How will the trial go down?

When I started reading, Star Wars on Trial, I thought there were going to be three or four "charges" but I was a little off. There is actually (for sport you can put your guess in comments) I can't believe this court, which is actually a mock trial but its a 600 page book about debates and Star Wars, found eight charges in Star Wars. I thought the only things Star Wars did wrong could fit into three categories: 1) Episode I. 2) Episode II. And 3) Episode III.

But here are the eight charges: 1) The politics are antidemocratic. 2) Star Wars portrays no admirable Religious or Ethnic beliefs. 3)Star Wars NOVELS are a poor substitute for real science fiction. 4) Modern Sci-Fi has been reduced to poorly written effects extravaganzas. 5) Star Wars has dumbed down the perception of science fiction in popular imagination. 6) Star Wars pretends to be science fiction but is really fantasy. 7) Women in Star Wars are portrayed as weak. 8) Logical gaps in Star Wars make it unsuitable for intelligent viewers.

I won't be prosecutor for the issues but I will defend some of them. Starting with Charge 4) The Matrix came out 16 years after Return of The Jedi, and even though it was full of special effects it did still have an importance for those special effects and a really good story I love to this day. Avatar and Terminator 2 are also both huge sci-fi films and one of them is the best of a 4 or 5 film franchise and the other is the HIGHEST GROSSING FILM OF ALL TIME. James Cameron is a boss. For charge 7: There is only like two major female characters in Star Wars with more than two lines which is Leia and Luke's Aunt. His Aunt get's charred to death so you can't base that assumption off of one character who is still pretty awesome (my favorite Disney Princess). For charge 6, Star Wars was never pretending to be anything. George Lucas calls it a space opera. I think it's just because people think space=science fiction. Even though its fantasy all along. And that brings me to charges five and eight: its not meant to be logically thought provoking. It is a fantastical story of a Jedi and a Smuggler saving a princess and blowing up a Death Star. And it has touched the hearts of millions.
Can you defend or prove any of these charges?  Or are there common criticisms of your favorite films you would like to share. Comment below to answer one or both of these questions.