I think it's for the same reason why so many fics portray the resistance as the ultimate good guys even though they've most likely killed innocents and done bad things too. A lot of people prefer to see it as black and white, good and evil instead of something more complicated and nuanced.
You know, I meant to mention that in my comment as one of the reasons why people ignore anything more complex but I'm tired and forgot. Guess it's time to go to bed.
how the hell do you know someone who's never heard of star wars before?
i taught middle school in the projects 2009-2012, when star wars was effectively dead, and those kids had at least HEARD of it. "isn't that that movie in space? with darth vader?"
i knew homeschooled kids who'd heard of star wars.
It's mostly a Western phenomenon. I went to undergrad at a university that had a lot of international students and it wasn't unusual to have people who'd never heard of star wars or star trek or other popular movies or shows from America.
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(Anonymous) 2016-02-19 05:22 am (UTC)(link)His reaction to the Rebels was: Wow these guys are blowing up government projects and setting things on fire and totally could be terrorists.
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(Anonymous) 2016-02-19 05:49 am (UTC)(link)Keep up the good work soldier, the New Republic won't blow up by itself.
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(Anonymous) 2016-02-19 06:01 am (UTC)(link)The losers were obviously evil. And even Heaven was not on their side.
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(Anonymous) 2016-02-20 01:32 am (UTC)(link)i taught middle school in the projects 2009-2012, when star wars was effectively dead, and those kids had at least HEARD of it. "isn't that that movie in space? with darth vader?"
i knew homeschooled kids who'd heard of star wars.
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(Anonymous) 2016-02-20 02:00 am (UTC)(link)It's mostly a Western phenomenon. I went to undergrad at a university that had a lot of international students and it wasn't unusual to have people who'd never heard of star wars or star trek or other popular movies or shows from America.
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(Anonymous) 2016-02-19 05:51 am (UTC)(link)Many people write to relax, to have fun, not to wreck their brains in self-inflicted pain.
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(Anonymous) 2016-02-19 05:59 am (UTC)(link)But many people don't find it fun, or simply couldn't write at that level yet.