During a conversation with George Lucas at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the 'Star Wars' creator addressed some longstanding criticisms of his franchise for a perceived lack of diversity in its cast. 'They would say, ‘It’s all white men.' Most of the people are aliens!' he noted.
The Empire is ridiculously racist and specist. Stormtroopers are all human. Officers are almost all white men. Compare that with the rebels who are multiethnic, have multiple species and female members.
There hasn’t been enough media delving into the bigotry of the Empire.