Star wars is sort of fascistic: - Eternal war, and it's the source of all character development - Amoralism wrapped in pretentious mystical nonsense language - Largely (but not entirely) hereditary elitism These are the most universally popular elements of fascism though tbh
I guess the "controversy" over episodes 8 and 9 is largely about the fact that, as the Star Wars universe starts to fill in, it starts to steer closer to saying something, hence getting away from this universal popularity into contingent popularity while carrying momentum.