she seriously argues TO LEIA that the Empire wasn't all that bad
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Let's be honest, the old EU was the brain child of mil-SF authors who fetishised the Empire
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old EU? Hell, Empire fandom is at the core of a lot of MODERN SW fandom
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Basic problem is that there IS a Niche for space mill-SF with heroes on both sides & cool tech.
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But that need was, somewhat awkwardly, combined with a fandom where the villains are Space Nazis.
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And yeah there's textual evidence of a lot of "ok" Imperials who defect or the like.
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Notably all cinematic defectors so far are POC
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Biggs is one actually, fwiw
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Good point. But he joined up with the intention of defecting
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Luke talks about joining the Academy to earn his wings with the intention of defecting
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as though that's a normal career path
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admittedly, how else do you become a fighter pilot (barring the Force)
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