(January 17, 2016 at 4:35 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(January 17, 2016 at 3:38 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: When you consider the scale of the galaxy and all of the inhabited worlds if you could stop an insurrection by destroying one planet wouldn't you do it? Did the empire have unlimited resources to occupy hundreds of millions of planets? How many life forms would die in a protracted galactic war?
You realize you are talking about a movie, right?
Don't underestimate delusion in mass, there are people attempting to turn Star Wars into a religion. If L Ron Hubbard a si fi writer can start a religion, don't be surprised if some delusional fans turn it into one. Legends and myth are how all religions start.
http://www.jedichurch.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jediism
Now I am sure the current crop think it is all in fun and harmless, but this is also why I don't like atheists forming "churches". Harmless now does not insure harmless forever for future generations.
