And they’re getting wiped out by the Rebel Alliance. Luke and Biggs could have ended up flying TIE fighters instead of X-Wings, and they were OK with that.Īll those bodies filling out black and white plastic uniforms were just normal people – farmboys like our man Luke Skywalker. What kind of academy do you think this is? Clearly the place where Imperial pilots come from. In “A New Hope”, Luke longs to join the academy and become a pilot like his friend Biggs. These are regular folk, not evil automatons. Sure, their armour looked a bit creepy, but they didn’t have Hugo Boss to design snazzy uniforms for them. Stormtroopers and Imperial pilots aren’t evil Stormtroopers: just regular guys doing their jobsĪll those Stormtroopers and Imperial pilots that the Rebels gun down throughout the three films – they were just doing their jobs. Shows how much stock the Rebels put in honesty. A liar, a cheat and a stabber of backs, and the Rebels went and made him a general in “ Return of the Jedi“. Vader did not deceive Luke and told him the truth right away in “ The Empire Strikes Back“.Īnd as for Lando Calrissian, he betrayed his friends to the Empire for the sake of his business. Luke laboured under the impression his father was killed, when all along he was alive, right-hand to the Emperor, and just waiting to be reunited with his lost son. Obi-Wan Kenobi lied to poor Luke’s face about the fate of his father, Anakin Skywalker. Tarkin was right to distrust that feisty princess. Dantooine! So how can we believe Leia when she claims Aldaraan is a peaceful planet with no weapons. And when interrogated about the whereabouts of the Rebel base, she diverts Grand Moff Tarkin to Dantooine. When caught red-handed fleeing an Imperial fleet with the Death Star blueprints at the beginning of “ A New Hope“, Leia pretends brazenly to be on a diplomatic mission. When Vader turns up to kill you, he doesn’t pretend to be there for a tea party.īy contrast, the Rebels are a pack of charlatans. Say what you will about Darth Vader, but he was a pillar of integrity: always open about his intentions, his opinions and his actions.
The Empire could be pretty severe, but at least they were honest about it. The Empire is more honest Princess Leia: don’t trust the wench But at least they weren’t as bad as the Rebel Alliance, right? Here are 6 reasons why the Empire aren’t the bad guys.ġ. Sure, they ran a tight ship and didn’t tolerate incompetence or ill-discipline. I just rewatched the original Star Wars trilogy and realised that maybe the Empire weren’t so bad after all.
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