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[–] [email protected] 79 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If you would just learn history, you'd know that Alderaanian culture is a lie invented by Jedi extremists. There was never an Alderaanian identity before 0BBY, their so-called 'Alderaan' was simply an uninhabited rock used before it was used for weapons calibration testing by the Elbit Star. Rebels just started claiming to be from Khalderaan to push the anti-Nabooist conspiracy theories circulating around Palpatine.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago

Fuck that is good.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago

LOL hot damn. You should write a whole book.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 7 months ago (6 children)

somebody should make a starswar that's the events of first three movies from the perspective of empire liberal media, maybe that would punch through the illiteracy.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I’m honestly worried we’d have a bunch of libs coming away just believing the media in the show and completely missing the point lol

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

"wow, i never thought of it that way. Mind = Blown"

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago (3 children)

has star wars shown any type of press or media at all in their universe? that’d actually make for a good show or something

[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Rebels does, as did the Imperial campaign in the Rogue Squadron game. One of the characters is someone who unironicall supports the empire but wants to restore senatorial power, like the "Moderate" republican to Mon Mothma's shitlib.

Its implied she's even more of a moral void than the outright fascists who at least openly want and revel in war and bloodshed.

Rebels has things like Empire Day where there are parades etc and you see the average Imperial's apathy.

And andor has incel guy mall cop as a main character who buys the kool aid, of course

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Not quite what you're looking for, but I remember in that Han Solo movie that I saw a few years ago, that I reacted to how the Empire's recruitment efforts used a major key version of the Imperial March.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, in many books from EU Holonet was mentioned to be republic(and empire)-wide instant communication network with functions like the TV and internet. Coverage and function varied from author to author though.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

it was a very 90s kinda internet, and none of the characters we followed were posters.

one of the smarter things to not go into exhaustive detail about really.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Star wars hexbear and there's people posting edits of Tusken raiders shooting stormtroopers down with the words "Another SStormtrooper down! Unlimited Battle of Yavin on the galactic core!" splashed over it

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

i ned thiz plzkthnx

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (3 children)

The BLOODY ATTACK ON YAVIN by the terror group known as the Rebel Alliance has killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Imperial citizens, completely unprovoked

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Look I don't like Emperor Palpatine, he should step down after the Kkhhrebels are finally defeated.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

If you haven't seen it, Troops is a classic Star Wars fan work (pre-prequels!) that tells the story of A New Hope from the point of view of the Stormtroopers, in the form of a Cops-like reality TV episode. (CW: contains comedic depictions of police violence)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

Either it’s going to be serious like Nightcrawler and people think the guy hustling and spreading misinformation is based, or it’s going to be some comedy like The Office and people forget that they’re all cogs in the machine and it’s not supposed to be fun and wholesome.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ah yes, my favourite star wars character, Shrek.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago

Should've deleted the post for being neither leftist nor starwars content

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago

I didn't even realize until I saw this comment what the fuck

[–] [email protected] 50 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

r.starwarsleftymemes is a social fascist cesspool that cries about how redfash anyone to the right of Nixon was. they are beyond pathetic. No joke I have had better conversations about communism on the normal starwarsmemes or might have been sequelmemes subreddits than I have ever seen on this subreddit.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Nixon was the last leftist president. Opening trade with Maoist China. I'm not joking

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 7 months ago (2 children)

When you are so nuanced and objective that you refuse to support national liberation against a genocidal apartheid regime because the resistence is made of hooded openly devoted muslims.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

It’s why I love Andor so much. It’s like the only media from a mainstream franchise that shows that resistance in progress isn't always pretty or pure or honorable.

You don’t always get to choose who you fight alongside, but if you’re in the same room and your guns point to the same enemy, then your goal is the same until you get the luxury to decide otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I've said it once and I'll say it again. The only issue with Andor is they didn't use the SWBF1 (EA) thermal imploder noise in the riot scene.

Just listen to this noise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A160piVq0E

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago

the resistence is made of hooded openly devoted muslims.

Star Wars, famous for not featuring any resistances led by hooded religious figures.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I forgot Shrek was a star wars movie

[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

omfg i luv u

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The rebels should have sent a strongly worded letter to the empire

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago

Its shrek. They arent leftists, and it aint a star wars sub. cough cough hack no matter, another dunk for my collection... :grevious-kaleeshi-freedom-fighter:

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Star Wars fans after soyfacing to Luthen’s monologue: “HOW COULD THE PALESTINIANS SUPPORT THESE ATTACKS?!”

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"The Palestinians should aspire to be more like Luthen. (White)"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

(Business owner)

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago

starwarsleftymemes?

the internet was a fucking mistake dont @ me

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (3 children)

"Lefty" Star Wars fans there actually just saying "well the middle east is culturally backwards and bloodthirsty so we should support Israel and the US even if it is a genocide". Consumption based identity with "leftist" aesthetics, disgusting.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (2 children)

the hell does this have to do with star wars

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

i gut drnk 1 dai & rantd abt hw tht sub shuld let u shrak poost & als str wurs ppost

thiz ws b4 tht subradit gut tkn ovr bi librulizm

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago

You don't understand, destroying Alderaan was the only way to end the war. So many more soldiers would have had to die if they had to land and fight on each planet in the system.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago

These losers would love getting people sent to the electro-floor prison

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago

Well, I posted a screenshot of this post to r/starwarsleftymemes, inshallah I don't get banned

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I like how he transmuted the extra p in "disappointing" to an extra s instead

when are crackers gonna learn how to speak their own language

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

Not that sub 💀

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

Thats a shrek meme sir, epic fail and reported

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