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cienie-isengardu:
I was doomed to die in the arena, just like my father had. Just like my mother and everyone I’d ever known. Until the stormtroopers came. Until the Empire made life worth living. The Empire came to Chagar IX and toppled the overlords in a day. They shut down the arenas. The Empire gave my people jobs. They gave us a purpose. They gave us peace.
This is a backstory of sergeant Kreel (know also as an Agent 5241) from Star Wars comics #21 and I’m glad that new canon showed some imperial POV. Not that old EU/Legends never did that, but such stories, especially in older sources, were few and far between. It’s important to know that Empire - as much as it was corrupted and responsible for various crimes - brought to many “less important” planets sort of peace and better life for native people. It’s no wonder that people supported Empire, if Republic never did anything good to them in past. In case of Kreel, he was inspirated by stormtroopers who came to Chagar IX and freed him from awful fate. The same as Hera and Numa were inspirated by Clone Troopers / pilots who came to Ryloth with so badly needed military support during Clone Wars.
I really believe it’s important thing to see in star wars stories all points of view of any conflict, be it Rebellion vs Empire or Republic vs Separatist or New Republic vs First Order and so on. Because galaxy far far away (and its morality) is not just black and white, it’s a spectrum of grey.
cienie-isengardu:
I was doomed to die in the arena, just like my father had. Just like my mother and everyone I’d ever known. Until the stormtroopers came. Until the Empire made life worth living. The Empire came to Chagar IX and toppled the overlords in a day. They shut down the arenas. The Empire gave my people jobs. They gave us a purpose. They gave us peace.
This is a backstory of sergeant Kreel (know also as an Agent 5241) from Star Wars comics #21 and I’m glad that new canon showed some imperial POV. Not that old EU/Legends never did that, but such stories, especially in older sources, were few and far between. It’s important to know that Empire - as much as it was corrupted and responsible for various crimes - brought to many “less important” planets sort of peace and better life for native people. It’s no wonder that people supported Empire, if Republic never did anything good to them in past. In case of Kreel, he was inspirated by stormtroopers who came to Chagar IX and freed him from awful fate. The same as Hera and Numa were inspirated by Clone Troopers / pilots who came to Ryloth with so badly needed military support during Clone Wars.
I really believe it’s important thing to see in star wars stories all points of view of any conflict, be it Rebellion vs Empire or Republic vs Separatist or New Republic vs First Order and so on. Because galaxy far far away (and its morality) is not just black and white, it’s a spectrum of grey.
