George Lucas rightly understands that the only thing that really holds a civilization together is a story and the symbols that communicate that story.
If you tear down all the stories, you destroy a civilization.
Remember that Sylvester Stallone wrote Rocky because he was tired of “anti-Christ” stories in Hollywood.
That’s his words, not mine.
Rocky’s hopeful message changed the next decade of culture.
Star Wars came out the next year. Then Superman.