But as we've seen from Egypt to Alexander the Great to China to Rome to the Mongols, who for once are not the exception here, to the Ottomans and the Americas, empire has long been the dominant way we've organized ourselves politically, or at least the way that other people have organized us. Mr. Green, Mr. Green, so to them, Star Wars would have been like a completely different movie. Most of them would have been like, go empire, crush those rebels! Yeah, also they'd be like, what is this screen that displays crisp, moving images of events that are not currently occurring? Also, not to get off topic, but you never learn what happens after the rebel victory in Star Wars, and as we've learned from the French Revolution to the Arab Spring, revolution is often the easy part. I mean, you think destroying a Death Star is hard? Try negotiating a trade treaty with Gungans.