If your country was in WW3, do you think your government and your media would be honest about it and tell everyone the absolute truth?
If they need cannon fodder to die on the front they will be honest about it.
Other than that they have a pretty bad track record.
What I mean by bad track record I mean 0 truth.
If they tell the truth when they need cannon fodder, then their track record is not "0 truth".
E.G. right now, the USA wants lots of Americans to fight the Ukraine, but not officially because the politicians don't want their country dragged into a war. So officially, they're not asking people to go to the Ukraine. But their media keeps plugging how terrible the situation is, and how important it is that everyone "do everything they can to stop Putin". You can't get much more blatant than this.
SO why would anyone believe the media at all?
Lots of people say the media is biased. But when you want to find out the news, you can either walk down the road to the local shop, buy a newspaper, walk home, and read it.
Or: you can press a button and watch it on TV, or on the internet.
Which one will most people pick?
Now, imagine a dog where every time it is given food, a loud scary sound is made. Before long, the dog will become afraid of food. Pavlovian conditioning. If people watch the media and the media says the same things over and over, and even makes people scared at the time, the same thing will happen, and the humans will start reacting as if the things the media said are very scary.
But the media can always tell the truth provided they know the truth.
Unfortunately media are subjective, and based around funding and time constraints.
Even in the best intentions media have pretty realistic limitations.
There's a difference between a local newspaper that just breaks even, and a huge money-maker like CNN.
The former isn't usually going to get visits from people who work for Hillary Clinton saying that to save the world from nuclear war, they must ridicule Republicans.
The latter is likely to be told to ridicule Republicans by CNN's shareholders, as long it makes CNN more money.
I think most people really don't like the fact most media are more about creating a narrative. Albeit relatable, its more like story telling.
Story telling would be repeating a story you heard from someone else, like retelling the tales of Hans Christian Andersen. If they are retelling a story that actually occurred, then they're reporting facts.
When someone is creating a narrative, they are story-creating. Creating stories is the realm of fiction, which is considered "NOT facts".
The difference between media narrative and star wars franchise is fairly limited.
Most of the money that Star Wars made came from the merchandising: Star Wars action figures, Star Wars lunchboxes, Star Wars thermos flasks, Star Wars pencil cases, Star Wars backpacks etc.
It's the same with Harry Potter. I went into Hamleys a few years ago. It's got 6 floors and every toy imaginable. Half of the basement is solely full of Harry Potter stuff. You can even buy a Harry Potter wand for £25.
Also fun fact, this light saber is more effective then the ones they actually use in the sage.
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The thing I always wondered, was then Yoda fought Count Dooku, was why Yoda didn't use his Jedi mind powers to simply move the light sabre with his mind.
Then Yoda could have used 6 light sabres with his mind, and easily defeat Count Dooku, and the Emperor.
