To put that briefly:
- Torture victims are more hostile, more resistant.
- Torture victims have unreliable memories.
- Torturers are easier to lie to.
That is reality, before you introduce space magic.
Now, we get to the space magic. The part of fictional physics that the
author created to serve their work, and which reflects on
them.
That is a
choice, and the author is free to make a
different choice.
When an author
chooses to write their magic system as working that way, that
choice reflects on them, because it is
not realism, it is fantasy. The author has created this magic system, and its actions reflect on them, not on RL physics.
In general when someone writes fiction in which torture is or is part of an effective method of interrogation, they are
doing the work of supporting torture -- they are establishing the
meme that torture is or is part of an effective method of interrogation.
They are
falsely presenting the choice about whether or not to torture as being between morality and effectiveness, when the true choice is between
immorality and effectiveness, because torture
is not an effective interrogation technique.
In other words, barring clear deconstructions, anyone who writes a work of fiction in which torture is or is part of an effective method of interrogation is supporting torture by doing so, and that makes them a torture-supporter, by definition.
And we shouldn't put up with that.
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As for whether Disney is responsible for JFO? As of 2012 or 2013 or something, they own the IP. They have the
legal authority to tell Electronic Arts that they aren't allowed to publish a
Star Wars game where torture works. This is what is known as the Copyright holder's
moral rights.
I suppose you could say that Disney has simply decided they
don't care, but the obvious answer is, "then we should raise a stink and
make them care."
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Oh, and here's the
Star Wars themed kicker: Do you want to know what actually works as an interrogation technique?
Building rapport. Compassion. Empathy.
Or, in George Lucas's words: "There's a good side and a bad side. You have a choice between them, but the world works better if you're on the good side."