Top 5 Libertarian Themes in Star Wars

 4. Private Conscription

Congressman Ron Paul once suggested that the United States send mercenaries after Osama Bin Laden. They were cheaper, more efficient, and less of a liability. His proposal was ignored, and the United States instead spent hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of lives on finding and killing Osama Bin Laden.

Likewise, Darth Vader had trouble capturing the rebels, who had been a thorn in his side for too long. When the Imperial Military had proved unsuccessful, Vader employed Mercenaries to capture the rebels. This proved far more effective, as bounty hunter Boba Fett managed to track and find the rebels for Vader, and make off with Han Solo to Jabba the Hutt. This is an example of a market mechanism proving more effective than a government one.