Solo Headed To Become A Flop? Yep, It Flopped.

[Angelus]

Azuren said:

Soundwave said:

Lucas has said plainly many times the Rebels are the counter-culture/hippy movement of the 1960s, the Empire is a fascist government modelled after the right wing government of Richard Nixon. 

Oh, so it was a typical underdog story? That's cool that he aligned it to those things without making insufferable characters who actually have their specific roles that they provide, as well as thought out character arcs and  surprising lack of Mary Sues (until arguably Anakin, that kid who accidentally did that one good thing).

 

sub·tle·ty

ˈsədltē/

noun

 

1. the quality or state of being subtle.

   "the textural subtlety of Degas"

   synonyms:

   delicacy, delicateness, subtleness; More

   • a subtle distinction, feature, or argument.

     plural noun: subtleties

     "the subtleties of English grammar"

     synonyms:

     fineness, subtleness, niceness, nicety, nuance "classification is fraught with subtlety"

What exactly is subtle about an empire run by immaculately uniformed, old, powerful white guys, with a giant death laser at their disposal, trying to wipe out a rebel alliance of various aliens and scraggly people who speak reverently about some mystical energy that binds the universe together?