May the Fourth

#OwenBenjamin comments on the nerdiest fake holiday since #Kwanzaa was invented.

To celebrate May the 4th we should all appreciate what a Boomer institution Star Wars is:

• Luke forsook his rural upbringing to take part in a political campaign he had no place in.
• Leah was a strong independent feminist.
• Obi-Wan was a childless hippie who devoted his life to eastern mysticism.
• Han is a wandering deadbeat who lives with his dog and is obsessed with his car.
• Darth Vader abandoned his family to pursue his career.
• The robots are in an openly gay relationship.
• Everyone treats the empire like the great evil while fully enjoying the comforts and protections it provides.

In retrospect, #StarWars may have been a much darker commentary on the realities of #ClownWorld’s politics than most of us realized at the time.