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They love the Punisher, but perverted the purpose of the fictional hero

Alex Jones does exactly this. He’ll start talking about Star Wars, but it almost always turns into him doing a Vader voice saying he’s going to kill all the “globalists”. It’s a sight to behold, lemme tell ya.

It’s also why they love the old Disney shit so much. Because in many of the old movies it’s the aristocracy who are being portrait as the good guys and who defend the peace from turning into anarchy.

4. There is no such thing as a "right wing" Star Wars fan.
5. They cried when Palpatine died.

Until Andor, Star Wars had paper-thin worldbuilding that let right-wingers see themselves as the Rebels.

Luke is a rural white boy who learns the true religion, which is being suppressed by the government. He uses his religious beliefs and skills honed as a farmboy to fight back. Han Solo is a businessman who just wants to make money moving goods from A to B, but the government keeps interfering, trying to destroy his business (and his personal property).

What are the rebels fighting for? Basically it seems to be about personal liberty and the right to practice their religion. If there's any ideology beyond that, the movies don't really get into it.

In most of the series, the empire is literally faceless. The storm troopers have full body armour that covers everything up. The Tie Fighter pilots have full helmets that cover their faces. The only people with faces you see on the empire's side are the generals and the emperor. That makes it really easy to have the empire represent anything you want.

Part of what makes Andor such a great series is that it puts faces to a lot of the mid-level people in the empire. You see their backstabbing, their jockeying for position, striving for promotion. It really shows what kinds of people work for the empire, and what the values of the normal people are, and why they might want to join the rebels instead.

Also see: every conservative Trek fan

Strange how the felons kids have stayed real quiet in the last few months...

I overheard two kids talking about how much they liked American History X in the late 90’s… they loved the curb stomping scene and how “badass” Derek was. Safe to assume they missed the point.

Honestly only ranks below the original trilogy for me. It's really fantastic on all levels.

The downside of the Daleks being kind of weird-looking is that people don't recognise them as fascists and so fascists happily keep watching Doctor Who (even though they hate everything about it and will write books about why it's being cancelled any day now).

It's no use depicting fascists in popular media, they don't recognise themselves in the villain.

The 501st legion, which is the biggest of these groups, was founded in 1997 so it predates the release of the prequels. If you're into building things, the stormtrooper armor is a lot more interesting than most of what is a available on the rebel side.

The 501st is all about Star Wars fans who like making costumes working to get others into Star Wars and giving back to the community.

I'm going to directly quote Wikipedia here:

Giving back to the community is one of the 501st Legion's highest priorities. Because of this, the 501st Legion proudly refers to themselves as the "Bad Guys Doing Good". Members regularly participate in events to raise awareness for charitable causes, from walk-a-thons to blood drives, and provide opportunities for fundraising through events such as their "Blast-A-Trooper" game, where donations are collected from the public to target armored characters with Nerf blasters.

In September 2016, the 501st Legion announced their commitment to a first-of-its kind international endowment in a unique partnership with Make-A-Wish. The 501st Legion Make-A-Wish Endowment Fund will allow Make-A-Wish America and Make-A-Wish International to grant more Star Wars-related wishes to children diagnosed with life-threatening medical conditions. The endowment fund allows Make-A-Wish to grant wishes, alternating between the United States and international locations every other year – a first for an endowment of this kind. The Endowment relies on contributions from its members, as well as the public. With a goal of $150,000 in the fund by 2021, the Endowment fund will grant wishes from the interest accrued; as the fund continues to grow, so will the number of wishes granted by the endowment.

The 501st Legion never charges a fee for an appearance, but they do welcome donations to a charity in honor of the Legion or the local Legion unit. If an event host does not have a charity of choice, Legion members frequently direct the donations to the Endowment Fund. In cases where the event host is itself a charitable organization, a donation is usually not accepted by the 501st Legion as they volunteer their time for that charitable organization.

In 2016, the members of the 501st donated over 182,000 hours of community service, raising over $889,000 USD in direct donations, and participated in events that helped raise over $46 million for charities worldwide

Um, but… isn’t this the guy who murdered several guards and robbed star wars fort knox though.

What are you talking about? He's just a tourist!