then they took all of the give a shit out of me after TLJ...and yeah, I'm just not excited about it anymore. The politics are a part of the problem for me, but on the whole I'm just sick of it.