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You know what p***** me off… how Star Wars made storm troopers incompetent and weak. Darth Vader would NEVER have an inferior army.
4/22/2024 12:50 AM
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Little known Fact: Darth Vader was a Comedian.
When they came up with this famous quote they Misspelled the 3rd word: May The FARCE Be With You .
4/22/2024 4:51 AM
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The Sith Lords have absolute power in the Empire and the stormtroopers are easily replaceable clones (sorry for the spoilers anyone who just woke up from a 25 year coma). Think Soviet Army for a real life parallel - Darth Vader doesn’t need to waste his time and energy drilling the stormtroopers into an effective fighting force, he just needs them to clog the battlefield with corpses. Makes total sense why his army would seem ineffective on an individual level.
4/22/2024 9:21 AM
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aren't they shown to literally be clones in episode ii attack of the clones? my bad if not i'm not a huge star wars guy but
4/22/2024 6:55 PM
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interesting you chose the soviet army as your example. the empire in star wars is based on american imperalism. everyone sees themselves as the good guys though
4/22/2024 7:00 PM
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Posted by ebel331 on 4/22/2024 7:00:00 PM (view original):
interesting you chose the soviet army as your example. the empire in star wars is based on american imperalism. everyone sees themselves as the good guys though
actually, the empire is based upon an authoritarian regime, but modeled after Nazi Germany. Same with the First Order in the sequel trilogy
4/23/2024 12:53 PM
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The empire is actually the good guys!!! Think about it, peace and prosperity through law and order. Industrial and economic development. Just building the "death star" (that's a rebel slang term btw) is an engineering marvel. They fed people, clothed people, were working on agriculture on barren planets to provide food. Genuinely good people.

Now lets look at the "rebels". petty thievery, drinking, womanizers, scoundrels, steeling blue prints, killing ewoks!!!! Terrible people.
4/23/2024 2:00 PM
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this is the US of A

we like us some rebellion

but we like us some bastions of lawfulness

its hard to be an american

vote, peckerheads

sing your song



4/23/2024 2:42 PM
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Posted by chainsaw4 on 4/23/2024 12:53:00 PM (view original):
Posted by ebel331 on 4/22/2024 7:00:00 PM (view original):
interesting you chose the soviet army as your example. the empire in star wars is based on american imperalism. everyone sees themselves as the good guys though
actually, the empire is based upon an authoritarian regime, but modeled after Nazi Germany. Same with the First Order in the sequel trilogy
4/23/2024 4:58 PM
ebel331
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google george lucas vietkong
4/23/2024 5:03 PM
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Posted by ebel331 on 4/22/2024 7:00:00 PM (view original):
interesting you chose the soviet army as your example. the empire in star wars is based on american imperalism. everyone sees themselves as the good guys though
The Soviet Army is relatively infamous as one of the most brutal and inefficient in modern times. If you combined all American military fatalities in its history, that amount would be about 5% of the Soviet Army's dead in WWII. They were sending soldiers to war untrained and sometimes even without weapons and shooting deserters on the spot. So it wasn't so much about good vs. bad as just illustrating the point.
4/24/2024 3:06 AM
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Posted by jtwhiz on 4/24/2024 3:06:00 AM (view original):
Posted by ebel331 on 4/22/2024 7:00:00 PM (view original):
interesting you chose the soviet army as your example. the empire in star wars is based on american imperalism. everyone sees themselves as the good guys though
The Soviet Army is relatively infamous as one of the most brutal and inefficient in modern times. If you combined all American military fatalities in its history, that amount would be about 5% of the Soviet Army's dead in WWII. They were sending soldiers to war untrained and sometimes even without weapons and shooting deserters on the spot. So it wasn't so much about good vs. bad as just illustrating the point.
nice call. similar to ukraine forces today
4/25/2024 9:48 PM
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