i would argue, that Star Wars is and was a distopia. Sure, they had times of peace. But it never lasts very long and even during times of peace the little guy gas to struggle: The lower platforms of Coruscant are riddled with crime and slavery is quite lucrative in the outer rim (even though it is theoretically illegal).
All that happens before the phantom menace, while huge megacorps are giving themselves political appointments. It is not as extreme as WH40k - but i have not heard yet of a universe so much over the top, as where space nazis could be considered the good guys.
i would argue, that Star Wars is and was a distopia. Sure, they had times of peace. But it never lasts very long and even during times of peace the little guy gas to struggle: The lower platforms of Coruscant are riddled with crime and slavery is quite lucrative in the outer rim (even though it is theoretically illegal).
All that happens before the phantom menace, while huge megacorps are giving themselves political appointments. It is not as extreme as WH40k - but i have not heard yet of a universe so much over the top, as where space nazis could be considered the good guys.