:liberalism: My politics may have gotten a bit extreme for your taste

  • thisismyrealname [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    actually i think he's right, for the entire series she

    spoiler

    basically does nothing except for financial impropriety

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Easily the least revolutionary character other than the actual imperials. But her arc is also suggestive of the pressures building within the failing Republic.

      She can't get leverage as a politician anymore. Her original philanthropic designs are piss in the river. She's a hostage to staff more loyal to the empire than her own payroll. A bit of debt throws her in with the mob for fear of attracting the attention of an imperial audit.

      How does a person like Nancy Pelosi become radicalized to the point that she's standing on the deck of a rebel frigate in the midst of a fire fight in RotJ? This is how.

      • Deadend [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        The death of Aldaraan was a radicalizing moment. As it could have been her and her planet.

        As to her, Palpatine was now a mad dog who was bad for business.

        As she was a chancellor 4 years before rotj.

        If not for the Death Star the rebels would probably have lost.

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          2 years ago

          Idk about that. Lando didn't seem terribly radicalized.

          But it was a pattern throughout the OT. Otherwise disinterested parties - Solo, Lando, the Ewoks - are moved to action when pressed by the imperials.

              • Deadend [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                His childhood friends who joined the imperial navy defected to be rebels by the time the movie started.

                I love the idea that every kid on a shithole planet joins purely intending to defect.

                • Mardoniush [she/her]
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                  2 years ago

                  I think it's more "Joins, realises "This fucking sucks" and then defects/deserts.

                  In the old EU Han Solo, Wedge Antilles, and Kyle Katarn all went through this.

                  • Vncredleader
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                    2 years ago

                    Wedge is only a defector in the new canon. I wont do my presentation on why his original backstory is better though

                  • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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                    2 years ago

                    nah, EU Wedge worked at a space gas station before his parents got killed, then got revenge and joined the rebellion

                    • Vncredleader
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                      2 years ago

                      Phantom Affair is so fucking good. Much better than the suggested origin in the short comic "lucky". Phantom Affair says everything you need to know about Wedge, and why he is so ready to do the right thing no matter what

                  • Deadend [he/him]
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                    2 years ago

                    They join because propaganda and immediately go “I think we are the baddies” and peace out and manage to find the rebels fast.

      • SerLava [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Pelosi:

        :you-think-this-is-funny: they froze my foreign bank accounts and you're laughing

    • SickleRick [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Husband is always drinking and gambling. Probably has a driver because his license is revoked from DUI's.