Sometimes, you see and hear things as a Jedi historian that make you sick. The holotape that one of the pilots recovered from the First Order was one of them. "Dom, play it back and then go hide under the table."
My Ewok assistant did so.
"Your platoon, AB0723, fucked up, did it not?" Even a recording of Hux's voice scared me.
"We did, sir." That was a very young female stormtrooper's voice.
"You have disgraced the First Order, have you not?"
"We have, sir. Sir, you know I would serve you honorably..."
"Does this look like a trial to you, AB0723? We're going to play the game again, you know how this goes. Platoon! At attention! Draw straws!"
The scary sound of ten troopers at attention. Silence. A strangled scream.
"Well, AB0723, it seems like we'll be killing someone else instead. I will give you lot thirty seconds to aim your blasters at JB1031. He has the short straw."
"General Hux, please re..."
He doesn't finish his sentence because someone's already shot him. A flurry of blaster shots follow. "General, please..."
"Go to hell, JB1031," snaps AB0723. Is she stepping on his throat?!
"AB... AB... Stop... I..." She's clearly choking him to death.
A blaster shot. Probably through his skull. "See?" Hux says with pride. "AB0723 knows how it's done around here. She will go far."
Duel of the Fates--request filled!
My Ewok assistant did so.
"Your platoon, AB0723, fucked up, did it not?" Even a recording of Hux's voice scared me.
"We did, sir." That was a very young female stormtrooper's voice.
"You have disgraced the First Order, have you not?"
"We have, sir. Sir, you know I would serve you honorably..."
"Does this look like a trial to you, AB0723? We're going to play the game again, you know how this goes. Platoon! At attention! Draw straws!"
The scary sound of ten troopers at attention. Silence. A strangled scream.
"Well, AB0723, it seems like we'll be killing someone else instead. I will give you lot thirty seconds to aim your blasters at JB1031. He has the short straw."
"General Hux, please re..."
He doesn't finish his sentence because someone's already shot him. A flurry of blaster shots follow. "General, please..."
"Go to hell, JB1031," snaps AB0723. Is she stepping on his throat?!
"AB... AB... Stop... I..." She's clearly choking him to death.
A blaster shot. Probably through his skull. "See?" Hux says with pride. "AB0723 knows how it's done around here. She will go far."
"Long live the First fucking Order!" she yells.
I turn the tape off and try not to pass out.