A small but cool detail, Luke even says “I hate the Empire too but there’s nothing I can do about it right now.”
Although I think the Expanded Universe ruins this detail by establishing that “the academy” Luke wanted to join was actually a rebel academy, even though that makes far less sense.
And if I remember correctly Luke was wanting to join the Imperial Academy but his uncle kept him on the hydro farm another year.
Luke was just prior to that even a willing participant of the empire. He wanted to be a pilot, if only to get out of Tatooine.
A small but cool detail, Luke even says “I hate the Empire too but there’s nothing I can do about it right now.”
Although I think the Expanded Universe ruins this detail by establishing that “the academy” Luke wanted to join was actually a rebel academy, even though that makes far less sense.
Sometimes writers make something good accidentally, then keep yapping until it contradicts itself, I suppose.
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I don’t think I’ve read Rogue Squad, so maybe I’m thinking of something else.
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