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Anonymous No.214072518 >>214072639 >>214072646 >>214072699 >>214073407 >>214074115 >>214074360
Terrorists
Anonymous No.214072543 >>214072562 >>214072590 >>214072612 >>214072636 >>214073976
terrorism doesn't just mean 'blowing stuff up'.

you were born after 9/11.
Anonymous No.214072562 >>214072589 >>214073304 >>214073836 >>214074573
>>214072543
>the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a civilian population
Anonymous No.214072584
hey we never saw any civilians on the death star
and even if there were any it's still a legitimate military target
Anonymous No.214072589 >>214073886
>>214072562
The Empire are not civilians.
Anonymous No.214072590 >>214072606
>>214072543
Terrorism is whatever the state finds convenient to label something as. You would know this if (you) weren't born after 9/11.
Anonymous No.214072606 >>214072729
>>214072590
yeah this i agree with. i've heard everyone from the IRA to Palestinian freedom fighters called 'terrorists' pre-9/11.
Anonymous No.214072612
>>214072543
Anonymous No.214072636 >>214073436
>>214072543
Blowing up a giant peacekeeping space station full of government employees for no other reason than disagreeing with their politics is the definition of terrorism
Anonymous No.214072639 >>214072714
>>214072518 (OP)
Anonymous No.214072646 >>214072681 >>214072775
>>214072518 (OP)
it's not terrorism if it's a military target.
Anonymous No.214072681 >>214072730
>>214072646
You don't get to determine what is a military target just because you don't like something
Anonymous No.214072699 >>214072706
>>214072518 (OP)
The empire was not the legitimate governing body of the Galaxy.
Anonymous No.214072706 >>214072743 >>214073251
>>214072699
Yes it was
Anonymous No.214072714
>>214072639
so do normal people know he's a dark wizard with a laser sword?

i thought he'd just Lord Vader, some high-ranking aristocratic/general type guy, "heard he took down 50 Rebels at the Battle of Reznor III" that type of thing
Anonymous No.214072729 >>214072775
>>214072606
I think most peoples definition of a terrorist is someone who targets random people to make their point. β€œSome guy in a government did something I don’t like so I’m going to blow up a bunch of random kids at a concert (I am very smart)”
Anonymous No.214072730 >>214073898
>>214072681
it's a big planet destroying weapon
doesn't get much more militaristic than that
Anonymous No.214072743
>>214072706
don't they get rid of the "bureaucracy" and give regional governors "direct control"? and they're STILL expanding? they're an Empire, more like Rome than the United Nations.
Anonymous No.214072775 >>214072854 >>214073330
>>214072646
>>214072729
Military targets are still terrorism if they're done by a group of rebellious anarchists rather than in a declared war

People just wanted peace in the star wars universe. Rebels couldn't even give them that
Anonymous No.214072854
>>214072775
they weren't anarchists leia was actually part of the imperial government
Anonymous No.214072894
>insurrection when they win
:)
>insurrection when they lose
.>:O
Anonymous No.214073084 >>214073291 >>214073661 >>214074235
Why were the Empire the bad guys again?
Anonymous No.214073251
>>214072706
Palpatine lied to gain power and become emperor and even that should have ended after the clone wars
Anonymous No.214073291
>>214073084
Because the heroes keep telling you they are. And they have spooky music and uniforms. George Lucas is a master worldbuilder.
Anonymous No.214073304
>>214072562
He didn't do ANY of that for any of those reasons. LOL

You lose.
Anonymous No.214073330
>>214072775
Peace through ruling with intimidation after destroying planets? When would there be peace?

These contrarian troll threads are tiresome.
Anonymous No.214073346
Childhood is thinking the 'Rebels' were the good guys.
Adulthood is realizing that the Empire just wanted to defend law and order.
Anonymous No.214073407
>>214072518 (OP)
>buzzed from one beer
pansy
Anonymous No.214073436
>>214072636
This.

Growing up is realizing the Empire were the good guys.
Anonymous No.214073481
Too many bootlicking hylic npcs ITT

You'll probably die a nameless grunt in the empire because you didn't meet a quota like all empire capitalist pyramid schemes are
Anonymous No.214073661 >>214073711 >>214073720 >>214073877
>>214073084

they blew up a planet at some point as a way to make a prisoner talk during an interrogation
Anonymous No.214073711
>>214073661
Bet George Lucas felt embarrassed about that hamfisted shit later.
Anonymous No.214073720 >>214073920
>>214073661
technically they only threatened to blow up the planet to make her talk
their reason for actually blowing up the planet was to serve as a demonstration
Anonymous No.214073836 >>214073873
>>214072562
Oh I see, like the firebombing of Tokyo
Anonymous No.214073873
>>214073836
it's ok when the winners do it :^)
Anonymous No.214073877
>>214073661
But what did they actually do before that to even have a resistance against them? Did they tax people a lot?
Anonymous No.214073886 >>214074138 >>214074529
>>214072589
what about death star 2? think of all the independent contractors
Anonymous No.214073898 >>214073944
>>214072730
most planets are uninhabited. you think it's a military weapon just because they like to take it out plinking?
Anonymous No.214073920
>>214073720
they were always going to blow it up because we don't negotiate with terrorists
Anonymous No.214073944 >>214074099
>>214073898
i guess maybe not if that's all they use it for
but i think they used it exclusively on inhabited planets
Anonymous No.214073976
>>214072543
zoom zooms have been mind fucked by the culture of engagement farming, at all times they must express the most provocative and inflammatory statements possible or else they'll go into shock from the lack of attention
Anonymous No.214074099 >>214074152
>>214073944
according to the wiki the first planet it blew up was the planet it was built at. death star tsujigiri
Anonymous No.214074115
>>214072518 (OP)
Yeeeeehaaaawwww!!!
Anonymous No.214074138
>>214073886
you mean illegal aliens?
Anonymous No.214074152
>>214074099
ok but the point is they didn't blow up only uninhabited planets
like if you're in the army and you shoot shit with your rifle for fun but then also use it to shoot people you can't claim that it's not a military weapon
Anonymous No.214074235
>>214073084
the opening text in the children's film tells you they're evil. they are evil.

you when when fairy stories say "there was a wicked king" or something like that? it's like that. genuinely, do not try to apply "adult" logic to a children's story. that's how we end up with "making D&D orcs 'evil' is actually RACIST" bullshit.
Anonymous No.214074360
>>214072518 (OP)
the empire was a miliary force who had already destroyed an entire populated planet. they were rebels, not terrorists
Anonymous No.214074529 >>214074550 >>214074566 >>214074882
>>214073886
There was hundreds of thousands of public sector employees on that ship. Inevitably a lot of civilian workforce was required to keep a station of that size in order. At that point it's not even a military target

The rebels were sick murderers
Anonymous No.214074550
>>214074529
Probably with their families with them. The Rebels are child murderers.
Anonymous No.214074566
>>214074529
are we doing clerks 1 on purpose or has one of us just not seen it? this was settled 30 years ago
Anonymous No.214074573
>>214072562
Wait, the Death Star was a civilian structure? Shit, that changes everything.
Anonymous No.214074882
>>214074529
To be fair, billions of lives were at stake