Fun article, thanks. My take is at https://billpetro.com/history-of-star-wars

One nitpick: I think you mean parthenogenesis when you say immaculately conceived. Parthenogenesis means "virgin birth," like Jesus. As Anakin's mother said, "there is no father."

Immaculate conception, on the other hand, refers to the Roman Catholic belief that Jesus' mother, Mary, was herself born without original sin. Incidentally, it became a dogma in 1854.