The Evil Empire wasn't so evil.

Professor Stephen Bainbridge points to an io9 post called "Ten Tired Movie Plots That Need to Show the Villain’s Perspective." By far the most interesting of the ten is Number 1:

The freedom-loving rebels against the fascist empire.

From the empire striking back, to a ragtag group of serene space-western characters, to a guy who has a fetish for the letter V, this has to be the most popular storyline. I know that those who trade security for freedom end up losing both, and movies show that very well. The problem is, before you get to the point where you lose both, it's still a trade-off. And the term trade-off means that both concepts have value. To the rebels, the fascists who run their world have gone too far. What if there was a movie where, from some perspectives at least, they hadn't?

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