Assuming you’re talking about the atomic bombing of Japan, there is plenty of debate on the subject. The main argument in favor is that, if the nukes weren’t an option to force the Japanese government to surrender, then instead the Allies would have invaded Japan with conventional forces, with casualty estimates on the order of 1 million lives, as opposed to the ~180k killed by the nukes.
I would be pretty surprised if somebody would start to argue that Vader was being reasonable and had a forced hand to sacrifice Alderaan instead of doing violent police forcing all around the galaxy.
I guess the upshot of centering around reality is that there is guaranteed to be depth and nuance while fiction can be cartoonish.
Assuming you’re talking about the atomic bombing of Japan, there is plenty of debate on the subject. The main argument in favor is that, if the nukes weren’t an option to force the Japanese government to surrender, then instead the Allies would have invaded Japan with conventional forces, with casualty estimates on the order of 1 million lives, as opposed to the ~180k killed by the nukes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debate_over_the_atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
I would be pretty surprised if somebody would start to argue that Vader was being reasonable and had a forced hand to sacrifice Alderaan instead of doing violent police forcing all around the galaxy.
I guess the upshot of centering around reality is that there is guaranteed to be depth and nuance while fiction can be cartoonish.