As the Vietnam War was demonic to begin with, I don’t terribly mind a protest against it.
What we have here today in the new SW movies is a completely different animal, propaganda wise. Unlike the original there’s nothing even slightly subtle about it.
Just saw it and really, really, really loved it! One of the best in the series, I think. Terrific!
Look, whatever your personal thoughts on the Vietnam War were, let me remind you that our reason for being there was to stop Communism. Or do I have to remind you that the guys Lucas based the Rebels and Ewoks on were the same guys who proceeded to do roadside bombings on school buses, forcibly amputate kids and force them to run back to their parents in patty fields to intimidate them into skipping out on voting, and killing people in the most brutal of ways? How can anyone view those guys as even remotely “heroic”, even IF we truly shouldn’t have been in Vietnam (and BTW, since we vowed to prevent Communism to get a foothold in Southeast Asia, we had an obligation to go in).
That said, I do agree with you, this is most likely even worse.