More brain-dead virtue signaling.
Maybe, but a lot of the original Star Wars stuff was WW2-inspired — from Spitfire-esque X-wings, P-38-like Y-wings and very Bf109-inspired Ties to Stormtroopers, SSith, and the, let’s say, homogeneity of the Imperial presence generally (in a galaxy filled with a vast array of species).
That said, this particular ‘rule’ is very lib-virtue-signaling and counter-productive. Nobody is going to think that because the class jock showed up in white plastic (or black Darth style) that they’re about to invade Poland. A more practical rule might be ‘no helmets — we are looking forward to seeing you again after all these years.’
Someone should go as Obama going as a giant douchebag.
Oh, yeah, sure, and like the Ewoks weren’t modeled after German Shepherds.
Well I think the solution to the whole thing is to have someone portray that esteemed Princeton president, Woodrow Wilson. That way he could segregate the white storm troopers from the rest of the “polite” party goers.