A long time ago (it seems now) I saw this movie that I thought was fictional. It featured an immense, militaristic, unitary-executive type Empire that was fighting an occupational war to build a fully-functioning "defensive" base. Since the people being occupied were called Ewoks, I refer to this broadly as The Ewok War.
You know the story. Powerful, decisive, funny-talking guy who looks good in a flight suit (and his even more sinister puppetmaster, that creepy old guy who blasts people in the face) decide to take over a place where the natives talk weird, have a primitive army, worship strange gods and wear odd headgear -- but have plentiful resources and a tactical position. The Ewok War should be a cakewalk, right?
Never count out the rebels. Aided by external provocateurs, the Ewok people build improvised roadside weapons and mount suicide assaults on important Empire facilities. Then, just when a recent surge in Empire activity seems to have doomed the rebellion, a surprising counterattack by the Ewok-ees and their allies causes loss of life and limb on a scale only imaginable in that episode two back, where pretty much the exact same thing happened but nobody learned a lesson.
This movie was called something like "Return of the G.I." Anyway, the movie left a couple lingering questions, and I thought some folks here in the forum might help me out.
First off, the villains were totally defeated, right? Or at least for the time being? Cause it would really suck to find out that the Empire just found another angry old Sith and installed him as Commander-in-Chief. So what I want to know is this: Who takes over ruling the galaxy? Is it that bossy but efficient female Senator? Or that handsome, charismatic black guy from that windy city in the clouds? I thought for a while it would be the tough-talking white dude with the perfect hair, but it seems not.
Second, will whoever wins seek out the old G. I. masters for advice? Like that one really green guy, who gives important lectures in a slow but convincing voice -- you know, the one the villains defeated in a sneaky parliamentary coup years earlier? I'd like to know his counsel still held weight. And how about that principled, white-haired mentor who defied the Empire in seemingly futile battles? Sure, his appearance was cut short -- but isn't he supposed to become more powerful than we can imagine?
Finally, WWWAD? (What would Wedge Antilles do?) Or WWWAVF? (Whom would Wedge Antilles vote for?) I think that is the fundamental fictional question of this campaign. Likely I speak for all ancillary characters everywhere when I say, yay Wedge! Even the minorest of minor characters can make a difference.