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Post #1399177

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sade1212
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Unusual Sequel Trilogy Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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2-Jan-2021, 5:55 PM

Again, I’m not arguing that the heroes are “heartless” for fighting the First Order - obviously the Resistance is morally correct in fighting against fascists, and seeing them all die at the end of the movie is no more troubling than watching Luke blow up the Death Star. My concern is mostly with the specific scenes of them gleefully blasting through stormtroopers like they’re videogame enemies, in a trilogy of movies which - rightfully or wrongly - seems to be trying to make some sort of point about stormtroopers not always being faceless videogame enemies. Divorced from any personal moral judgements (which I try to suspend when I’m watching Star Wars, because otherwise ROTJ is about Space Hitler being given eternal life because he was nice for five minutes, and I find it much more satisfying to instead interpret the movies on a mythic/symbolic level), it still strikes me as out of place, especially given how choked up Rey gets about nearly killing Space Hitler 2 later in the movie, and how she’s supposed to be grappling with her dark side.

I’m imagining Poe just blasting Finn directly in the face as he disembarks from the FO troop carrier on Jakku at the start of TFA.

Edit: anyway, this is hardly a hill I want to die on. This is barely even an issue, let alone a major one in TROS, I just feel like our heroes using stunners instead would fit just as well without giving me any “huh, they sure have gotten used to all the killing” vibes.