A classic “Star Wars” line speaks volumes about today’s culture. Two, actually.

“I have a bad feeling about this,” Han Solo warned in “Star Wars,” a sentiment that rings true for nearly every part of America in 2024.

Wallens’ fans recognized both his remorseful nature and the two-pronged approach to his “crime.” A Biden family member? Move along, nothing to see here. A beloved country star? Get them!

The other? “If you take me down, I will become more powerful than you could ever imagine,” Alec Guinness’s Obi-Wan Kenobi told Darth Vader moments before the villain did so.

And, spoiler alert, Vader regretted it.

The modern left has tried to cancel several prominent personalities in recent years. But one by one, they not only survived, but came back stronger than ever.

In no particular order.

Bari White

The New York Times writer infamously quit the paper in 2020 in a scathing open letter. The left-wing journalist had had enough of the Old Gray Lady’s extreme bias. The paper, in turn, refused to defend her to colleagues, who called Weiss a Nazi, a racist and more.

The newspaper probably assumed that Weiss had wanted to keep her mouth shut and accepted the insults.

Hardly.

Weiss picked herself up and joined the Substack revolution. Her newsletter quickly became one of the platform’s most popular feeds. And she wasn’t done yet.

Weiss went on to create The Free Press, a news outlet dedicated to news, not stories. The platform became so successful that the New York Times ran a snippy profile of Weiss and her new creation earlier this month.

The newspaper that failed to defend her against serious accusations now sees her as more than a rival. Her Free Press is a threat to its news monopoly.

Joe Rogan

The Spotify superstar was already at the top of the podcast world in 2021. Then the usual suspects — and a group of older rock rebels — joined forces to bring him down.

Rogan took a hostile tone to the left’s response to the pandemic. “Wait,” he said. “Why can’t we talk to vaccine critics like Dr. Robert Malone? Should young, healthy people take an experimental vaccine? And if Rogan’s doctors said we should take ivermectin as part of a ‘kitchen sink’ approach to fighting COVID-19, why not?”

Rogan didn’t get every pandemic-related item right. Neither did any corporate media outlet, and Rogan has never claimed to be a news source.

But by questioning The Narrative(TM), he angered Neil Young and, by extension, the left. Young pulled his music from Spotify and demanded that the company release Rogan. Fellow AARP icons Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash and David Crosby followed suit.

The left, smelling blood in the water, dug up old footage of Rogan using the N-word. He said it without malice and without mocking a person of color, but the lowlight reel forced the comedic podcaster to issue a rare apology.

Things looked bleak and the liberal press kept going.

Except Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, who backed Rogan. And when the smoke cleared, the podcaster renewed his contract and returned to external platforms like iTunes and YouTube, dramatically expanding his cultural reach.

Rogan later led a comedy revolution in Austin, Texas. His Comedy Mothership is the city’s unofficial stand-up center, and big names like Roseanne Barr, Tyler Fischer, Tom Segura, and Tony Hinchcliffe have moved to Austin to join Rogan’s revolution in free expression.

Rogan from 2024 is bolder than ever, challenging media bias and promoting freedom of speech from his Spotify position.

Shane Gillis

The tough stand-up comedian gained fame for his self-deprecating style and apolitical musings, even catching the attention of Lorne Michaels, the guru behind “Saturday Night Live.”

Gillis has signed up to join the 45 of the show^and season, giving the show a voice outside of the doctrinaire left.

He had arrived, but social justice warriors disagreed. They found some of his old podcast routines to be crude Asian impersonations. Gillis was gone, never having set foot on the hallowed stage of “SNL.”

Some SNL regulars disappear into the Hollywood woodwork after their show exit. Gillis would probably do just as well, if not worse.

But he refused to slip away.

Gillis leaned on YouTube, his loyal fan base, and social media to rebuild his brand. And it worked. He became part of the comedy rebellion, stand-ups who refused to play by the rules of the left. He was neither conservative nor liberal. He was … funny.

And his star kept rising.

Need proof? SNL swallowed its corporate pride and invited Gillis to host an episode earlier this year. That, plus a starring role in the Netflix comedy series “Tires,” proved Gillis had outsmarted his critics.

Megyn Kelly

The Fox News superstar left the network in 2017 for a cushy day job at NBC. Her eponymous talk show struggled in the ratings, leaving her vulnerable on two fronts.

Her fame at Fox News had left a permanent target on her back, and weak ratings meant that the Peacock network investment didn’t pan out.

So when Kelly, during a discussion about “offensive” Halloween costumes, wondered out loud why blackface was taboo, the left jumped on it. Kelly’s apology wasn’t enough.

That gave NBC an excuse to cut ties with Kelly, even though the network had to pay some of her remaining salary.

It seemed unlikely that Kelly would slip back to Fox News, and the blackface “scandal” meant that no mainstream outlet would take a chance on her. She turned to podcasting, using her velvety voice and hard-hitting news skills to outshine the competition.

It worked. The show took off, attracting big news players and celebrities. The podcast grew and grew, attracting the attention of SiriusXM suits.

The satellite service picked up “The Megyn Kelly Show,” recognizing its power in an increasingly cluttered media landscape.

Why? Kelly’s brand of reporting is smart, sophisticated and backed by facts. She cuts through the corporate media lies and offers transparency at a time when it is sorely needed.

She even landed a voice job on the Daily Wire cartoon series “Mr. Birchum,” to cap off her unlikely comeback.

Morgan Wallen

The country music star angered the left by flouting COVID-19 protocols early in the pandemic. And as a straight, white country singer, he checked more undesirable boxes on the identity politics playbook.

In February 2021, TMZ leaked footage of a drunk Wallen saying the “N-word.” He wasn’t targeting a person of color, it was just dumb talk among friends. Really dumb talk.

Wallen’s career disappeared overnight.

Radio stations boycotted his music. His representatives cut ties with him. Country music awards shows blocked his attendance at their galas.

Wallen apologized, went to rehab and seemed genuinely disappointed about the case.

Few stars have fallen so far and so quickly, for a word spoken offstage and without malice. Months later, we would learn that eldest son Hunter Biden had repeatedly used the N-word in text messages.

No consequences.

Wallens’ fans recognized both his remorseful nature and the two-pronged approach to his “crime.” A Biden family member? Move along, nothing to see here. A beloved country star? Get ‘em!

Wallen slowly crept back into the spotlight and his fans were waiting for him. And how.

“Morgan Wallen dominated the American music industry in 2023 like no one else could,” screamed the Forbes.com headline.