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Building a Better War — Using Politics in Fantasy Fiction
You know, there was always something that really irked me about Star Wars. Through all of the battles, duels, and reconstructions of planetary annihilation devices, the audience is never directly told what the rebels are, erm, rebelling against. The galaxy is decimated, legends are born and snuffed out across the board with unimaginable death tolls, for what? They sacrifice so much to thwart the galactic empire, but we never know what they plan on doing with the victory. What government is to be installed once the Empire is destroyed?
Call me a loyalist, but the Empire did nothing wrong.
Palpatine’s ascension to Galactic Emperor was, after all, the result of a democratic vote. He unified the galaxy under one banner, yet he ruled under constant opposition of the Rebel Alliance. So, what then, would the Empire be supplanted by? Another Republic rife with the same corruption, stagnation, and incompetency that the prequels proved it to be? From the perspective of the Empire, the Rebel Alliance was nothing but a coalition of terrorists.
Alderaan, you say?
Why would the Empire build a planet-annihilating weapon in a war of attrition fought with mostly guerrilla-style tactics? It is highly possible Alderaan would have been host to many a traitor and spy, thus a threat to Imperial government. So was Palpatine truly sadistic enough of a person willing to sacrifice all that manpower and...
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Building a Better War — Using Politics in Fantasy Fiction
You know, there was always something that really irked me about Star Wars. Through all of the battles, duels, and reconstructions of planetary annihilation devices, the audience is never directly told what the rebels are, erm, rebelling against. The galaxy is decimated, legends are born and snuffed out across the board with unimaginable death tolls, for what? They sacrifice so much to thwart the galactic empire, but we never know what they plan on doing with the victory. What government is to be installed once the Empire is destroyed?
Call me a loyalist, but the Empire did nothing wrong.
Palpatine’s ascension to Galactic Emperor was, after all, the result of a democratic vote. He unified the galaxy under one banner, yet he ruled under constant opposition of the Rebel Alliance. So, what then, would the Empire be supplanted by? Another Republic rife with the same corruption, stagnation, and incompetency that the prequels proved it to be? From the perspective of the Empire, the Rebel Alliance was nothing but a coalition of terrorists.
Alderaan, you say?
Why would the Empire build a planet-annihilating weapon in a war of attrition fought with mostly guerrilla-style tactics? It is highly possible Alderaan would have been host to many a traitor and spy, thus a threat to Imperial government. So was Palpatine truly sadistic enough of a person willing to sacrifice all that manpower and...
Continue reading the Original Blog Post.