Actually, they didn’t win, if The Force Awakens is to be believed. They simply set themselves up for a fall shortly after. As was said when the republic became the empire: “So this is how liberty dies - with thunderous applause.”

I went to go see Dr. Strange last night to try to take some of the sting out of yesterday’s events, and the last Rogue One trailer played. My friend and I both agreed that this movie couldn’t be coming out at a better time. A message of hope and defiance in the face of overwhelming and seemingly unstoppable evil is…