In a Galaxy far far away

The Star Wars story has unfolded over the past three decades. When it first arrived it seemed like a simple sci-fi flick, but on May 19th when the final chapter arrives in theaters, the Star Wars story will become a myth for modern times. The merging of science fiction and fantasy is what Star Wars is all about. The two are difficult to define and even more difficult to distinguish. Science fiction provides a scientific explanation for all phenomena, where as fantasy mostly takes the supernatural for granted. However the science behind the explanations often are no more than mumbo-jumbo.
The first three movies; A New Hope 1977, The Empire Strikes Back 1980, Return Of The Jedi 1983, are all about the Galactic War. The Rebel Alliance battles the Galactic Empire in an epic struggle between good and evil. The last three movies; The phantom Menace 1999, Attack Of The Clones 2002, Revenge Of The Sith 2005 are all about the Galactic Civil War.
Unlike heroes of most films, Luke is not militaristic but is a romantic individual who faces his fears in a struggle between good and evil. Luke learns that fear is the path to the dark side, fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate and hate leads to suffering. The villain Darth Vader is elevated above most bad guys by the bridging of his character between the light and dark side. He tortures Princess Leia and even uses the Death Star to destroy her home planet of Alderaen, but when Vader has a chance to kill Luke, he does not. The light side over seeds the dark side.
Power always currupts and when you are incharge, you start doing things you think are right when they are actually not. Some see Star Wars as an advocate of democracy over ditatorship where others see it as supporting monarchy over democracy. We should remember that the Republic presented in Star Wars was initially a suitable form of democracy, yet one which demostrated an almost inherent tendency to fall into corruption.
Ever few hundred years the same story is retold because we have a tendency to do the same thing over and over again. The people who control the planet fall prey to power and corruption and a rebellion takes place. It will not be any different just because the USA holds the power.
I think it is safe to say that the rebellion will not come before May 19th so most Star Wars fans will get to see Revenge Of The Sith, I however will wait a couple of years and watch it on TV. It has been 28 years since I saw A New Hope, so waiting a couple of more years to see the last chapter is no big deal and by then I will have a HD-TV making Revenge Of The Sith that much better.