timdiggerm said:
Are you saying the Rebels' new goal is to blow up a planet more populated than Alderaan??
No. Just to bombard the surface in key places (Imperial bases, etc) just as the Empire planned to do on Hoth (were it not for the Rebels' own shield generator).
Yes, this introduces the issue of heavy civilian losses, but this is war. The Rebels have difficult choices to make to end the Empire's tyranny. The film needs that darker tone to it IMO.