STHan should NOT be Rebel
Since every other post is how every character in the game should be a Rebel, I decided to make a thread about one who is, but shouldn't be. Since the game has used names/art for characters when they were younger but don't have tags they do when they're older (Clone Wars Chewy, Darth Sidious) STHan should NOT have the rebel tag. He was not a part of the rebel alliance in ANH.
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we know that he was helping the rebels between ANH and ESB. as he was gonna leave and him and leia argued about it.
good chance he dressed for an undercover mission at some point during this.
But it's close enough in time for me. It's pretty much the same day.
I disagree with this. He had his reward in hand for helping rescue Princess and chose to come back and help the rebels destroy the Death Star. Then he stayed around, accepted a rebellion medal and had joined.
Was Han in the rebellion at the time of his wearing the Strom Trooper outfit. No.
Was Luke a member of the rebellion at the time he had that crap gun and dressed as a farmer. No.
But by the end of the first movie yes I said first movie even though it is the 4th. It is safe to say they were both firmly members of the rebellion.
You make the argument for farm boy Luke as unofficially joining the rebellion the second he saw the Owen and Beru BBQ
Han didn't make the choice to join the rebels until the last 5 min of ANH. While he was in the ST armor he was still just in it for the reward.
Princess Leia Organa: It's not over yet.
Han Solo: It is for me, sister. Look, I ain't in this for your revolution, and I'm not in it for you, Princess. I expect to be well paid. I'm in it for the money.
You might recognize that back and forth from the scene in the falcon right after they escaped from the Deathstar, when Han was still wearing that st outfit.
Now Old Ben has a better claim at a rebel tag as he was, for the majority of his screen time, actively on a mission for the rebellion.
however as soon as han picked up obi wan, luke and the droids. in the eyes of the empire han was rebel scum.
"you'll come to find that a great many things will depend on a certain point of view"
Luke was on board with the rebellion long before he even got involved. Recall when he got the droids and C3PO started talking about the rebellion, Luke got very excited. Then speaking with Old Ben he admitted he hated the Empire but couldn't do anything about it because it was so far away. Luke was a rebel even when he was a moisture farmer, he just had no clear path.
By the same token Anakin is empire. We left a cheerful kid on prequel one and met a QQQQ guy that has already converted in mind at the beginning of 2nd.
Not even close.
How so?
He did, he graduated as an officer from the Imperial academy on Carida. After he saw the Empire taking/using wookie slaves he staged a breakout, rescued Chewie (hence the life debt) and left the empire in an act of personal rebellion.
The stripes on his pants, though, are not from the Empire. Those are Corellian Bloodstripes, awarded for valor by the Corellian forces of which Han was also a member. They liased with the Empire until the Empire started demolishing autonomous military forces.
Edit for grammar.
In my opinion, STH became apart of the rebellion once he laid eyes on Leia in the trash compactor and saw her in her wet gown. But he's too gruff to admit to that kind of sentimentality, that he'd join a cause because he was physically drawn to a beautiful princess.