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The Picard Maneuver lemmy.world The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
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xxce2AAb feddit.dk xxce2AAb@feddit.dk
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"I mean, in his defense they were Tusken. Nobody cares about those, right?"

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lath piefed.social lath@piefed.social
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"I mean, in his defense they were Tusken. Nobody cares about those, right?"

Ooh, he didn't like sand people...

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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Ooh, he didn't like sand people...

You’re not suppose to call them that anymore!

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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Le funny, but Obi-Wan 100% knew for years that they were married.

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Rhaedas fedia.io Rhaedas@fedia.io
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Ooh, he didn't like sand people...

They're coarse, they're irritating, and they're everywhere.

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Possibly linux lemmy.zip possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip
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"I mean, in his defense they were Tusken. Nobody cares about those, right?"

It was in self defense

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MajorMajormajormajor lemmy.ca MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
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They're coarse, they're irritating, and they're everywhere.

Holy shit, Anakin is a racist yokel from the boonies. Him murdering the sand people is pretty much Deliverance with lightsabers.

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πŸ‰ DrRedOctopus πŸ™πŸ‰ lemmy.world IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world
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i think the biggest red flag in the Republic, is that their elite cops are a selective secretive religious sect with child soldiers.

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ThisUsernameKillsFascists piefed.social ThisUsernameKillsFascists@piefed.social
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You’re not suppose to call them that anymore!

Sand People is their preferred name - Tusken Raiders is the slur

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pooberbee (she/her) lemmy.ml pooberbee@lemmy.ml
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I don't really remember my wedding vows, but I'm 100% certain there was nothing in them about not killing children so... loophole?

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TachyonTele piefed.social TachyonTele@piefed.social
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Le funny, but Obi-Wan 100% knew for years that they were married.

Seriously! Failed meme. Way to go OP.

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threelonmusketeers sh.itjust.works threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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i think the biggest red flag in the Republic, is that their elite cops are a selective secretive religious sect with child soldiers.

their elite cops are a selective secretive religious sect with child soldiers

Outside of the conflict which Palpatine orchestrated, that wasn't the Jedi's normal job, right?

"We're keepers of the peace, not soldiers."

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threelonmusketeers sh.itjust.works threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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Le funny, but Obi-Wan 100% knew for years that they were married.

Did he know for sure? Or did he just suspect but not ask, in an attempt to avoid problems?

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πŸ‰ DrRedOctopus πŸ™πŸ‰ lemmy.world IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world
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their elite cops are a selective secretive religious sect with child soldiers Outside of the conflict which Palpatine orchestrated, that wasn't the Jedi's normal job, right? "We're keepers of the peace, not soldiers."

just like Israeli soldiers are just for defense. they are soldiers, they fight in wars, and also act as police.

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tacosanonymous mander.xyz tacosanonymous@mander.xyz
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their elite cops are a selective secretive religious sect with child soldiers Outside of the conflict which Palpatine orchestrated, that wasn't the Jedi's normal job, right? "We're keepers of the peace, not soldiers."

Yeah, they were a little more like diplomats but investigated weird shit, mostly fighting as a side effect of running into bad situations.

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Tiresia slrpnk.net Tiresia@slrpnk.net
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their elite cops are a selective secretive religious sect with child soldiers Outside of the conflict which Palpatine orchestrated, that wasn't the Jedi's normal job, right? "We're keepers of the peace, not soldiers."

What do you think a "peacekeeper" is? For reference, this is one of the first results I got when I searched the web for "UN peacekeeper".

George Lucas clearly intended the Jedi to be wrong. Side-stepping a debate about the morality of their texual actions, they are narratively put on the "wrong" role. The whole arc of the third (sixth) movie is how Luke proves Yoda wrong that love and attachment lead to a fall to the dark side, with the tension coming from the audience's credence in Yoda's statement. And the prophecy that Anakin brings balance to the Force is fulfilled when he reduces the number of Jedi to equal the number of Sith (2) and later the number of Sith to equal the number of Jedi (0), implying the Jedi temple as an institution was unbalanced and the best number of Jedi (and Sith) is zero.

