There's undoubtedly a grain of truth in that view — like most snippets of technojargon, the word "modem" may sound needlessly Star Warsy.
1983, The New Yorker, 3 October 1983, page 94:
"It's more Star Warsy than 'Star Wars,'" he said later.
2001, Kevin Perkins, Dare to Dream: The Life and Times of a Proud Australian, Golden Wattle Publishing (2001), →ISBN, page 267:
After seeing the Hyatt's Star Warsy advertising stuff from the VIP table, Ian went back-of-house to be shown how it was done with such efficiency.
2002, Beyond English, Inc: Curricular Reform in a Global Economy (eds. David B. Downing, C. Mark Hurlbert, & Paula Mathieu), Heinemann (2002), →ISBN, page 126:
This isn't the same as classical science fiction — the course was not about colonies on Mars, time machines, or the Star Warsy brand of science fiction.
2007, Peter Downey & Ben Shaw, Everything You Want to Know about Jesus: Well ... Maybe Not Everything but Enough to Get You Started, Zondervan (2007), →ISBN, page 27:
He came back from death, not as a spooky, Star Warsy, flickering, ghostly image but in real flesh and blood.
2010, Lisa Gardner, Live to Tell, Bantam Books (2010), →ISBN, page 151:
“We're back to the battle again? The war between light and dark? Kind of Star Warsy, don't you think?"