Sometimes I wonder, had Paul known that his letters to different first century communities would be considered by later generations to be declarations from God, would he have more carefully edited his thoughts? Similarly, I imagine that in the beginning George Lucas’ primary challenge was just trying to get his story on-screen. Building this huge mythology probably wasn’t really a thing until he had the first two or three films in the can. So, whatever message one can cull from the Star Wars universe may speak more to Western sensibilities from 1977 onward than anything else. 

Our relationships with our creations and creation speaks volume towards our alleged “humanity.” The notion that we should do whatever we please with “lesser beings” is the hallmark of human-imperialism. Star Wars tries to have it both ways that we care about these sentient mechanical creatures but only certain “good ones.” Recent developments with intelligent language simulations only shows that the emergence of general A.I. may be sooner than anyone is comfortable with admitting (and/or that our own vaunted “intelligence” is also subject to tragic shortcomings). 

So this is a much longer thought-piece on the portrayal of artificial intelligence in the Star Wars universe, which by extension, is a reflection of our own relationships with other intelligences that appear to be different from our own. Enjoy.