Watching the original star wars trilogy...

When I think too much about Star Wars, which is usually when I've got very little of anything to actually do, I wonder how every Imperial officer could just be such an evil dick that they signed up with the Empire. It would be hard to take orders from a guy in a black, hooded robe with monkey eyes because he's so obviously EVILLLLL, or a dude in armor who frequently disciplines his subordinates by choking them with his mind. It would be hard to take orders from dudes that just blew up a planet.

Well, hard that is unless you have a rationalization in mind to allow you to see your actions and those of your superiors as a necessity. Calling the Alliance terrorists accomplishes that rationalization. And for all we know...the rebels might have had some folks fanatic enough in their hatred of the empire to strap bombs to their asses to sacrifice themselves so they can go to a heaven where they'll be rewarded with 40 virgin Twi'lek dancers.

"if you're not with us, you're against us" goes both ways, after all.

anyone else notice that count dooku's lightsaber looks like a dildo with a spike on it? the other end looks like a piece of a showerhead. BUT seriously it is a freaking spiked dildo. I used to think so much higher of you Mr. Lee.

[Edited on Jul 08, 2005 by MrDaft]

Wha WHA wah!?!?!?!?

[Edited on Jul 08, 2005 by Jeff_Fries]

"Tragedy struck today in Sector Nine as rebel terrorists blew up the Death Star, killing thousands. The Rebel Alliance, a fringe group of anti-Empire fanatics, has claimed responsibility for the terrorist act. Fortunately, Lord Vader escaped without harm. Our hearts go out to the families of the victims." --NewsRadio Innnnnn Spaaaaaace!

I never really figured out why everyone was gun ho against the Empire. They were certainly sexist speciest bastards, but they kept the space lanes open, got food where it needed to be (usually) and generally maintained an orderly universe. Evil, yes, but not too bad at administration.

Stop playing around.

What's a Nubian?

I would PAY to see that with the money that i saved avoiding Ep1 and 2 on the big screen.

Shut the fuck up!

Well, the folks who got involved with the Rebllion were probably folks who had seen Stormtroopers obliterate their families, and blow up their homeworlds and so forth. Prolly happens more on the "third-world" planets than in the Core systems (exception being Alderaan), and these guys are probably fringer types that have very little left to lose.

But I'd imagine there are also ex-smugglers and pirates in the Rebellion, who are rebelling against the crackdowns the imperials likely made against their kind. That is to say, if the Police ever go all Dark Side, the criminals will likely become useful if dubious allies.

There are also probably some corporate types who got edged out of shipbuilding contracts, who are sore enough about the state of business to throw some funds towards the Alliance's naval effort.

And this is all directed most likely by ex-Senators who were pissed about Palpy disbanding the Senate in ANH, or descendants of Senatorial dynasties who, like Leia, carry on their families' traditions of striving for some sort of democracy in the face of despotism.

Idealists, criminals and the disenfranchised. Sounds like the standard recipe for an insurgency. These people will typically be on the fringe of a complacent society that by and large, accepts the Powers-That-Be because it benefits the lifestyle to which they've become accustomed.

In the bulk of society (law-abiding, unassuming, but regardless, complacent society), there are those who live comfortable lives that will not largely be disrupted by security crackdowns, or tougher laws, since they lead pretty much the "good life" in the Core Worlds; the center of galactic society. Of course, in their minds, the only people who need fear the fist of the Empire are those who are doing bad things. And Palpy probably has a stranglehold on the media, making sure it only reports what he wants it to; so the citizens see only what he wants them to.

At least until Alderaan is destroyed, the average citizen will probably have very good reason to believe the Rebellion is either full of terrorists, or full of shit. There's probably a growing sense of outrage and/or paranoia at this point, but that outrage is insufficient to drive most citizens...rather...most subjects from their safe, law-abiding lives to the Rebellion. But it does still cause them to cheer when the Empire is defeated at the end of RotJ.

I've had many a dream involving this very same thing