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dance_ninja lemmy.world dance_ninja@lemmy.world
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Did he know for sure? Or did he just suspect but not ask, in an attempt to avoid problems?

He definitely knew by the last season of Clone Wars.

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lobut lemmy.ca lobut@lemmy.ca
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It's okay the younglings were Hamas.

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orbitz lemmy.ca orbitz@lemmy.ca
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What do you think a "peacekeeper" is? For reference, this is one of the first results I got when I searched the web for "UN peacekeeper". George Lucas clearly intended the Jedi to be wrong. Side-stepping a debate about the morality of their texual actions, they are narratively put on the "wrong" role. The whole arc of the third (sixth) movie is how Luke proves Yoda wrong that love and attachmen...

But love and attachment pulled Anakin to the Dark side wasn't that their entire position on it?

Or did I miss a plot but? I always thought ep 3 was clear, Anakin wanted love more than what was right and screwed up the social order by helping the emperor to in theory save Padme but then he went down the dark side and was no longer a Jedi. I thought that's what Yoda assumed would happen too, in some way.

Honestly that's a legit question I truely miss those things in movies often, even if I've seen them a lot, not nearly as much as EP 4-6 of course, but close since it was on repeat at the electronics store I worked at.

I thought the intent was to show the Jedi more naive, but holding to their ideals in the face of danger. Even if it meant all but a few got killed. But also show that their ideala lived on in the end (unsure about extended only read a few books) so they sort of win too.

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Tiresia slrpnk.net Tiresia@slrpnk.net
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But love and attachment pulled Anakin to the Dark side wasn't that their entire position on it? Or did I miss a plot but? I always thought ep 3 was clear, Anakin wanted love more than what was right and screwed up the social order by helping the emperor to in theory save Padme but then he went down the dark side and was no longer a Jedi. I thought that's what Yoda assumed would happen too, in s...

Anakin was unable to suppress his love and other emotions in the way the Jedi demanded, true. But it is because of the false dichotomy between Jedi emotional denial and Sith narcissistic indulgence that this meant Anakin fell to the dark side. Luke broke the dichotomy and did good through his love of his father.

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hamFoilHat lemmy.world hamFoilHat@lemmy.world
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Anakin was unable to suppress his love and other emotions in the way the Jedi demanded, true. But it is because of the false dichotomy between Jedi emotional denial and Sith narcissistic indulgence that this meant Anakin fell to the dark side. Luke broke the dichotomy and did good through his love of his father.

Dichotomy? You are starting to sound like Anakin. https://youtu.be/sg0SmgoSMg4

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orbitz lemmy.ca orbitz@lemmy.ca
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Anakin was unable to suppress his love and other emotions in the way the Jedi demanded, true. But it is because of the false dichotomy between Jedi emotional denial and Sith narcissistic indulgence that this meant Anakin fell to the dark side. Luke broke the dichotomy and did good through his love of his father.

Awesome I understood it (even if I didn't say it properly in my previous msg). Just needed to be sure I didn't miss something in my readings and watchings.

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JackbyDev programming.dev JackbyDev@programming.dev
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their elite cops are a selective secretive religious sect with child soldiers Outside of the conflict which Palpatine orchestrated, that wasn't the Jedi's normal job, right? "We're keepers of the peace, not soldiers."

Soldiers β‰  Cops

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CannedYeet lemmy.world CannedYeet@lemmy.world
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i think the biggest red flag in the Republic, is that their elite cops are a selective secretive religious sect with child soldiers.

AJAB

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Fluffy Kitty Cat slrpnk.net fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net
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It's okay the younglings were Hamas.

He was just trying to rescue a hostage and he kind of accidentally maybe slaughtered an entire Village. Not just the men, the women and the children too

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He was just trying to rescue a hostage and he kind of accidentally maybe slaughtered an entire Village. Not just the men, the women and the children too

But also failed to save the hostage

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