Message from @nr
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QBZ-95?
I mean.... what did Palpatine REALLY do that was so bad?
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interesting question
he basically enslaved a bunch of people
the lore truly doesn't get into that
and turned a bunch of planets into work camps
Singapore is buying Chinese arms now?
using the inhabitants to build star fighters and mega weapons and stuff
no, palpatine gave more power to the local regional governments...
Well SOMEONE has to put those lazy ass Ithorians to work
the message from that story is up to us
to the local governments?
you mean the Moffs which were appointed by Palpatine?
Yeah, it even said so in episode 4
when they talk about the senate being dissolved
the Niktos are lazy
and all Hutts are gangsters
he dissolved the E.U. type of corrupt bureaucracy that was bloated and had toooo much overhead.
The Jedi kidnap kids with force sensitivity, emotionally torture and brainwash them, and leave them with literally nothing if they wash out of training. They're often too young to ever know their parents when the Jedi take them, so they're left with no family, no friends, other than those within the Jedi Order.
All of this was aided and abetted by the Galactic Republic, who fund the Jedi's activities in exchange for their service as military tacticians and assassins.
assassins indeed
"Oh, you're a teenager, and you're stressed and angry? Just meditate on it, kid."
and then the kids are too old and have already formed their personalities, so that the the brain washing won't hold, they refuse then entry into the jedi
ones that weren't allowed to love
And they're surprised when these kids with literal superpowers become corrupted and evil?
The Sith have a pretty sound philosophy tbh.
the age thing depends on the mindset
Luke gets in because he has nothing
Anakin was like... 8 and he was considered too old
Anakin was emotionally unstable
the only people calling for "smaller government" are The Sith
as a kid
The Jedi are extreme altruists, almost Communists, preference for your own emotional and physical wellbeing is frowned upon by them. You're existence is devoted to the thankless job of helping "innocents" who will inevitably become dependant on you.
And Luke didn't "get in" as there was nothing left. And even then boomer ass Yoda didnt want him to start training
Palpatine did nothing wrong
Luke was okay, since he subtracted the obviously flawed elements of the Jedi Order and their practices.
Actually Yoda didnt want him to fight Vader yet
the jedi receive their special magic blood from their mothers
a victim of circumstance..
he even employed so many migrant workers in the imperial army... formed mostly of blacks and maori