Tales of the Jedi did a really good job fleshing Dooku out. many star wars villains are unambigiously evil- that’s what happens when dark wizardry is very real and a viable career path i guess- but Dooku really thought he was doing the right thing at first, like a more selfless Anakin. a lot of Star Wars media does a great job illustrating that the Republic and the Jedi were deeply flawed, but don’t make the jump to saying that many if not most planets joined the CIS in good faith for that reason- i guess because the new non-droids we see in the CIS are all asshats or aforementioned evil wizards, but still! the fight against the republic and the rebellion against the empire were essentially the same conflict from a certain point of view…
This is a big reason why I personally like episodes 1-3 more than 4-6. It’s just more interesting because neither side is 100% good or 100% bad, and there’s a couple times where you’re like “wait, the bad guy actually has a point”, or “are the good guys really doing the right thing here?”. That sort of conflict makes for much better storytelling and more interesting characters, especially when compared to the run-of-the-mill hero’s journey story and characters in 4-6.
There’s a really good moment in “The Solitary Clone” in the Bad Batch where Cody and his squad reassure a separatist child that they’re here to help before the child’s mother pulls him inside and shuts the door. To me it really illustrates how to the average separatist the republic was always a kind of oppressive empire.
Tales of the Jedi did a really good job fleshing Dooku out. many star wars villains are unambigiously evil- that’s what happens when dark wizardry is very real and a viable career path i guess- but Dooku really thought he was doing the right thing at first, like a more selfless Anakin. a lot of Star Wars media does a great job illustrating that the Republic and the Jedi were deeply flawed, but don’t make the jump to saying that many if not most planets joined the CIS in good faith for that reason- i guess because the new non-droids we see in the CIS are all asshats or aforementioned evil wizards, but still! the fight against the republic and the rebellion against the empire were essentially the same conflict from a certain point of view…
This is a big reason why I personally like episodes 1-3 more than 4-6. It’s just more interesting because neither side is 100% good or 100% bad, and there’s a couple times where you’re like “wait, the bad guy actually has a point”, or “are the good guys really doing the right thing here?”. That sort of conflict makes for much better storytelling and more interesting characters, especially when compared to the run-of-the-mill hero’s journey story and characters in 4-6.
There’s a really good moment in “The Solitary Clone” in the Bad Batch where Cody and his squad reassure a separatist child that they’re here to help before the child’s mother pulls him inside and shuts the door. To me it really illustrates how to the average separatist the republic was always a kind of oppressive empire.
I am just coming from a thread discussing voting for Biden or not is okay under the current circumstances. Reality meets fiction.