Star Wars: Force Awakens is the seventh of the epic science fiction created by George Lucas. Episode IV: A New Hope, which is the first Star Wars movie made, premiered in 1977 - before many of today's audience was even born. The first three films constitute the original Star Wars trilogy and a prequel trilogy was later released between 1999 and 2005. Popular culture penetrates into politics. When President Ronald Reagan proposed a space-based missile defense program in the 1980s. It was officially called the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). But the program was universally known as the "Star Wars" program. Reagan also made a famous speech at the height of the cold war in which he identified the Soviet Union as "an Evil Empire."
On March 1, 2013, President Barack Obama spoke on the sequestration debate. He said that some people expect him to do a "Jedi mind meld" on the Republicans who refuse to deal.
President George W Bush addressed the cadets at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) on June 1, 2002 and made clear the role pre-emptive war would play in the future of American foreign policy and national defense. Most of the world is against the U.S. pre-emptive war strategy on terrorism, criticizing it as an ideology that creates fear and repression that creates enemies and promotes violence instead of mitigating acts of terror and strengthening security. Nevertheless they love the American-made movie Star Wars. It's comforting to know that people still love America... minus its politics.