To those who have just joined the fandom in the past year, and gone back and watched the original films, that unfortunate legacy of galactic conflicts is most evident in The Force Awakens, a movie that shows us a galaxy far, far away that hasn’t changed much in 30 years. For all of the fantasy, hokey religions, romance, and heroism, Star Wars paints a very depressing picture of war: in the end, no matter how catastrophic the conflict or how ultimate the victory, there’s always more violence to come. The history of the Star Wars universe is soaked in blood, guts, and rusty machine parts. This Star Wars article contains spoilers for both the canon and Legends timelines.
