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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Even Luke in the beginning was going to be an Imperial pilot until his parents are killed
that was some join the (space) navy, see the
worldgalaxy shitHis 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.
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.
Wedge is only a defector in the new canon. I wont do my presentation on why his original backstory is better though
New canon is pure shot through and through. Just ignore it
nah, EU Wedge worked at a space gas station before his parents got killed, then got revenge and joined the rebellion
Don’t forget based booster, terminator terrik
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
They join because propaganda and immediately go “I think we are the baddies” and peace out and manage to find the rebels fast.
Pelosi:
:you-think-this-is-funny: they froze my foreign bank accounts and you're laughing