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>even though george lucas said he patterned them after washingtons continental army and mostly envisioned a true civil war rather than an empire fighting an insurgency
That outlook is especially weird given the whole iconic medal ceremony in the first movie really emphasized the Rebel Alliance (or at least major parts of it) as a structured military organization with lots of implied martial traditions and honors. Most of the perception of the alliance as rag tag irregulars is almost entirely fanon that got taken as gospel once you get to latter media. Especially the Sequel Trilogy.