No, no, no! It needs to be "If Star Wars 'were' real!" "WERE", dangit! You need the future subjunctive tense, not this half-formed grammatical fetus! When expressing a wish or a probability/possibility, you need to use future subjunctive. As it's worded now, you're speculating on the past, like expressing doubt over the moon landing; for example, it would work in the sentence "If the 1969 moonwalk was real, why can't I see the lunar rover with my telescope?"

In conclusion, the headline should read "If Star Wars Were (or had been) Real." With all due thanks for your time and efforts,
The National Board of Grouchy People for the Preservation of the Subjunctive Tense (Were Such an Organization Actually Real, That is.)

I'm both relieved and grateful that he didn't appear to use any CLAW hammers. No way you gettin' one of those out except with a scalpel.

But hey, he's got a great story to tell.

Yes we could!
I have never felt this way about a presidential election before. My vote counted, everyone's vote counted, and American apathy was sloughed off in favor of empowerment.

There's no magic bullet for the problems we face, but with President Obama, average Americans are motivated to make real changes in our communities, and to rebuild the honor of our nation in the eyes of the world.

I'm an atheist, but God bless America.