Glorifying terrorism

A thought that hit me as I browsed over the Christmas TV guide:

We were raised with a story that glorifies terrorists. Every year as children all of us sat down to watch a film that showed a bunch of self-appointed anarchists kill, maim and destroy government property. The state they railed against had its bad apples and certainly committed murder, but it was legitimate, enforced peace and the rule of law, and its leader came to power democratically, whereas the terrorist group was entirely self-appointed, monarchist and, when it did come to power, had no intentions whatsoever of seeking a democratic mandate.

Star Wars. The Rebel Alliance are terrorists. It's just hit me. When they blew up the Death Star they must have killed thousands of civilians. What an odd thought. Luke Skywalker was a galactic mujahideen.