White supremacists seem to be lacking in their Star Wars knowledge, as they seem to have completely forgotten about Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), a white boy who would perhaps have been more plausible in Nebraska than on Tattooine.
Nor do they seem to remember the whole who shot first debate surrounding the Special Edition of Episode IV. In trying to make Han Solo (Harrison Ford) more of a hero and less of a scoundrel, George Lucas decided that the old smuggler bravely lets Greedo try to shoot him at close range before firing back.
Supposedly, the Star Wars movies are teaching viewers that whiteness is bad because all the villains are white. Never mind Sebulba, Darth Maul, Cad Bane, General Grievous, Jabba the Hutt (ignoring the original version of Episode IV), etc.
Because of this perceived inequity, white supremacists want to invert the Star Wars notions of good and evil, so that Emperor Palapatine (Ian McDiarmid) is a good guy, as well as and Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen, Sebastian Shaw, David Prowse, and, it should really be noted, James Earl Jones).
And the Trump figure is... Palpatine? Don't shoot the messenger, Sam Kestenbaum, reporting for Forward.com. Kestenbaum posts a video that implausibly recasts Palpatine as Trump, Hillary Clinton as Anakin Skywalker and President Obama as Mace Windu, the Jedi who tries to arrest Palpatine in Episode III.
Mace Windu is sour and humorless, compared to Obama, while the idea of Clinton as Skywalker suggests that in a couple of decades, Chelsea Clinton will blow up the Death Star (Episode IV) and lead to the downfall of the Empire (Episode VI).
The most problematic shoehorning here is Trump as Palpatine. “I have the Senate bogged down in procedures,” Darth Sidious (at first a secret identity of Palpatine) tells the Trade Federation in Episode I. Palpatine knows the rules and customs of the Republic.
In real life, Republicans aren’t even sure that Trump has at least read the U. S. Constitution. If the dumbass has read it, he probably doesn’t understand what an “emolument” is. Ignorance of the law is no excuse, these so-called “law and order” Republicans like to say, don’t they?
Also, there is nothing to indicate that Palpatine is a hedonist, at least not in the movies. Palpatine lives to use the dark side of the Force for the accumulation of power, and demonstrates great self-discipline and long-term planning (maybe he already had the Battle of Endor planned before the blockade of Naboo even begun).
Trump, on the other hand, seems to have been surprised by his apparent Electoral College win (by the way, reminder: they haven’t actually voted yet). What’s the plan now? Oh, Putin hasn’t told him yet.
That’s not Palpatine, Emperor from the end of Episode III, dethroned only at the end of Episode VI. The obvious conclusion is that Trump is not Palpatine. Maybe Putin is, using the Force to make Jar Jar Trump do his bidding (remember the emergency powers vote in Episode III).
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opened today. The story takes place between Episodes III and IV. I haven’t seen it yet, but don’t worry about telling me spoilers, like: do the Rebels succeed in delivering R2-D2 to Princess Leia with the Death Star plans?