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No they don’t.
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They kinda do see some vague similarities (there is a prison) if they squint but it’s different because reasons.
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They do but they think it’s woke garbage anyway.
- There is no such thing as a “right wing” Star Wars fan.
- They cried when Palpatine died.
I’m sorry to inform you that there are right-wing Star Wars fans. Just as there are right wing whovians and trekkies and bronies. No it doesn’t make sense but there it is.
At least 20% of ANY group is comprised of assholes.
Right-wing SW fans make more sense than right-wing Star Trek fans, at least. In SW they can root for the Empire, but ST is a post-scarcity utopia from the ground up.
Maybe they should try 40k.
It makes perfect sense once you realize that their media literacy is through the basement. Regular literacy too, I’d wager. 54% of adults (in America) read below the sixth-grade level. Source.
Bro, Paul Ryan likes Rage Against the Machine. I don’t even know if sarcasm exists anymore.
It wouldn’t surprise me if a Nazi likes Inglorious Bastards.
- They root for the Empire.
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“Right-wing Star Wars fans” in for a rude awakening when they figure out who the Empire represents.
jfc
I wonder if they just haven’t discovered 40k yet.
Actually (not so) funny story… I had a neo-nazi kid in my class growing up… like wear a nazi arm band to school level, and he was a massive star wars nerd. He actually liked the empire tho, so… he’d be fully on board with this representation
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.
Amazing that the school didn’t do anything. Curious as to which era of Star Wars this was? Early, Prequels, later?
Well the school was quite limited in what the could do as long as no teacher saw him displaying the symbols directly, so… basically only show it to people when the teacher leaves the room, or during breaks etc.
In terms of eras, im not sure? Im not a star wars fan myself… this was like 2018-2021, so im imagining everything up to then… I know he talked about yoda quite a bit, if he was in a specific era only that may help narrow down his favourite
I figured it was probably an isolated wearing, and of course kids don’t want to be the one who tells on someone.
So he had no real excuse on Star Wars. Not that the early films were less obvious, but there was less to work with and the joke was “the Empire did nothing wrong” to side on the cool side of their tech. But once you pass the point where one of the Dark Side is killing children…and are okay with that not even in a handwaving manner…
No yeah… that guy was like an actual fascist defender when it came to stuff like the holocaust… not denier, defender… killing children was probably the thing that worried him the least there. I remember when in politics class we were supposed to set up our own political parties and have a mock election for a project he did go full alt-right with it too… honestly I kinda wonder to what extent he was actually down that rabbit hole, or if a lot of it was just being edgy… but like… he was in general also super obsessed with military stuff, and at school during P.E. he’d do various exercises you’d get in the army, with the intention to join after graduation… either that or the police, he’d talk about both just as much as star wars, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
OTOH, look at all the Stormtrooper cosplayers, who actually have formal legions and get into character about defending the Empire the way Good Germans would about the Third Reich.
One problem with Star Wars is that it makes fascism look cool to enough of the public that the next generation of real-world Nazis approvingly quotes it. (Compare this with Doctor Who, whose in-universe fascists, the Daleks, are kind of pathetic and not something anyone would emulate.)
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
That’s why you are woke and they are sleeping.
Pffft. Law&Order types love Robin Hood stories for their kids.
It fits in with the ‘it’s okay to break the law when we do it’ mindset.
Right wing star wars fans probably love the empire and wish they were darth vader. Just because they like a piece of media doesn’t mean that theyre interpreting it the way it was intended or the same way you are.
Media illiteracy is part of the reason they are right wing in the first place. They do not make those connections.
Their right-wing mind does not understand metaphors to reality so they don’t see it
They don’t understand projection either. Makes it black and white.
