Mariu posted:Just how philosophic are SW authors allowed to get? Well, yes, there is the Force, but we don't have much pol. phil which Teshik's Trial has touched upon.
Halagad_Ventor posted:Well, that's true. I guess it was so long ago, that I haven't really tried to get back into that mindset beyond what I've already affirmed: my intention was to elicit a sense of injustice. I believe Teshik was a good man, which is to say Teshik believed himself a good man. What's that worth in the context of the Empire? I'm not sure. The important ambiguity for me lies mostly in terms of the New Republic's motivation for killing Teshik. Would they execute him for purely political reasons? We're already begging the question, since no such situation is "purely" this or that. But for argument's sake, I think some, like Mon Mothma, certainly were capable of it. But is that what actually happened? I'm not sure on that count, but I do like that dark Mon Mothma. Sometimes, the idealistic become jaded and lose hope, seeking to perpetuate the probable truth of hopelessness; sometimes, the idealistic become jaded but remain hopeful, seeking to perpetuate the possible truth of hopefulness, even if not for themselves. I think Mon Mothma is one of the latter, and takes the burden of her own atrocities to her grave. P.S. I can't seem to say Mon and not say Mothma. Mon. There I did it.
