Apparently, unbeknownst to the seven-year-old fanboy that used to be me, the Galactic Empire was socialist. Basically, Darth Vader = Stalin. In a deleted scene from the original Star Wars, Biggs (Luke Skywalker’s best friend) gives Luke this warning:

Biggs: “What good is all your uncle’s work if the Empire takes it over? Did you know they’ve already started to nationalize commerce in the central systems? It won’t be long until your uncle is just a tenant, slaving for the greater glory of the Empire.”

Luke Skywalker: “Oh that’s not going to happen here, you said yourself the Empire won’t even mess with this old rock.”

Biggs: “Things can change.”

The bad acting is not one of those things that “can change” apparently. But it’s too bad George Lucas cut that little shout out to the free market from the most popular science fiction movie of all time:

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