illegalcheese
Since: Apr, 2010
Mar 19th 2012 at 5:45:49 PM
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A rebel leader getting rescued by a Stormtrooper should result in this trope, but Leia's not scared and Luke's not scary.
Also, I think the whole "I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to save you" has become something of a memetic kindly-hero thing (at least when coming out of Mark Hamill's mouth), which defuses the situation in hindsight. Even without hindsight, that line just makes it clear that he's adorably harmless.
Edited by illegalcheese
How is the Star Wars example a subversion?
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