I often pronounce the word "route" as "root."

But "route" is the wrong word in the call to action below, unless the writer means that one can reroute the good guys of the Star Wars galaxy by firing glowing plastic darts in their direction. I'm a coward, so that strategy would work on me, but I don't know about the Rebel Alliance.

"Rout," not "route"—you're in a rut, writer, but you'll right yourself soon enough.