Cheering for the wrong side....

Rating: Null/10 (9 December 2016)

Here is the thing that I always found fascinating about the Star Wars series, since the first 1977(?) film...
The writers, producers, actors have been able to convince audiences to root for the "rebels" fighting the "Empire." But from the opening scene it appears all too obvious to me that the Empire is the US of A!
Think about how the US operates on much of this planet--biggest army/air force/navy of all other nations, combined. Enormous "treasure and blood" invested in warfare and conquest. Think about all the peoples around the world that attempt to "rebel" against US influence: OUR oil, not theirs, WE control their land/waterways/airways, not them.
We have the big bucks, we buy up their politicians, or kill the ones that disagree with US. History of the last 100 years is about the growing domination of the US, interrupted by occasional upstarts (Nazis, "Communists." etc.). And all funded by our taxes, over 50% of each federal tax dollar goes to war.
I am not a "Jews run Hollywood" conspiracist, nor do I think Hollywood is a monolith. But Hollywood is all about "business," capitalist business. So basically, whatever content makes "gross" money and nothing that would actually help to ORGANIZE "rebels" against the system they profit from, certainly.
The latest big fascist on the scene, Mr. T, is just another figurehead, though more dangerous than some in the past, given who he will appoint to run things, since he is unable to do it himself. "Draining the swamp" with the same old alligators in charge, as far as I can see.
I only saw the first Star Wars, and there is no amount of money that you could pay me to sit through another. What is so "endearing" about US audiences: not only will they eagerly LINE UP to see this crap, they will pay for the privilege, buy up the t-shirts, dolls and other junk, and to top it all off, they cheer for the wrong side! And some are intelligent educated people, too—- "it's only a fantasy movie" No, it's not.
Talk about voting against your own interests