I know it's short, sorry. But I wanted to get this out there now rather than wait. The Stormtroopers have always been my favourite soldiers of any fandom, even more so than the SPARTANS of Halo.
Enjoy my views on the Empire and Rebel Alliance of Star Wars, from the view point of a Stormtrooper.
Monsters, thugs, oppressors. Or Peacekeepers, saviours, Liberators? Which were they?
Behind the white body armour and E-11 blaster rifles which were they? These men and women of white.
To the Rebel Alliance they were the former, TK-1354 knew that, and knew as soon as she had taken a prisoner aboard an Imperial Ship, the Togruta man yelling at the top of his lungs that his cause was just and that soon the Empire would fall.
Yet were the Rebels any better?
Freedom Fighters, Heroic soldiers, Just and Right. Or Terrorists, Cowards, Scum? Which were they?
Behind their slogans and ideals which were they?
To the Empire they were the latter, Tk-1354 knew that, she knew it ever since her unit had come to the scene of a Rebel bomb attack. She knew it as she clutched the dying body of a female Human youngling, not even ten years old.
She had known it as she watched the life drain from the girl's little eyes and seen the helplessness of the surrounding Stormtroopers, unable to do anything for the other victims due to a shortage of medical supplies thanks to Rebel Blockades.
Behind the Star Destroyers and Moffs which were they?
To the common citizen it was undecided. Some saw them as Fascists, Bullies. Others saw them as Sentinels, Soldiers of pure and just cause.
TK-1354 knew which they were, she knew as he saw his sqaud mates get gunned down in a hail of blaster fire. She knew as he faced down the bright green blade of the rebel commander, Skywalker.
She tightened his grip on his E-11 and aimed, content with what she faced and the likelihood of surviving it.
Because in the end, she knew which they were.
Skywalker charged and the Trooper fired.
As she lay, dying in the dirt she heard the sound of Skywalker's comm-link.
"Luke we've planted the bombs in the Imperial garrison and the main Star-Port. They'll go off at rush hour, that should get them."
Yes, TK-1354 knew which they were.
