(May 8, 2017 at 12:27 pm)Aroura Wrote: You've never heard the argument that the Empire are the good guys? I'm honestly surprised.
See, the Empire rose to power in an immoral way, but after that, their goal was always peace in the galaxy. They stop the drug trade, keep shipping lanes safe, and help defend member worlds from outside invasion. Some people see all of that as a positive.
Quite a bit of effort is made to paint them as villains, because the audience sees the entire story from the perspective of the Rebels. But to the Empire, the rebels are just a big terrorist cell.
I also played SWG (Star Wars Galaxies) and it was the first time I came across this idea. Players could chose to be either Empire or Rebel, and I would have expected a very imbalanced game where most people chose Rebel, but that wasn't the case. It was split quite evenly and people the chose the Empire were able to defend it's positions as defenders of peace and free trade.
Anyway, the point is every story has 2 sides.
No actually this is the first time, but it doesn't shock me, I am sure there are Star Wars fans who really argue that, but to me that is simply the si fi version of religion. Cant have a hero without a villain.
I see absolutely no logic in valuing mass genocide so nope, cant bring myself to value Vader or the Emperor anymore than I would value someone making an apology for Un or Hitler.
But even with the Characters in the Bible, some do argue Satan is the real good guy, but no, to me since both are fictional it still does not make any sense. Heaven doesn't appeal to me because it is all about kissing one beings ass, but neither does hell because that is eternal unimaginable pain.
Neither the good side of the Force or Dark side of the Force appeal to me, but real human empathy does appeal to me, and in that context, as far as the movie goes, I'd side with the Rebels.
