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darkknight109 10/03/18 6:09:07 AM #69:	Unbridled9 posted... the Resistance (why are they even called that?) Because the Resistance and the New Republic are two separate entities. I am not fully up to speed on the new lore, but to the best of my knowledge after the Empire was pushed to the fringes of the galaxy, the Rebellion took control and formed the New Republic. At that point, most of the next 30 years was spent rebuilding a galaxy that had been rocked by the Clone Wars and the Galactic Civil War. Meanwhile, the remnants of the Empire reformed under Snoke and became the First Order. Using resources from largely untapped worlds that they had discovered during their retreat, they began to rebuild and bolster their forces. When word got out that the Empire was arming themselves again, two factions emerged within the New Republic. One sought a sort of detente with the First Order, a "If you don't bother us we won't bother you" kind of uneasy peace; the other, believing that the First Order could not be allowed to continue to amass power and potentially pose a threat to the peace that had been hard won during the GCW, basically broke away from the edicts of the New Republic and formed an armed Resistance (hence the name) to fight the First Order. They are, in essence, allied with but separate and distinct from the New Republic. All of this, by the way, was set during TFA; Rian Johnson had nothing to do with it. Unbridled9 posted... Yes, the FO destroyed their capitol, but if someone nuked D.C. tomorrow America wouldn't suddenly cease to exist with its entire military force mysteriously vanishing overnight. That's pretty much exactly the plot of TLJ. The New Republic is currently reeling after the events of TFA, including the destruction of their capital; they have no central authority anymore and the FO is advancing to try and subjugated the galaxy. The entire reason why Leia and the others are so desperate to get the word out is because they want to rally the various disparate groups and say "Hey, we're fighting back, please join us and lend us your military support!" The Resistance is small and has relatively few resources; the various factions comprising the New Republic are much better armed, which is why the Resistance is trying to get in contact with them so that they can put together a force that's actually capable of taking on the First Order. BTW, a "capitol" is a building; "capital" is the word you're after. Unbridled9 posted... Why did Poe call Hux for a lame pun? OK, I'm not going to try and defend that. Remember when I said TLJ had some missteps? This was one of the biggest. I found that the first half of the movie stumbled, but the second half made up for it. Unbridled9 posted... Why did the Republic use beached whales that have no use outside of being giant targets for pretty explosions? Because those were the only ships that had enough punch to actually bring down something the size of a Dreadnought? See aforementioned comment about Y-Wings being too weak for the job. Not to mention, Y-wings were already considered outdated during the events of the original trilogy; flying them by the time of TLJ would be like trying to deploy a Spitfire in combat today. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! <cite>darkknight109 posted [p:909873863] in Research F... [t:77060522]...</cite> <quote><cite>Unbridled9 posted...</cite> <quote>the Resistance (why are they even called that?) </quote> Because the Resistance and the New Republic are two separate entities. I am not fully up to speed on the new lore, but to the best of my knowledge after the Empire was pushed to the fringes of the galaxy, the Rebellion took control and formed the New Republic. At that point, most of the next 30 years was spent rebuilding a galaxy that had been rocked by the Clone Wars and the Galactic Civil War. Meanwhile, the remnants of the Empire reformed under Snoke and became the First Order. Using resources from largely untapped worlds that they had discovered during their retreat, they began to rebuild and bolster their forces. When word got out that the Empire was arming themselves again, two factions emerged within the New Republic. One sought a sort of detente with the First Order, a "If you don't bother us we won't bother you" kind of uneasy peace; the other, believing that the First Order could not be allowed to continue to amass power and potentially pose a threat to the peace that had been hard won during the GCW, basically broke away from the edicts of the New Republic and formed an armed Resistance (hence the name) to fight the First Order. They are, in essence, allied with but separate and distinct from the New Republic. All of this, by the way, was set during TFA; Rian Johnson had nothing to do with it. <cite>Unbridled9 posted...</cite> <quote>Yes, the FO destroyed their capitol, but if someone nuked D.C. tomorrow America wouldn't suddenly cease to exist with its entire military force mysteriously vanishing overnight.</quote> That's pretty much exactly the plot of TLJ. The New Republic is currently reeling after the events of TFA, including the destruction of their capital; they have no central authority anymore and the FO is advancing to try and subjugated the galaxy. The entire reason why Leia and the others are so desperate to get the word out is because they want to rally the various disparate groups and say "Hey, we're fighting back, please join us and lend us your military support!" The Resistance is small and has relatively few resources; the various factions comprising the New Republic are much better armed, which is why the Resistance is trying to get in contact with them so that they can put together a force that's actually capable of taking on the First Order. BTW, a "capitol" is a building; "capital" is the word you're after. <cite>Unbridled9 posted...</cite> <quote>Why did Poe call Hux for a lame pun? </quote> OK, I'm not going to try and defend that. Remember when I said TLJ had some missteps? This was one of the biggest. I found that the first half of the movie stumbled, but the second half made up for it. <cite>Unbridled9 posted...</cite> <quote>Why did the Republic use beached whales that have no use outside of being giant targets for pretty explosions? </quote> Because those were the only ships that had enough punch to actually bring down something the size of a Dreadnought? See aforementioned comment about Y-Wings being too weak for the job. Not to mention, Y-wings were already considered outdated during the events of the original trilogy; flying them by the time of TLJ would be like trying to deploy a Spitfire in combat today. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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