Owen Benjamin comments on the nerdiest fake holiday since Kwanzaa was invented.
To celebrate May the 4th we should all appreciate what a Boomer institution Star Wars is:
- Luke forsook his rural upbringing to take part in a political campaign he had no place in.
- Leah was a strong independent feminist.
- Obi-Wan was a childless hippie who devoted his life to eastern mysticism.
- Han is a wandering deadbeat who lives with his dog and is obsessed with his car.
- Darth Vader abandoned his family to pursue his career.
- The robots are in an openly gay relationship.
- Everyone treats the empire like the great evil while fully enjoying the comforts and protections it provides.
In retrospect, Star Wars may have been a much darker commentary on the realities of Clown World’s politics than most of us realized at the time.
