It's not about being anti-political, just about not using yet another form of art/entertainment as pure political, one-sided propaganda and forgetting about the game itself. Just look at the 3 last Star Wars episodes, FFS...
I don't think that the new StarWars trilogy to be more political, then let's say Fury Road, but the latter was fantastic, while the Star Wars trilogy was... not. I don't think that having a more varied roster of characters then "Caucasian male" is the root of it's problems.One can also mentione how political original StarWars were. Much has been written about world of original trilogy and Vietnam War.
Being political is part of art or entertaiment - always was, always will be.
Production Code directed what Hollywood could show and do for over 30 years. It can feel awkward when an IP from a different moral and political era tries to be relevant 50 years later. If it's done well (Fury Road) it's great, when it is not (StarWars) then it is not.