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So the young Luke should ignore the actual situation on the ground, and take the Empire's publicly-stated policy as moral truth? It is not part of the official

So the young Luke should ignore the actual situation on the ground, and take the Empire's publicly-stated policy as moral truth? It is not part of the official US strategy to target civilians Official or not, the US's actual conduct kills a LOT of civilians - by some reckonings, our drone war has killed more civilians than it has actual enemy combatants. I think it's fair for our hypothetical middle eastern Skywalker to look at his actual experience, rather than accepting propaganda at face value.

LordKano 11y ago
You are absolutely correct. Every time we have collateral damage in a drone strike, every time someone's child is killed by a missile or bomb dropped by an American aircraft, that child's father is going to go to war with whomever dropped that bomb, fired that missile, sent that drone. If instead of burning corpses, Luke had found Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru at home waiting to ground him for a month, he would have never gone with Obi-Wan. The Empire's heavy handedness lead to its downfall.
- shkkmo 11y ago
  > The Empire's heavy handedness lead to its downfall. Really? I would have blamed the Empire's downfall on not being bus proof and falling apart on the Emperor's death. Sounds like poor planning to me.