Posted on 12/25/2016 12:25:12 PM PST by LS
With a number of loonie lefties trying desperately to find ANY straw to grasp telling them that Trump and his voters are out of touch, the latest is the notion that the new "Star Wars" film "Rogue One" somehow is a parable about the (good) Rebels fighting the evil Trump empire.
Nothing could be sillier. Anyone watching the film can see instantly, Trump IS "Rogue One" and the Force put together.
The "Rogue One" title comes from the mission to steal the Death Star plans. When asked what their call sign is as they leave Yavin, the nervous pilot says, "er, Rogue . . . One." But the mission itself, and the makeup of the crew, totally reflect Trump and his amazing victory.
Most leftists would look at the heroine, Jyn Urso (Felicity Jones) and Cassian Andor---the assassin hired to take out her father---as the focus. But really this was about the Rogue One mission itself, for the group defies the Rebel Alliance leaders Mon Mothma and Admiral Acbar to "go rogue" (a reference to Sarah Palin?).
What is more fitting for Donald Trump, who went against the advice and so-called wise leadership of the stultified Republican Party to "go rogue" and create his own American national movement? In that, Trump WAS the Mission, and along with it, the (moving) Force. Yes, he had help from a ragtag group of "Deplorables": Andor (Steve Bannon, the assassin who appreciates the necessity to break with tradition) and Urso (Kellyanne Conway) who leads the team. But everyone knows it is the Force "leading" the team, and that while the Force must survive, and the mission be complete, the individual soldiers were expendable. K-250 is Cruz, who dies in a suicidal speech (er, fight), although being a robot, I suppose you could make a case for Rubio.
But wait: It gets better.
The white clad toady Orson Krennic (i.e., Cankles in her white-suit convention speech) is really just the front man for the evil, aged Emperor (George Soros) who dispatches Darth Vader to prevent the data theft (i.e., the leak of the DNC). Darth is Obama, although the real-life Darth never, ever converts back to the good side.
Then there is Grand Moff Tarkin, who seemingly has control of the campaign, er, the war. Tarkin is Podesta, whose arrogance and stupidity allowed the system to be hacked right under his nose. The Empire has it all---control of the propaganda (the media), the cloned robotic soldiers (Occupy Wall Street and BLM), and the ultimate weapon (the Access Holllywood tape). Yet like the lightsabers used by the Jedi, Rogue One Trump, with the Force, redirects every attack back at the Evil Empire.
Racing to the end, we know that the Rogue One Mission is successful. People gravitated to the Force and overcame evil, though not without cost.
And the universe was safe, and happy, again.
I don’t really understand. You asked if there were scenes after the credits. According to a website that exists for that purpose, there were not. Whatever.
They only temporarily lost the battle in ROTJ. All of the hero characters in Rogue One die. Unless you’re not predicting Trump survives to get inaugurated this one needs work.
Thanks, LS! Merry Christmas!
As usual the apparatchiks have twisted their metaphor 180 degrees out of alinement. It’s Trump who is leading the rebels against their status quo empire.
So you saw this on the website, not in post credit scenes? Don’t get snippy. I asked a question where you saw this.
Meh. Way too much overthinking.
Have a good Christmas, Scrooge.
Looks like a great analogy but not knowing anything about Star Wars, it wouldn’t be as great as if I were a fan. However, you are AWESOME and I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas! Thanks for the hope you gave us, and thanks for being damn right!
(OT but I have to grab you where I find you): I bet the team is tickled pink that 99% of DJT voters would do it again, compared to only 96% of HRC voters. Bet they don’t run that poll again, so Kellyanne should.
I’m sorry for getting snippy, but I think we’re miscommunicating a little. I’m just letting you know that, according to a website dedicated to this stuff, there are no extra scenes after or during the credits. If you weren’t asking that, I apologize. Merry Christmas, Larry! :)
It ain’t overthinking, and it ain’t Scrooge. Look at all the paragraphs you wrote, and how many sentences did it take to show the serious problem? You overthought it, and managed to under think it at the same time. Congrats, a difficult achievement.
Often there are, and since we didn’t stay, I didn’t know if you’d seen something I hadn’t. That’s all.
Soon that number will be 100% to about 10%.
I cannot wait. I wish I could help from Centex.
It’s all Inca walls down here at >11K’ MSL.
They would probably appreciate your movie Rockin’ the Wall, though. The former President down here is in jail for the rest of his life, as is his Intel Chief.
Just as the Spanish stole gold from them in 1533, the former President and his intel chief got jailed for disappearing people / burning them. AND... while he was still president, he used state helo’s to steal the country’s gold and fly it away for himself.
Hey man, welcome to FreeRepublic. Merry Christmas and it’s going to be a great year ahead for all of us.
Feliz Navidad!
“Willing suspension of disbelief”...I’ll pass.
HOORAY Donald Trump. Thank you, sir. Thanks, LS. Finest Americans BUMP!
I made the same connections.
It was the underdog taking on the Establishment at long odds, and winning.
That is what Trump did. (with a little help from his “deplorables”.
Another important point is that the Rogue One characters were those that were willing to fight, even against terrible odds. The fighter drew the rest of the reluctant rebels into the fight. Just as Trump was willing to fight the media on long odds. The rest of the Republicans (mostly) joined him and after a hard fight, won.
There are many similarities.
The left are trying to claim the meme, as they love to occupy the “victim” or “underdog” slot. Obama did it the whole time he was in power, even when he had control of both houses of Congress as well. It is how they play.
The reason zero had to three-week ‘vacation’ with 5 weeks to go in his term was to try to calm the global leftists who are holding him accountable for the loss. HRC has made it clear she accepts no responsibility.
The Dynasties literally don’t know what to do. This has never happened before to them.
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