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* BrokenBase: Not the video itself, which has generally received very positive reactions, but the soundtrack. Some viewers consider the rock score with its emphasis on heavy guitar riffs too generic, or inappropriate for the ''Franchise/StarWars'' setting, while others think it's just as impressive as the animation and a great homage to 80's {{mecha}} anime. [[note]] [=OtaKing=] 77077 was a well known "tripfag" (user who paid for a tripcode) that frequented Website/FourChan, and specifically /m/, the mecha board, until sometime in the late 2010s. [[/note]]

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* BrokenBase: Not the video itself, which has generally received very positive reactions, but the soundtrack. Some viewers consider the rock score with its emphasis on heavy guitar riffs too generic, or inappropriate for the ''Franchise/StarWars'' setting, while others think it's just as impressive as the animation and a great homage to 80's {{mecha}} anime. [[note]] [=OtaKing=] 77077 was a well known "tripfag" (user who paid for a used a tripcode) that who frequented Website/FourChan, and specifically /m/, the mecha board, until sometime in the late 2010s. [[/note]]
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* EvilIsCool: Playing as TheEmpire, getting new and even better ships than anything the [[LaResistance Rebellion]] has, getting [[SeriesMascot Darth Vader]] as your wingmate (which arguably makes your character TheWoobie) and later working under [[MagnificentBastard Grand Admiral Thrawn]]. HELL YEAH.

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* EvilIsCool: Playing The game deliberately plays this up as TheEmpire, getting new a means to immerse the player in the mindset of an Imperial soldier. The story starts off showing the [[SympatheticPOV sympathetic]] and even better ships than anything [[PunchClockVillain mundane]] duties of the [[LaResistance Rebellion]] has, getting [[SeriesMascot Darth Vader]] as your wingmate (which arguably makes your character TheWoobie) Imperial Navy, protecting innocent traders from pirates and later working under [[MagnificentBastard Grand Admiral Thrawn]]. HELL YEAH. terrorists, while showering the player in [[PuttingOnTheReich cool uniforms, medal ceremonies]], and audiences with Imperial leadership as rewards for their service... rewards that help to distract the player from the increasingly shady and ignoble details in their mission briefings, leaving them so caught up in the propagandistic thrill they may not notice they've transitioned from a noble soldier to a pawn in the destructive, self-serving infighting at the Empire's highest ranks.



* RootingForTheEmpire: Deliberately played up by giving the Empire a SympatheticPOV and showing an Imperial Navy that isn't cartoonishly villainous, but rather [[PunchClockVillain a normal military]] that mostly hunts pirates and terrorists and keeps the peace (though some campaigns do involve cracking down on [[YouRebelScum the Rebel Scum]]). Of course, PuttingOnTheReich and EvilIsCool remain in full effect, with the protagonist receiving cool uniforms and medals, audiences with the Emperor and the like. The game even ''boosted'' the Empire's popularity in the fanbase, to the point that Creator/WestEndGames went on to produce a book for their ''Star Wars'' [[TabletopGame/StarWarsD6 RPG]] for playing Imperial characters.

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* RootingForTheEmpire: Deliberately played up by giving The game's underlying theme of how the Empire a SympatheticPOV and showing an Imperial Navy that isn't cartoonishly villainous, but rather [[PunchClockVillain a normal military]] that mostly hunts pirates and terrorists and keeps propagandistic PatrioticFervor of TheEmpire blinds its soldiers to the peace (though reality of what they're doing may have worked a little ''too'' well, as some campaigns do involve cracking down on [[YouRebelScum players found themselves similarly blinded by the Rebel Scum]]). Of course, PuttingOnTheReich and EvilIsCool remain in full effect, with the protagonist receiving cool uniforms and medals, audiences with the Emperor and the like. aesthetics. The game even ''boosted'' actually boosted the Empire's popularity in the fanbase, fandom to the point that after its release, Creator/WestEndGames went on to produce produced a book for their ''Star Wars'' [[TabletopGame/StarWarsD6 RPG]] ''TabletopGame/StarWarsD6'' expansion specifically for playing Imperial characters.
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** A-Wings were this, if you weren't in a TIE Advanced, TIE Defender, or Missile Boat. Small, fast, maneuverable, and armed with missiles, they were dangerous for assault gunboats and almost instant death for unshielded [=TIEs=].

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** A-Wings were this, if you weren't in a TIE Advanced, TIE Defender, or Missile Boat. Small, fast, maneuverable, and armed with missiles, they were dangerous for assault gunboats and almost instant death for unshielded [=TIEs=]. To emphasize this, the game will sometimes spawn high-level A-Wings in some missions if you try to fly somewhere you shouldn't, such as near a capital ship.

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