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We can criticize Israel, while condemning Hamas terrorists
Ted Kaczynski made a lot of really solid points, but bombing people, especially civilians, is wrong.
People still cheer for Luke Skywalker though.
Humans are more tribalistic than rational. They pick sides and justify later.
The Death Star was a military installation that had already shown itself to be aggressive with death tolls in the literal billions. Not a fair comparison.
Yeah but the second time it wasn't even finished yet. They were still under construction.
It was pretty clear what the purpose of it was.
And Luke didn't have anything to do with the second Death Star being blown up. That was Lando and Wedge.
EDIT: I guess he helped getting the shield down. They wouldn't have gotten the Ewoks on their side if Luke didn't levitate Threepio.
I'm just saying, a construction job of that magnitude would require a hell of a lot more manpower than the Imperial army had to offer. I'll bet there were independent contractors working on that thing.