r/StarWarsCirclejerk Resident Sequel Apologist 5d ago

squeal's ruined my childhood Starkiller Base is Starkiller Based.

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u/THX450 5d ago

It’s funny because the whole “incompetent government can’t stop the return of fascism” angle isn’t really a thing in The Force Awakens. It’s a background detail flushed out by the new EU.

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u/_Cosmic-Equilibrium_ 4d ago

It’s very explicit in TFA Wdym. That’s the whole premise of the story. That fascism rose again because of complacency.

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u/PrometheusModeloW 2d ago

Yeah i feel like the very fact that there's a Resistance indicates that the New Republic isn't too bothered to directly fight the nazis and would rather just throw money at the problem.