“Star Wars” creator George Lucas has little to complain about these days.
He’s unofficially retired and his signature franchise fattened his wallet to the tune of $4 billion.
Lucas still fought back against those who said his “Star Wars” saga wasn’t woke enough while receiving the Cannes Film Festivals’ honorary Palme d’Or.
They would say, ‘It’s all white men’ …Most of the people are aliens! The idea is you’re supposed to accept people for what they are, whether they’re big and furry or whether they’re green or whatever. The idea is all people are equal.
He needn’t say a syllable.
“Star Wars,” both the original trilogy and its lesser prequel series, gave us a diverse cast of heroes, universal themes and an underlying message of hope.
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Heck, if a desert planet farmer could free the galaxy…
