its like the writers thought "hmmm Padme is supposed to be the good politician and leader in Star wars and what do good politicians and leaders do? oh i know all good politicians and good leaders love refugees right? lets make her character support refugees" and couldn't think of any other example of "good leadership" except that
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in her defense, the Republic was responsible for its own downfall for becoming so bloated, corrupt, and useless. Padme's representative Binks was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
Which just proves these demons have no idea about anything. A leader needs to put his own people first; those are who he's leading and, in a representation system, who elected him. He has a duty to these people, and none to any "migrants," "refugees," or "immigrants." Legal or otherwise, for the record.
A true leader laughs louder, rages angrier, loves more deeply, shines as an example, a symbol of all the potential of their people.
Ol George was on more than his share of Ritalin at the time, I've heard. Why else would he have named a character "Dooku" for crying out loud? He had to have been high off his ass.
He literally created a giant nosed flying goblin merchant that sold slaves and whined constantly about money while trying to rip people off.
Dooku is like 6th place on the wild ass character decisions he made.
And yet he wasn't high enough to go through with the Darth Jar-Jar idea. Shame, bizarro evil Yoda would have made the prequels so much better than yet another asthmatic cyborg.
I don’t think that was ever a real idea that he could have “gone through” with.
No it was. The actor who did the mo-cap for Jarjar all but confirmed it directly years later. Jarjar was supposed to be like Tobi from Naruto, or the Blind Masseuse. Someone who acts completely goofy and ridiculous, but their antics are all "part of the plan" and they just act like a fag as a cover. The problem was that Lucas overtuned his goofiness to the point that everyone hated Jarjar so much after EP1 that Lucas concluded he'd never be able to sell the reveal "Its wassa ME ALL ALONG, Jedi poodoos!" He invented Dooku to fill the role, which is why the latter kinda comes out of nowhere in EP2.
He also extended the goofiness for too long. He did the same trick with Yoda, but he was only a stupid annoying alien for about ten minutes before the reveal. It would have worked if he put the reveal in the first movie, maybe as a post credits scene.
Really? Wow.
He was once in a storyboarding session where they came up with a new sith character for a game and he suggested to everyone "Let's call him Darth Icky... or Insanius". Everyone chuckled and then noticed he was dead serious. The room fell awkwardly silent and they moved on to another topic.
It sounds like Dookie and also Doodoo. That's impressive in my book.
And look where it gets her!
Weren't the Prequels a thinly veiled political commentary on the Bush administration and the war on terror?
Since The Phantom Menace came out in 1999 that seems unlikely. Possible for Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith which came out in 2002 and 2005 respectively. Still seems unlikely unless you think George is a "9/11 was an inside job" guy.
I think it was more coincidence that a story about the decline of a republic into an authoritarian state due to a crisis and subsequent war, but man is it well timed.
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