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This dude is the writer of the crimson empire

Set in the New Republic era immediately following the end of Star Wars: Empire's End, the finale of the Dark Empire comic series trilogy, Crimson Empire follows the life of Kir Kanos, a former Imperial royal guard whose duty in life was to protect Emperor Palpatine. Following the final death of Palpatine during the Battle of Onderon and the slaughter of the rest of his kin on Yinchorr, Kir Kanos is left with a blood oath against the enemies of the Empire, swearing death to all involved in the death of his former master.

Disneys did a good deed killing off most of the pro-empire stories

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I legitimately cannot imagine watching the original Star Wars film and seeing The Empire destroy Alderaan, a peaceful planet purely out of spite, and choosing to understand their perspective.

There’s a reason why A New Hope ends celebrating with The Rebellion instead of mourning “all of the good people with families stationed on the Death Star” after Luke Skywalker destroyed it. There were never any!

Such a fundamental, gross misunderstanding of the core themes of the franchise IMO.

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[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago

He connected the dots that the "I just signed up to bomb weddings so I could get free college and escape poverty" argument could just as easily justify becoming an imperial stormtrooper, but instead of resolving that by rejecting the former, he decided to resolve it by accepting the latter picard