Lit The Life and Times of RAE SLOANE

And then Jello's failure will be complete

 

So, are you interested in buying a couple of bridges?

 

I hope Rae Sloane's career isn't over.

Imagine, for example, Rae invading Hutt Space with the First Order!

I'd like a Snoke Book once The Last Jedi comes out and her to serve as Snoke's Pellaeon or our "everywoman's" view on him.

 

Well, when I can believe Wookieepedia that Rae was born the very same year as Anakin Skywalker was (i.e. 41 BBY) she will be 85 years in Ep. IX then. And that only when there is no major time gap like between EP. I and II.

 

True. That is far too old for someone to lead a nation.

 

Did I say that? I think not. So I presume your colorful contribution to be a mere joke and not biting sarcasm.

 

I am heading off any criticism of the idea.

 

Pelly was like 90 by the time of LotF and still ruling. 90 YO Sloane ruling the rump FO would be yet another delicious parallel.

 

One of these days, Rae Sloane is going to appear in a live-action movie. You read it hear first folks.

 

She's a cool character but I think the chances are slim we will see her in a live action film. Unless they do a spinoff about the formation of the First Order (which sounds like something they would do in a book series as opposed to a spinoff movie) I don't think we will see her on film.

 

I see an Obi-Wan Kenobi movie well before TFO.

 

So...I am having trouble with this character. I have read A New Dawn and the first two books of the Aftermath trilogy and I don't understand how people don't think that Rae Sloane is evil. I always see her talked about in Lit as if she was a shining example of a decent Imperial when by the accounts I have read, she is just as fanatical as any other Imperial officer in the Star Wars universe.

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Hi Avenger,

when you know Agent Kallus from Rebels you will see that there were a lot of people cherishing the Empire for bringing peace and order and devoting their lives to it. Yes, there were even some Imperials who did really care about the people entrusted to them. And Rae Sloane was one of them. There are always some shades between good and evil. And its exactly these different shades of gray making characters like Rae Sloane interesting and even attractive. To call Rae Sloane evil, and be it in such a double-denying phrase as you used it, is a bit far-fetched IMHO.

 

Yeah, there's quite a lot of difference between 'decent person (for an Imperial)' and 'decent person (by everyone else's standards)' - Sloane falls into the former but if you are a high ranking Imperial then pretty much by default you have qualities and attributes that count heavily against you. Legends Thrawn (possibly Nu Thrawn also, not read the book yet) and Pellaeon were similar - they weren't the xenophobic racist megalomaniacs most Imperials were but they were still baddies - until a bit of whitewashing kicked in down the line at least.

 

Sometimes I do wonder if people forget the difference between having sympathetic villains and...well, not having heroes and villains at all, or having heroes on opposite sides. These all end up being very different type of stories.

In particular, with sympathetic villains it is important to remember the sympathetic....but also to remember the villain part.

 

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Yeah I misread your post and thought you were talking about morally grey characters.

 

Lucas also infamously put the kibosh on a TIE Fighter sequel because he didn't want to lionize the Empire.

 

Sloane tends to come off better in comparison to those around her so see Vidian and Rax, that's not really enough to move her into the hero category but neither has the new material even attempted to do that. I like Sloane as a character in SW but don't like her as it were. And certainly her final moves in Empire's End are very revealing.

 

I mean, my contention with Sloane isn't that she isn't a great character, and I am glad that the Story Group is creating characters like her for the new canon.

I just saw a lot of talk here about her being...I dunno, less evil than the likes of Tarkin and the other Moffs and frankly I don't see it. She just seems like every other Imperial to me: ambitious, cruel, fanatical loyalty, and being perfectly willing to enact evil acts upon anyone who gets in her way.

Her inner dialogue in A New Dawn is littered with expressing her intent to murder anyone who vaguely​ annoys her, and while there is a difference between thoughts and actions I can't help but think of her having the might and cruelty of the Empire to help enforce such a decision.

But all that aside, she's a great character, I just got the wrong impression of her initially.

Sent from Hell--depending on whether or not it exists.

 

For me, Sloane's a far more successful Krennic. She has the same villain reduction effect when the likes of Vidian and Rax are around but doesn't get screwed over by them. Her ascent to the top tier of the Empire isn't blocked by a Tarkin-level adversary, but when she gets to the point where she can actually prove her claim to be a 'better' imperial.... Ah, well, about that....