The empire used to be evil because it represented a totalitarian millitaristic regime. Nu Star Wars' empire is evil because it's an a expy for nahtzees, leftists would consider it a good thing if the empire were commies
The Star Wars Galactic Empire is evil because the entire thing is a front for a shadowy cult that worships a supernatural evil and spent centuries manipulating others to evil ends.
Legend of the galactic heroes did it better. Both the republic and the empire in legend of the galactic heroes were being manipulated by merchants and a shadowy cult which the empire ended up rooting out but the republic was unable to .. And unlike Star wars, Legend of the galactic heroes didn't make the German-esqe empire look like the bad guys
that one scene doesn't change the fact that they clearly made the empire to be some expy of the nazis. The stormtroopers is also based on German stormtroopers.
The empire used to be evil because it represented a totalitarian millitaristic regime. Nu Star Wars' empire is evil because it's an a expy for nahtzees, leftists would consider it a good thing if the empire were commies
The Star Wars Galactic Empire is evil because the entire thing is a front for a shadowy cult that worships a supernatural evil and spent centuries manipulating others to evil ends.
Wait...
Legend of the galactic heroes did it better. Both the republic and the empire in legend of the galactic heroes were being manipulated by merchants and a shadowy cult which the empire ended up rooting out but the republic was unable to .. And unlike Star wars, Legend of the galactic heroes didn't make the German-esqe empire look like the bad guys
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xiYfn9kad9c
that one scene doesn't change the fact that they clearly made the empire to be some expy of the nazis. The stormtroopers is also based on German stormtroopers.