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

  • 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.