Self-righteousness is an especially heady condition that all of us have experienced at one time or another. Those who are honest will admit there is … - David Brin

Had I been wrong, this would still have been the honorable thing to do.
I am very glad, however, to find out that I was right.

"Then again: from the critic's point of view, one of the truly wonderful things about the Star Wars universe is that the territory is so sprawling and borrows from so many sources that it's possible to find just about anything here, if you look hard enough. For example, the story of the original movie can also be summarized as, "A restless young boy chafes at life on the dusty old family farm, until he meets a wizard and is swept away to a wondrous land where he meets some munchkins, a tin man, a cowardly lion and Harrison Ford as the scarecrow.

In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.