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**Title:** The Stormtrooper Paradox in The Force Awakens
**Main Point:** The Force Awakens humanizes Stormtroopers, particularly through the character of Finn, but fails to fully explore the moral implications of this newfound humanity, instead treating other Stormtroopers as disposable, killable characters.
**Key Points:**
1. The film shows Stormtroopers as people with feelings, contradicting their previous depiction as faceless, obedient drones.
2. Finn's character, a humanized Stormtrooper, raises questions about the morality of killing other Stormtroopers, implied to be brainwashed child soldiers.
3. The movie neglects to address the ethical complexities, instead using Stormtroopers as action fodder.
4. This paradox undermines the story's themes of redemption and the possibility of change, core to the Star Wars narrative.
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**Star Wars: The Force Awakens**
1. The film shows a stormtrooper bleeding, a rare depiction of blood in the Star Wars franchise.
2. A stormtrooper's helmet is removed, revealing a human face, a first in the series.
3. This stormtrooper, FN-2187 (Finn), is a key character who defects from the Imperial Army.
**Stormtroopers in the Star Wars Universe**
4. Stormtroopers are the army of the Galactic Empire.
5. They are an intergalactic military force associated with space imperialism and oppression.
6. Originally, stormtroopers were clone soldiers (introduced in the prequels).
7. By the original trilogy, stormtroopers were conscripts and volunteers.
8. In The Force Awakens, many stormtroopers were kidnapped as children and brainwashed.
**Historical Inspiration for Stormtroopers**
9. The term "stormtrooper" comes from special divisions of German soldiers in World War I.
10. These soldiers were known as "Sturmtruppen" or "Storm Men" in German.
11. The term was later associated with a paramilitary rank in the Nazi SS under Adolf Hitler.
**Film Statistics**
12. In The Force Awakens, 68 stormtroopers are shown being killed on screen over the 2h 15m runtime.
**Character Background**
13. Finn (FN-2187) is a stormtrooper who was taken from his family as a child and brainwashed.
14. Finn is the only stormtrooper in the series shown to develop a conscience and defect.
15. The First Order has a protocol for stormtrooper non-compliance, implying others could also resist.