It's neo-liberalism at its finest, operating under the cloak descriptor of globalization. We've even found a way to dispose of nuclear waste profitably. We repackage radiating junk through the creation of armor piercing gems called depleted uranium shells and then look for places to unload them. All that creativity invested in war. Imagine what humanity could accomplish redirecting these resources toward sane objectives, such as, eliminating the causes of war.
Capitalism knows no morality when it comes to profit.
Star Wars is nothing more than the creation of long term lucre at the expense of tackling working class people issues and inadequacies such as universal health care, higher education, child care, the causes of drug addiction, alienation, failing schools, AIDS, the incarceration epidemic, mass depression, etc. There's twelve zeroes there. Think of it. No need to worry, however. Those dollars sure do flow easily for investors with diverse portfolios across the entire spectrum of the weapons manufacturing industry.