Star Wars has always been political.
And if fighting against fascism offends the political sensibilities of some viewers, then they should be offended.
Zombie84 wrote the Secret History of Star Wars; the best source for what these films are all about. Comic books and Lensmen are the main inspiration. Any politics are tangential to the action. And any Heroes Journey stuff is window dressing at best. And the fight against some sort of tyranny is an old trope, just to give all the fun action some sort of rough framework.
Did you miss this part of American history called the Vietnam War