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<blockquote data-quote="Jd Smith1" data-source="post: 8067222" data-attributes="member: 6998052">In WW2 the Allies incinerated entire cities full of non-combatants, and it is still considered a 'good war'. Collateral damage is no more evil than car accidents.But to the point, Lucas didn't exactly make a case for Alderaan; for all a viewer knows it could have been rife with degenerate cultures who routinely victimized the innocent when not working at biowar production facilities.&nbsp; Let's be frank, Leia got over the sight of her homeworld being blasted extremely fast; not a tear shed, and little or no reflection on it. That would support the theory that the locals were not great people. Or it could mean that Leia was a heartless monster out to bring war and ruin to an entire galaxy for no good reason, while her brother listened to voices in his head while he murdered hundreds of thousands of people...Watched with an unbiased viewpoint, the movies do not deliver concrete evidence of either side holding a moral high ground. The Rebels do not seem to hold a broad base of popular support, and the Empire doesn't do anything particularly radical, particularly for a nation on a galactic scale. There isn't even any commentary on why the Rebels are in fact rebelling. The closest thing to a moral guide in the movies is the background music. Take that away, and you have criminals and terrorists fighting a First World power with loose RoE.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jd Smith1, post: 8067222, member: 6998052"] In WW2 the Allies incinerated entire cities full of non-combatants, and it is still considered a 'good war'. Collateral damage is no more evil than car accidents. But to the point, Lucas didn't exactly make a case for Alderaan; for all a viewer knows it could have been rife with degenerate cultures who routinely victimized the innocent when not working at biowar production facilities. Let's be frank, Leia got over the sight of her homeworld being blasted extremely fast; not a tear shed, and little or no reflection on it. That would support the theory that the locals were not great people. Or it could mean that Leia was a heartless monster out to bring war and ruin to an entire galaxy for no good reason, while her brother listened to voices in his head while he murdered hundreds of thousands of people... Watched with an unbiased viewpoint, the movies do not deliver concrete evidence of either side holding a moral high ground. The Rebels do not seem to hold a broad base of popular support, and the Empire doesn't do anything particularly radical, particularly for a nation on a galactic scale. There isn't even any commentary on why the Rebels are in fact rebelling. The closest thing to a moral guide in the movies is the background music. Take that away, and you have criminals and terrorists fighting a First World power with loose RoE. [/QUOTE]

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