I'll go even broader to "anything that reflects a political view point is political" Saying Nazis are bad is a political stance. Making the bad guys authoritarian is a political stance against authoritarianism.

Yeah I mean I think that's a bad way to look at movies. ANH isn't political because it does not interrogate or ask anything of the political dimension - the good guys are fighting the bad guys. RotS is political because the plot revolves around politics and it comments on politics

So something is only political if the politics are interesting and not one dimensional? Is that your definition?

Because the exact same criticisms can be levied against both cited films. Only one just makes it more explicitly by pointing at the camera and saying "see! They said democracy!"

I would think "an empire rises when it's checks and balances are removed by authoritarianism" as seen in ANH, is a pretty salient political point

That's not what happens in ANH. That's the prequel trilogy, which is political! ANH is about an evil empire doing evil things and being defeated by the Heros Journey.

Nope. It was still happening ANH. A major plot point is the emperor disbanded the senate

That's not a major plot point it's one simple line! The guys in the room make literally no comment on it! If it were a big deal they would have reacted, instead they all move on!

They absolutely reacted to it. It’s what drives the need to push into a full open rebellion. The reason the empire felt confident enough to do so was because of the Death Star. Everything revolves around that fact