Yep, might as well dumb down every culture out there with make believe entertainment.
A couple of my gearhead buddies and I went to the first star wars movie in 77. We probably should have gotten tossed out for laughing at serious moments. The finale was hillarious: incredible spaceships fighting like Spitfires and ME109s. A ‘death star’ with totally inadequate defenses.
Star Wars III (1983) was especially hilarious, with those AWACs, or whatever those little critters were called, running around.