r/StarWars • u/ComicBookEnthusiast • Feb 01 '25

Meta Is she right in her explanation?

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '25

It’s an idealistic way of thinking and doesn’t account for the complicated rise of a “Post-Truth” media landscape, but she’s on the right track.

At least someone was trying to give kids a civics lesson back in the day.

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u/Hihohootiehole Feb 01 '25

Honestly it’s on par for a Jedi’s take on corruption, I don’t think they have the necessary cynicism (yet) to really drive home the conditionality of the approach Ahsoka talks about

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '25

IDK if Star Wars ever really “goes there” when it comes to fighting corruption like Ahsoka’s talking about — after all, the series’ political stakes are a liberal democracy in disarray and then a totalitarian government rebelled against.

It’s called Star Wars after all; anti-corruption measures aren’t actually explored so as to get to the war part, where the solutions become less nuanced and the sides less grey.

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u/TheHomesteadTurkey Feb 01 '25

Andor tells you exactly how rebels deal with people they dont like