Star Wars is too silly to take seriously. I rather play as clones or the empire because tie fighters sound cool, green lasers > red lasers, clean designs are better than Fallout trash sci fi, etc. It’s not like I’m siding with Cardassia.

Matrix is surely about love being used to break cycles and the realization that it’s not “the matrix” but “a matrix.” The digital world was a matrix designed to imprison humans. But also the way humans thought was another matrix that had to be escaped. Each is a prison that shapes what humans perceive.

I’ll tell you what. I’ll balance liking Darth Vader with being on the side of nature in Ferngully. And I’ll throw in praise for Atredes and Picard.