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The Ewoks might have been cannibals in addition to man eaters. I seem to recall some wearing necklaces of small skulls. Perhaps they eat their young...
Strangely enough I do not use drugs.
My children are at age where they are interested in Star Wars now, and with Disney owning it, the toys, merchandise, and cartoons are returning with a vengeance. Thus as an adult, I now revisit a franchise popular when I was a boy.
One of the toys now basically consists of well cast toy soldiers of Star Wars characters. One such set has Ewoks. My sons, mainly familiar with Star Wars Rebels, asked me about them. Which got me thinking...and slowly the horrible truth dawned.
Which also hints at the troubling realization...Were the Empire really the bad guys? Was the Death Star destroying Alderaan perhaps justified, or at least no different than the fire bombing of Dresden, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki?
Think about it, who are these rebels. The Jedis are religious fanatics who think their way is the only way. They formerly monopolized military power and brainwash children as new recruits. All based on a mystical interpretation of some individuals having a genetic predisposition to use otherwise untapped potential of the brain.
Leia is just a Patty Hearst type. A privledged royal dilettante playing at rebellion.
The royals of Alderaan just don't like their loss of privledge to a meritocratic empire. Presumably they are the money behind the rebellion and also a major source of arms and recruits.
Leia simply lies to Vader in claiming peaceful intent, having no weapons, etc.
When the Death Star destroys the planet, the intention is to destroy the heart of the rebellion, to end the war in one fell stroke. Perhaps from a military point of view it would save lives. Sure the population is wiped out on a planet, but how many people on how many planets are dying because of the insurgency?
Then we have Han Solo. We know he was a renowned smuggler, but he had a rather small ship, so what could he have been smuggling? Probably drugs. Possibly human trafficking. We know he worked for Boba Fett, a criminal boss ala Pablo Escobar, one who did keep slaves.
And what was Hans relationship with his Wookie? I suspect it was considered unnatural and illegal under Imperial law.
Luke, well he is one of the religious fanatics....
Lando...another smuggler, drug baron, and income tax evader.
What sort of heroes are these? Simple answer, they aren't. When the Imperials refer to rebel scum, they are telling the truth...
The Empire doesn't care what religion a person, or alien is. They don't care about royal blood either. People are promoted on merit. Military service and higher education are open to all. They enforce peace, albeit harshly and a sort of law and order.
Think about it, they replaced a chaotic and broken government, enthralled to the religious fanatics, where a Gungan could be a Senator...
Strangely enough I do not use drugs.
My children are at age where they are interested in Star Wars now, and with Disney owning it, the toys, merchandise, and cartoons are returning with a vengeance. Thus as an adult, I now revisit a franchise popular when I was a boy.
One of the toys now basically consists of well cast toy soldiers of Star Wars characters. One such set has Ewoks. My sons, mainly familiar with Star Wars Rebels, asked me about them. Which got me thinking...and slowly the horrible truth dawned.
Which also hints at the troubling realization...Were the Empire really the bad guys? Was the Death Star destroying Alderaan perhaps justified, or at least no different than the fire bombing of Dresden, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki?
Think about it, who are these rebels. The Jedis are religious fanatics who think their way is the only way. They formerly monopolized military power and brainwash children as new recruits. All based on a mystical interpretation of some individuals having a genetic predisposition to use otherwise untapped potential of the brain.
Leia is just a Patty Hearst type. A privledged royal dilettante playing at rebellion.
The royals of Alderaan just don't like their loss of privledge to a meritocratic empire. Presumably they are the money behind the rebellion and also a major source of arms and recruits.
Leia simply lies to Vader in claiming peaceful intent, having no weapons, etc.
When the Death Star destroys the planet, the intention is to destroy the heart of the rebellion, to end the war in one fell stroke. Perhaps from a military point of view it would save lives. Sure the population is wiped out on a planet, but how many people on how many planets are dying because of the insurgency?
Then we have Han Solo. We know he was a renowned smuggler, but he had a rather small ship, so what could he have been smuggling? Probably drugs. Possibly human trafficking. We know he worked for Boba Fett, a criminal boss ala Pablo Escobar, one who did keep slaves.
And what was Hans relationship with his Wookie? I suspect it was considered unnatural and illegal under Imperial law.
Luke, well he is one of the religious fanatics....
Lando...another smuggler, drug baron, and income tax evader.
What sort of heroes are these? Simple answer, they aren't. When the Imperials refer to rebel scum, they are telling the truth...
The Empire doesn't care what religion a person, or alien is. They don't care about royal blood either. People are promoted on merit. Military service and higher education are open to all. They enforce peace, albeit harshly and a sort of law and order.
Think about it, they replaced a chaotic and broken government, enthralled to the religious fanatics, where a Gungan could be a Senator...
