Every instance of democracy presented in Star Wars is rife with either corruption or absurdity (or both!). The Republic is a monolithic, impotent bureaucracy, incapable of acting even in instances of extreme urgency. The people of Naboo ridiculously ‘elect’ teenage girls to rule as queen. The Gungans send an incompetent fool to represent them in the Republic. (Which raises the question – do they actually think that Jar-Jar is a great war hero? Or do they just have that little respect for the Republic?) Even the Jedi ‘council’ ‘democratically’ enforce their collective authoritarian will to support their own ossified brand of theocracy.

All heroism is described in terms of rebellion against authority or successful military actions. Qui-Gon is shown (to us) to be a good jedi because he constantly defies the council. Obi-Wan defies the council and insists that he be allowed to train Anakin. Anakin also defies the council and marries whatserface. Obi-Wan and Anakin become great war heroes. Luke relies on personal insight instead of the ‘authority’ of his targeting computer, and later refuses to obey Yoda’s and Obi-Wan’s orders to ignore his premonitions – then rejects his father’s offer to rule the galaxy together. Vader chucks the Emperor down a shaft.

No where, in any of the movies, do we see any democratically devised decision come to any good. All good is performed by either military authority (It’s a trap!), or personal decisions (that are almost unilaterally rejections of authority).

In short, Star Wars is a glorification of both rugged, defiant individualism and military efficiency, and a rejection of democracy and civilian authority.