I hear you, Rob, though I think you make want to re-think your "asshat" protection scheme. I can almost guarantee that there will be more jedi asshats than dark sides, since kids typically gravitate towards "the good guys," but of course there are good and bad people either way. The best way to ensure something like what you're talking about would be what SSI did with the knights (or was it paladins?) in their old Gold Box games. There, your paladin or knight automatically donated 10% of his or her total gold each time he entered a town. While the implementation was a bit wonky, perhaps, the idea was sound--force players choosing those classes (or races) to sacrifice. That way, the losers will reject it out of hand, and only ethically committed people will be drawn to that.

Also, I think fantasy has higher cultural prestige than Star Wars now, sadly. I think that's because of Lord of the Rings movies and Harry Potter, both HUGE. Star Wars, by contrast, has been raped by George Lucas. It just gets worse and worse each time that idiot monkeys with it. At least, that's my opinion. :P