Let's cancel the kids' Star Wars Stormtrooper costume — Opinion
This Halloween, you will doubtlessly open your door to a kid in a Stormtrooper costume pointing a blaster rifle at your head. Legions of Imperial and First Order Stormtroopers will certainly appear, demanding candy from behind very iconic and recognizable helmets. And while it’s nice to think these kids are costumed as the heroic Finn or even Luke and Han disguised as Stormtroopers, the reality is most kids who are Stormtroopers for Halloween are just dressing up as Stormtroopers.
So, why are we all okay with this? In 2016, the Death Trooper costume from Rogue One was gleefully sold by the Disney Store, which is fine in theory, because Death Troopers and Stormtroopers are make-believe. But the popularity of these costumes relative to other Star Wars costumes is a little unsettling. I mean, basically, these guys look like they’re wearing space-age riot gear.
Except, there is a fundamental difference. In the narrative of Star Wars, Stormtroopers are people who blindly follow orders, and their orders are always about mass-execution. They represent a police state, and in that world, following orders is the only way to live. Stormtroopers kill people with guns who challenge the status quo. That is their narrative function and that is the message that they send when you see them.
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