never has to be the one to choose to shoot first, so to speak
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This is one reason I really hate the idea that empathy is something you always 100% have or not
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If I was a Jedi, or a real world soldier, I'm 95% sure I could take another person's life as long as they were a combatant
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yeah the thing about Han shooting first is he always, always had a clear cut case of self defense
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George Lucas' sense of morality here is dumb, someone pointing a gun at you is IRL license to shoot them
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much less pointing it at you then talking at length abt how long they've been waiting to kill you
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in fact it misses the point of that scene, which is that Greedo has Han dead to rights
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and Han only lives bc he gets Greedo so excited about talking he misses seeing Han draw under the table
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the message being that if you're going to kill you'd best just do it and not get emotions involved
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as the Bard said, if it is to be done then 'twere best done quickly
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that's almost a SW theme, that it's a world where ppl get emotions involved bc emotions objectively have power
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but they face the consequences of doing so nonetheless
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Sith can't take action unless they get pumped up on ego, Jedi can't unless they're pumped up on righteousness
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