OFFICIAL NEWS A "New Republic" officially existed. (Speculation) What is the Resistance?

I like the idea of the New Republic representing a Cold War Era superpower that uses smaller groups to fight the Empire by proxy. Whats odd to me is that the resistance fighters look exactly the same as the rebel pilots. They both even use x-wings, the NR couldn't be more obvious. Whats also interesting when looking back at those alleged pictures of Adam Driver in a resistance pilot's uniform is that Kylo Ren might be an Osama Bin Laden-esque character who once led the Resistance with help from the NR (America) against the Empire (Russia) but eventually came to hate the NR because of their shady way of dealing with the Empire and leads a new government to fight the NR, the First Order (Al-Qaeda). A bit far fetched but still interesting imo.

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Something to add to my post before this is that the resistance would be a parallel to the Mujahideen.

 

I'm still thinking that moral ambiguity will still play a part in the sequel trilogy, assuming they're going to deconstruct the mono-myth even further.

 

Yeah, I've maintained since Celebration that the Resistance was a military group within First Order controlled systems that was secretly backed by the Republic. I think it would be more than just monetary, it would be giving them equipment. Hence, the X-Wings. It's a good point about how the FO wouldn't suspect what was going on. But then again, maybe they knew all about it but couldn't do anything to stop it?

 

This would demonstrate further the NR playing it a bit fast and loose like the old Republic, letting bureaucracy cloud things.

I think the ST will be morally ambiguous in a similar fashion to the PT. The separatists weren't an unfounded cause; Amidala getting rejected by the complacent senate in TPM is proof that the Republic as a government was about as flawed as most modern first world governments are today. I think the NR will be no different. It's easy to get lost in good vs. evil when you're a mere rebellion and your only objective is to survive and defeat the Empire like in the OT, actually succeeding and being given the Empire's reigns is a whole different shabang that comes with even harder choices.

 

Thought we heard about this back at Celebration?

 

Yeah, but there was confusion about it for some reason. But now it's spelled out in black and white.

 

There was confusion because the new Republic talk came out of the video game company's EA Battlefront talk and promotion. Meanwhile the props and such were only going by the Resistance and the First Order.

Anyway, good that there was (still is as of TFA?) a new Republic following ROTJ.

 

Sure you can justify it by saying that the FO are the bad guys and they should use whatever means necessary to take them down, I'm just pointing out that's somewhat shady and not everyone in the galaxy likes the NR (presumeabley) and hates the FO, similar to the PT.

 

The Resistance could be a small group being supported by the New Republic but I think that the New Republic splintered. The First Order formed from Imperial sympathizers and systems that thought that they were better off under Imperial rule. The Resistance is the remnant of the New Republic that is standing against the First Order

 

I think the Resistance are simply the name they give to those in First Order territory who want to join the New Republic. I think Maz is on a planet that's torn in half, with the Republic ruling half of it, but the other half the Resistance are fighting.

 

The Resistance to me could just be the New Republic's name for their armed forces.

 

None of these look remotely interesting or creative.

I was planning on making Aftermath the first Star Wars book I read in years.

Why would I read a trilogy based on Wedge????

This is terrible, half-assed stuff.

They are clearly rushing things to get that ROI pumping.

And before you rush to down vote me, remember being a Star Wars fan does not = blindly accept and find reasons to love everything Disney and JJ does.

Rebels is mediocre, unoriginal, and corny.

The comics and books are getting low ratings from even the biggest fan sites.

These synopsis' sound rushed.

They won't commit to covering new ground, or to even giving a hint of post ROTJ stuff with characters most people actually care about .

Time to put the kool aid down. This is not looking good at all.

 

This is better suited to the Del Rey specific thread rather then here.

http://thecantina.starwars7news.com/index.php?threads/updated-del-rey-descriptions.3284/unread

 

Fair enough. I guess I could post this in that thread, a rebels thread, a comic thread, or any thread that is covering the magic saber ending up in Luke's hands in a marvel-type button end scene.

My hype goes down each month in all honesty.

Outside of the teasers, everything I have read, etc. sounds corny and half-assed

 

Or you can just keep on rambling about off-topic things.

 

Or maybe it's a force working on it's own accord that the republic supports in private but doesn't officially.