The politics of Star Wars explained: Author Stephen Kent joins the show to break down the big-picture themes we can take away from Star Wars. As he explains in the upcoming book HOW THE FORCE CAN FIX THE WORLD, the Star Wars saga's "politics" aren't a partisan weapon but are really more about hope, choice, humility, empathy, redemption, balance, and fear.

Stephen Kent in lessons from Star Wars on emergency powers and government

Stephen Kent thinks left-leaning pileups and hashtags like #FireGinaCarano are partially responsible for escalating tensions: “These newest tweets, expressing doubt and resentment about COVID and masks and the election, there’s nothing new here.” But, Kent added, “Gina Carano’s not making things better for conservative fans who want to feel welcome when they go to fan conventions and mingle with their fellow lovers of Star Wars. She’s not making things easier for anybody. She’s making things just dramatically more dubious and sad and divisive.”

Basically, what Mathis-Lilley argues is that since the Republic is undone and replaced by a fascistic regime, then the Galactic Senate must be above reproach. He thus ascribes to the story of Star Wars a fawning esteem for the Galactic Senate as an avatar for pluralistic democracy.

If the drama around The Mandalorian actress could be summarized in one way, it could be that she transparently flew the flag against ritualized shows of support to left-leaning causes, scribbling #BLM or gender pronouns into her Twitter bio, and voicing disdain for President Trump, like her Mandalorian counterpart Pedro Pascal has sufficiently done.

Brad Parscale once called the Trump campaigns digital operation a DEATH STAR ready to fire. Well, now he's been demoted from his lead role atop the battle station.

Beltway Banthas Podcast returns with Ep 81: Can the Force fix America? ft. actress Maggie Lovitt as co-host for a discussion on how hope, redemption and empathy improve our political discourse.

But the reign of Bob Iger wasn’t without hiccups. Disney has found itself at the center of one controversy after another in its bid to reclaim relevance, ranging from high-profile attacks by the likes of Bernie Sanders over worker pay and the unionization of park employees to the waning brand credibility of ESPN as an objective source for sports news.

Stephen Kent rejoins Stu Varney on Fox Business to preview Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker and forecast the financial future of the franchise under Disney.