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When they had that star ship hotel guests could have their personal Star Wars^tm^ Experience which let them side with the Empire and the climax of the story was ratting out Chewbacca and having him dragged off by stormtroopers

Do they even have people in Rebel Alliance costumes?

I just realized I'd gotten sidetracked and left out part of what I wanted to say, which was to tie it into how satire isn't something that changes minds so much as it is entertainment and reinforcement for people who already understand and agree with it, and how in that lens Star Wars communicates its point clearly: the Fascist-coded genocidal maniac Empire are obviously intrinsically bad and alluding to several real-world powers, which is clear to anyone who's the least bit politically literate. But it's also fun, accessible slop for everyone who's not, which is most people, and its general themes and style have been further copied by more incoherent and vapid works (including within the Star Wars franchise itself) to the point that people don't really think about it beyond a sort of "the Sith/Empire wears the designated villain sign, the Jedi/Republic/Rebels wear the designated good guy sign, and which one you stan is a silly aesthetic sportsball choice of strawberry or blue-raspberry flavored lightsaber shaped gummies" level.

was it Lucas that while being interviewed said to "read Fanon?"

valued aesthetics over function

It was true with their uniforms, too. The Allies valued functionality and ergonomics with field uniforms. Pockets were in places that made sense, ammo was carried in easy to reach places, etc. Here's German vs. American paratroopers as an example:

Notice how the Germans have grenades just tucked into their belts (weird place to put an explosive when jumping out a plane idk), while the Americans have their grenades firmly secured to their shoulders. You can't see it in the American photo, but they wore pistols on their hip or strapped to their ankles. The Germans have to open their holster forward, rather than sideways. The Americans have ammo pouches they can reach while prone. The Germans can only reach some of their pouches while prone and have to lay on top of them. The Americans have lots of pockets and pouches for carrying aid supplies, tools, etc. spread out to distribute the weight evenly. The Germans have everything stored in backpacks (also making it more likely to lose your gear when jumping out of an airplane). The Germans have shiny steel helmets. The Americans' helmets have netting over them to reduce reflections.

Guess which one carried out the largest paratrooper attack in history with success and which one was given up on because they weren't effective enough to justify the cost?