Sure, I'll go ahead and condemn myself on this point too. I play video games, which serve very much the same purpose, I suppose. Though, if you add up all the hours I play per week on average, and compare it to the time it takes to ONE sports game on TV, I still have less hours of my week tied up on my mindless hobby. I can't say I spend my whole life doing things that "matter", though I wish I did far more than I do.
I think this is why people in America are typically so depressed, we put far too much stock in absolutely nothing, and not enough stock in things that should matter to us. Everyone seems perfectly happy with sports stars and celebrities making their millions and wasting it, while you have people starving to death in the world, or dying from curable illnesses.
We look at some celebrity do humanitarian work and then we cream all over them for it. "So-and-so is TRULY a wonderful person! They gave 100 thousand dollars out of all their millions to help starving children!" Things like this excite us, while it ought to make us vomit.
In an ideal world, none of us would feel the need to "escape" in some artificial way. We would find much more productive things to do with out time. Everyone would be a lot less concerned about what hot celeb is dating what other hot celeb, or who won what trophy and more concerned with their own lives and the people in them.
However, I don't feel Star Wars really fits with the same thing. Star Wars is a movie I watched a lot when I was a kid, but at this point (other than Trooperman's edit) I can't remember the last time I watched a Star Wars film. It was actually probably when Adywan released Star Wars Revisited. Even if I were to watch the entire original trilogy once a month, the number of hours I'd waste on the things would probably still be a lot less than your typical sports fan wastes watching grown men toss inflated balls around.
I am not trying to attack anyone, or make them feel bad. It is wonderful if you like sports. I just feel it is a major offender in a world obsessed with things that don't matter. Perhaps it is an easier target for me, because I have never had any interest it in.