>Therefore, racism as we understand it in our world surely exist within the Star Wars Universe. It has been simplified though to the fascist Empire is just very xenophobic.

>Because Star Wars is a medium intended to be viewed by our world’s eyes.

Luckily, Star Wars is a fictional universe set in the very distant past.

All fictional medium is intended to be viewed by the eyes of this world, but thankfully doesn't necessarily need to be interpreted as such.

With far more interactive and intelligent species and mechanical objects (ie droids), the concept of race as we know it gets diluted to the point that it no longer matters what our definition of race is, but what each of the characters' definition of race. Ewoks are considered a race, regardless of their skin color. Same with humans. Same with Chewbaccas lol.

So it's not completely out of the ordinary to see someone human with a different color skin in the empire, and then again with the resistance, as race does not exist like that. It would be weird to see an Ewok with the Empire though, since it's been implied that that race does not really have a reason to be there.

Sometimes, it does get a little tiring though whenever there's like 2 black people and people are like "INACCURATE!" in a completely fictional setting, and then go on to explain why it shouldn't be like that and yadda yadda. Like, their race has no bearing on them being there so why does it matter? They could be Indian or Asian and it would still not make a difference. Let me just enjoy the show. Le sigh lol.