This, of course, follows the previous administration’s nepotistic mannequin twins dressing up their child as a First Order stormtrooper and drawing the very confused wrath of the internet. Along more apolitical avenues, there’s the 501st Legion, an international group of cosplayers who attend store openings and visit kids in the hospital, dressed, largely, as stormtroopers. And then there’s Star Wars’ practically unstoppable merchandising arm: did you know that you can make adorable stormtrooper-shaped cookies?
Look, I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it is apparently a lot of people, so I’m going to shout it in all caps, so even the creepy dude reading this over your shoulder on the bus can see: STORMTROOPERS ARE THE BAD GUYS. STOP DRESSING UP LIKE THEM.
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Stormtroopers are literally Space-Nazis – George Lucas literally said that. He specifically modeled the Empire and its stormtroopers on Nazis and the Imperial officers’ uniforms on historically fascist regimes. It’s not a secret; Lucas is very open about that. Because he wanted the audience to know, in every conceivable way, that these people sucked and were very bad.
And, okay, yes, some Star Wars’ books and comics go out of their way to explain that #NotAllStormtroopers – but they also pointedly explain that #YesMostOfThemActually. Claudia Gray’s Lost Stars follows two kids from an Imperial-occupied planet who join up with the Empire because of propaganda and poverty, only to eventually turn on them. One joins the Rebels, while the other goes slowly insane because she realizes she’s on the same side as killers and psychopaths and fanatics who are okay with slavery and genocide and planet-exploding.
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