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Skywalker and the rebellion only attacked combatants. Big difference there.
That's movie niceness. There's another faction of the rebellion they comes up a few times that has no such qualms.
Also are you really telling me everyone on the death star and whatever planet in the sequels was a combatant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4MVQby0InQ
He raises fair points but also the contractors would likely know what they were working on this time around (that it was a planet killing weapon)
Even the nice server in the canteen who told Lord Vader he'd need a tray for his penne arrabbiata because the plate was hot?
So you say there was no independent contractors building Death Star in Return of the Jedi ?
They knew what they were signing up for.
Exactly - we’ve allowed our government(s) to dilute the definition of terrorism through constant misuse. It’s not terrorism to attack military targets, even if the attacker is a stateless actor. Similarly, it is terrorism to attack civilians, even when perpetrated by a government. Terrorism is not simply a catch-all term for unsanctioned violence.
So you're saying the state of Israel is terrorists?
But there must've been a death star canteen, yeah? There must've been a cafeteria downstairs.
There are chefs and janitors on aircraft carriers.
I want the penne all’arrabbiata.
You'll need a tray
This one's wet...
Yeah, the Rebellion we are shown through its heroes are not terrorists, they are a guerilla army. They don't want to break the Empire through citizen revolt after sowing mass unrest; they make precision strikes on military infrastructure and assassinate critical Imperial officials.