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For those interested, check out what's happening in San Fernando valley right now, they want to break out from LA and be their own city, but the LA politicians aren't too happy about it. The Valley residents and politicians can't just do it unilaterally either, they have to have the approval of...

He didn't say "evil", he said "oppressive". Even if the ruler is very wise and very just, there will always be those who don't agree. In a democracy like the Galactic Republic, they had a voice, and could push for change (with sometimes unfortunate results). In the Galactic Empire, everything...

Well, like I said we haven't really been shown a a lot of what the Empire actually does to civilian life. We have seen the Imperial Stormtroopers kill innocent civilians (Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen) and we have seen the attitude towards the empire from a businessman. That's all we have to go by...

I will not go into detail about how I see the "freedom" in the United States... let's just say that I don't think it's that far removed from the Empire. ;) I think it's pretty obvious from the little snippets of civilian life that we've seen in the SW movies that the Empire is very restrictive...

Interesting read, actually. I never thought about the "Captain Solo" comment by Boba Fett before, for example, maybe it does refer to his former status in the Empire. of course, the writer makes a few comments that well could lead into a political discussion here, for example his comments...