Today is the 55th anniversary of the My Lai massacre. With the state of the world today, I want to highlight again what Hugh Thompson did that dark day.
He stood up for what was right in the midst of the horror, then refused to be quiet in the aftermath at enormous personal cost
To whoever is calling me incessantly, my phone is broken. It vibrates, but the screen is busted so I can't answer or see who's calling. Please reach out somewhere else and stop the vibrations
On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for an attack on an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam.
As the attack developed, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else:
A massacre.
He decided to act. /1 🧵
Clone Wars: "Hey, we're writing our show to accommodate a single throwaway line in ROTS. Also, the end will fit perfectly within the last episode of the prequels"
New SW TV: "Hey, we're going to fundamentally alter characters and their relationships. No, it won't be interesting"
@WindDuster Or he was just being petty, lol. In Revenge of the Sith and the Clone Wars TV show, it's established that he never really liked R2. Dumb way to fill a narrative pothole, but that's the Star Wars way of plugging holes
@McResistanceD@CountDankulaTV It's released on MAX because Warner Bros has a deal with HBO. IIRC, every WB release this last year had a simultaneous release on MAX. Literally has nothing to do with the quality of the films. Not saying it's good or bad, just saying the quality did not affect the release type.