Warriors of destruction Galactic Empire soldiers Darth Vader's ground troops Legions of terror. Swiftly deployed To crush opposition Elite mixed forces, Of aliens, humans clones Trained to be loyal Numbered in white armour Dangerous to encounter Against the thinking of the free. Opposition to the Jedi. Acting on orders Without individualism None of them free. May we thwart their purpose Use intellect against them And let the force be with us To win; to be free.
There is a currently an exhibition of Star Wars in our local museum. 900 people attended on the opening day and queued from the early morning to get in. I have enjoyed the Star Wars movies though I am not an avid fan. The words above sum up how I have interpreted my impression of the stormtroopers. Please correct me if you think I am wrong. š
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I feel like more and more people are turning into storm troopers: especially after November 2016.
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Do you mean December 2016https://secretldn.com/army-stormtroopers-invaded-london-week/
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No, I meant November. That’s when a certain election took place in a certain country.
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Sorry. Very slow. Facts – the real ones that is – are often stranger than fiction!!!!
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I agree with your interpretation. Your repetition of “free” at the end of the last two stanzas – first referring to the stormtroopers’ lack of freedom and second to the Jedis’ striving for it – make me wonder about what went through the minds of the stormtroopers as they carried out the Empire’s orders. Did they have a sense that they lacked freedom? Were they truly, as you surmised, “[w]ithout individualism”?
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Fictional of course but I don’t think Stormtroopers have choices that is why in the last couple of films it is astonishing that Finn escapes. As for freedom thinking about it more do the Jedi have freedom? Possibly no one does but they are depicted as the goodies who think for themselves.
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Ah, good points. It’s an interesting thought that those who fight for freedom of the galaxy may themselves not be free. Bound by the Jedi Code, it is a rather restricted, albeit noble, life.
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“Without individualism
None of them free.”
Love these lines…so true.
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Thank you.
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Ah. Thank you.
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