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We were sitting and talking amongst ourselves at No Good about the state of the union and the upcoming election, and we started seeing scary similarities in the possible outcomes of this November 5th. “Dark Side of the Force” scary.

If you take the whole Star Wars sextuplet and really look at it in comparison to what is happening right now in American politics, you can begin to make some very far-fetched—but very fun—analogs between characters and political heroes and foes, as well as see mirroring themes and plot lines both on-screen and in Washington. Now we’ve heard all of the attributions of Karl Rove as the Emperor and George Bush as Darth Vader, and even Barak Obama as Luke Skywalker, and everything ending with a massive explosion with Death Stars and Lightsabers. But what if things don’t, in fact, go the way we hope this time around. What if Obama loses?

If so, then we would have to re-assign everyone a new role, and thusly we see a much different take on Star Wars VII: The Battle for America. If Obama loses, then he was not “the chosen one” sent to give “balance to the force”. He was not Anakin nor Luke. In fact, he would be… Yoda! His role in the election would in some way act as a hinging mechanism to inadvertently hand the Republic (America) to the Emperor (McCain). And adding everything together as the story goes, McCain would move on to groom his Sith understudy (Palin) to become… Darth Vader! One who chokes her enemies invisibly when they cross her.

But, all hope is not lost. As we see in the flicks, although Yoda (Obama) was not willing to use the fullest compliment of his powers to defeat the Emporer (McCain)—most likely because the Emperor cheated and started throwing Council Member seats at him—he does indirectly defeat the Empire by teaching the ways of the Light Side of the Force to a new unforeseen Jedi.

So where does this leave our argument to date? Well, with Palin as Darth Vader, that only means that somehow her secret down-syndrome daughter, Trig, will rise up, throw John McCain down a well and burn Palin on a fire pit of Endorian twigs and branches while Ewoks dance all around. It also gives us some hope, a “New Hope”, that if (and May the Force Be with Us) Obama wins then this line of thought is moot, he is Skywalker and we shall have a galaxy-wide shin-dig and everyone’s instantly invited. But if he doesn’t, then there still may be a way to destroy the Empire in 4 years.

Any thoughts or ideas on this on-going discussion, let us know below…