Wow, Lucas certainly had a way with words....
Bait
The empire is bad because ... it is opressive or something. How and why? Well they demand taxes. And the rebellion fights them because they're bad and when they get in power they will be good.
>>217792184>WORDSWORDSWORDS George.>I didn't read it.
>>217792221They blew up an entire planet to dismantle the intergalactic equivalent of the UN in the very first movie
>>217792241Do people genuinely not read the title crawls?
>>217792271Why is there a UN? Are there other empires around?
>>217792221I'm glad Americans on /tv/ are finally embracing the fact that their founding fathers were idiots and they should have stayed in the British Empire.
>>217792221The empire is bad because it just is okay? And the rebellion is good because they're outlaws and underdogs. Authority is bad. No way this movie will raise several generations of fatherless manchildren.
>>217792966>Authority is le badKind of understand more why people hated the Prequels
>>217792795The Star Wars equivalent of the UN was already no longer a thing by the time of the OT. Palpatine declared himself Emperor in Episode III and the majority of Senators went along with it