Star Wars Conceptual Failure? - Blu-ray Forum

BarkingGhost · 05-24-2010, 12:41 PM

Ok, so the wife kept channel surfing through commercials yesterday and that included stops on Spike TV and watching the original three SW movies. Playing the devil's advocate, I considered the story of the Empire.

Was life under the empire really all that bad for the individual? We see a lot of political conditions, military, etc., and we see the rebel scum doing their thing as a counter-military effort, but I am not sure the wide-spread negative aspects being insinuated were really illustrated to any degree, let alone one justifying a rebellion.

Sure, the Emperor was a bad dude, and he had his evil sidekick, and the Empire kept order in the universe, but with the exception of exceptions, like the planet Tatooine, it seems that life for the individual was pretty nice.

Heck, even life on Tatooine a la Luke's life was not bad. How many want a land speeder? Robots? Sure, girls were few and far, but as a hard life it really wasn't all that hard.

I expected to see mass populations in labor camps to illustrate the bad aspect of the Empire, but what I got was something different. It wasn't like the Roman Colosseum (circus).

The only thing I was missing was home theater and Blu-ray movies.

05-24-2010, 12:41 PM	#1
BarkingGhost Senior Member Member since:Nov 2009 Location:30519 Blu-ray reviews:3	Star Wars Conceptual Failure? Ok, so the wife kept channel surfing through commercials yesterday and that included stops on Spike TV and watching the original three SW movies. Playing the devil's advocate, I considered the story of the Empire. Was life under the empire really all that bad for the individual? We see a lot of political conditions, military, etc., and we see the rebel scum doing their thing as a counter-military effort, but I am not sure the wide-spread negative aspects being insinuated were really illustrated to any degree, let alone one justifying a rebellion. Sure, the Emperor was a bad dude, and he had his evil sidekick, and the Empire kept order in the universe, but with the exception of exceptions, like the planet Tatooine, it seems that life for the individual was pretty nice. Heck, even life on Tatooine a la Luke's life was not bad. How many want a land speeder? Robots? Sure, girls were few and far, but as a hard life it really wasn't all that hard. I expected to see mass populations in labor camps to illustrate the bad aspect of the Empire, but what I got was something different. It wasn't like the Roman Colosseum (circus). The only thing I was missing was home theater and Blu-ray movies.

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