They both wanted change, took on the evil empire, appeared to have no chance of success, etc. There are heaps of Trump-Skywalker memes on the internet, too. Some are anti-Trump and quite funny: you’d probably like “Darth Vader vs. Tax Evader” for instance.
You offer to call it even makes you sound like you would be someone I could have beer with, even though we wouldn’t agree on every detail of politics. It is rare for disagreement to be civil these days, so my hat’s off to you!