Yes, this is relevant and political.

Is it weird that I support the Galactic Empire in Star Wars?

The Rebels and the New Republic leave a bad taste in my mouth. I dislike seeing them win, and I dislike seeing Stormtroopers, TIE pilots, or Imperial officers lose, suffer, or die, because frankly I identify with them. I value order, security, and justice, and most of these people are just doing their jobs. I have no tolerance for genuinely evil figures like Emperor Palpatine, but I’m uncomfortable with how the franchise paints the Empire as entirely villainous. ESPECIALLY when every writer goes out of their way to make them do cartoonishly evil things to ENSURE you hate them.

The Rebels and the New Republic often feel like punks or malcontents. Perhaps my perspective as a millennial who grew up in post-9/11 America (equating rebels with terrorists) clashes with George Lucas’s anti-Vietnam-era sensibilities. Still, I just can’t stand seeing the Rebels or New Republic triumph over the Empire.

Obviously, I don't support like Alderaan, slavery, genocide, or suppression of free speech. I am, however, comfortable with firm enforcement and necessary brutality against terrorists or dangerous criminals. In real life, I lean pro-police, pro-authority, and value justice when authorities are fair.

The Rebels and NR are written as unrealistically flawless: their worst flaws are minor bureaucracy, easily ignored by protagonists who routinely commit insubordination with no consequences. Meanwhile, we rarely see Imperial personnel doing small acts of kindness—helping lost children in public find their parents, for instance—which surely happens. Almost every sympathetic Imperial character is either secretly disillusioned, defects, regrets their service, or dies at the hands of a two-dimensional villain. This relentless push to make the Empire seem entirely evil and the Rebels entirely good feels forced, almost offensive, even. Like they NEED to make sure I think EMPIRE BAD.