The Rebel Alliance

The symbol of tomorrows Empire

We were young and we were angry at the world.  We either were fighting for our place in the world or we were fighting to change to world to our liking. The rebel in search of his or her Death Star shakes their fist at the establishment and years later they'll sit back and think of how silly it all was.  Was it really silly or was it silly because the world we find ourselves in as adults is the world we created for ourselves?

Are smugglers who pilot fast cargo ships with secret compartments for hiding "spice" really just drug dealers?

Are the soldiers who fight for the Rebel Alliance either deserters of the Imperial Military or just those without the mental discipline hack it in the Empire?

What about the politicians who lead the Alliance?  They're traitors, right?  Elected into office in the Empire, they fled to the Rebel Alliance with critical top secret information which will be used to launch the next terrorist attack which likely killed billions.

Suppose you're a monarch.  You hold court with your top knights in an effort to clear out the forest of hideous Orcs.

If you send those knights off to the mines to clear out the Goblins, aren't you just trading blood for ore?

Do the Orcs occupy the forest simply because it is their home?

What exactly makes that wizard evil?  Are you really trying to hold the wizard to normal human morals when in reality there is nothing normal about a wizard?  That wizard was born with that power.  It's a Divine right of wizards to use that magic however they want.  Kind of like the way humans use their power however they want, right?

It is so simple in worlds like these.  Without much effort on our part, we cheer on the terrorist who blew up the Death Star.  We know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the mines of Moria should be cleared of Goblins to a man, woman and child.

If I could be any race from the Sci-Fi / Fantasy world, it would definitely be a Human-Jedi.

Honest answers to honest questions:
With the power of a Jedi, would I ever use a Jedi Mind-Trick to take advantage of someone?
Yes.
Would I ever try to take over the galaxy?
No.  I have no wish to govern, but I'd just pretty much do whatever I wanted.
Dark side or Light side?
Both.  I'll used whatever powers I have, but I'd tend to be a nice guy.

Rebel or Empire?
This is kind of the whole point of this blog.  When I'm in my early 20's struggling to find my place in the world, I'd obviously be a part of the rebellion.  On the other hand, with the additional wisdom I've picked up over the years, an Empire can be changed for the better.  Bringing down an Empire would bring a chaos which would last for centuries.

I love knowing that when I turn on the faucet, clean water comes out.  Or when I flick on a light switch, the light actually turns on.

The concept of basic luxuries took a serious turn for the worse when the Roman Empire fell.