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When Republicans watch Star Wars....

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Do they support the Empire instead of the Rebels? "Who are these rebels, anyway?"

Given their "my way or the highway" attitude - particularly this election, it seems a lot of the moderates are looking like left wing liberals in contrast to the hard core right wingers.

I'm going to assume (hey, if Trump can make his imagination a fact, so can I) that Republicans simply dislike Star Wars because the Empire is portrayed as Evil.

Funny thing is, Trump's campaign is hinting at a rebellion itself. So confused.
 
There is an interesting idea that, despite the obvious good vs evil story of the rebels vs. the empire, I'm sure were were some really awful people in the rebellion, and perfectly good people supporting the empire because they thought it was the best for their people.
 
I'm about as liberal as it gets, and I have a hard time with all of the demonizing and condescension being thrown towards R's in general. Trump supporters deserve it, but to make it seem like conservatives in general are the dark side seems a little much.
 
The movies don't leave much ambiguity when it comes to figuring out which side to root for. I imagine the 40% of the country with different political views than you own still interprets the Star Wars movies in a very similar way.
 
The rebels are easy for pretty much anyone who's ever felt persecuted to sympathize with. Antigovernment types probably love them on both sides of the spectrum, especially since the universe is vague enough to never bring social or economic issues into it (in the films, anyway), so you can project your favorite type of freedom fighter on to them.

Always made me wonder whether there were radicals among the rebels who refused the New Republic. Not the Resistance, who disagreed on peace with the Empire, but anarchists or ex-Separatists who wanted to destroy the Empire and put no central government in its place.

Although the official name of the Rebel Alliance was the Alliance to Restore the Republic, so i guess not.
 
The majority of the american population supports the Rebels. The tendency to root for the empire is moreso a thing of contrarians and nerds who read too much EU.
 
The rebels like most people. The Empire is fairly clearly heavily influenced by the real-world Nazi Germany, but it could be associated with just about any oppressive empire in the history of the world. A lot of people I know see Star Wars as being the quintessential American story because it's about a guy going off to join a rag-tag group of rebels who want to overthrow an evil empire, which is how the American Revolution is often romanticized as. Die hard tea party-types love that kind of story, so I think they'd definitely see themselves as the hero.
 
I root for the empire since theyre clearly the underdog. They have Vader and a bunch of clones against the all-star team of characters.

not republican, lol
 
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This is why we need a high budget incredibly well made Dune adaptation. Lets see how people feel when Space Muslim/Buddhists start fighting back a huge sprawling corrupt Galactic Empire of white folks over an incredible resource only found on their desert planet. Oh and giant worms.
 
Ogodei said:
The rebels are easy for pretty much anyone who's ever felt persecuted to sympathize with. Antigovernment types probably love them on both sides of the spectrum, especially since the universe is vague enough to never bring social or economic issues into it (in the films, anyway), so you can project your favorite type of freedom fighter on to them.

Always made me wonder whether there were radicals among the rebels who refused the New Republic. Not the Resistance, who disagreed on peace with the Empire, but anarchists or ex-Separatists who wanted to destroy she Empire and put no central government in its place.

Although the official name of the Rebel Alliance was the Alliance to Restore the Republic, so i guess not.
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The book Bloodline touches on this a bit. The political factions post-ROTJ fall into two camps, essentially mirroring the federalist/antifederalist split, with some who want greater centralization (Centrists) and those who want less centralization (Populists). The book states that both sides have left and right wings, with the Centrists wings explicitly being (without saying the words) fascists and communists, the former being the progenitors of the First Order. The Populists presumably have libertarians and anarchists.
 
HStallion said:
This is why we need a high budget incredibly well made Dune adaptation. Lets see how people feel when Space Muslim/Buddhists start fighting back a huge sprawling corrupt Galactic Empire of white folks over an incredible resource only found on their desert planet. Oh and giant worms.
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Trump = Leto II?

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Ted Cruz commented that "Kirk is a Republican!" and how much he hated the "snooty, intellectual, European king" Picard.
 
Is this like those people who think Zeon are the good guys?

Of course most people on both sides of the political spectrum see themselves as the Rebels.
 
Star Wars isn't really about the big issues.

It is Republican Trekkies that weird me out. How all that heavy-handed social commentary can fly right past them is beyond me.
 
Trump looks like an Ewok so I think that's fair.
 
xtrasauce said:
Star Wars isn't really about the big issues.

It is Republican Trekkies that weird me out. How all that heavy-handed social commentary can fly right past them is beyond me.
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A Republican Trekkie is very weird.....never thought about that before. Though I've always found Republican Rebels weird as well. *shrugs*
 
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