#and thrawn and ahsoka were both under utilized

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not a fan of how the ahsoka show was handled whatsoever :/

#ahsoka show #ahsoka #star wars #rambles #I just think that like. the pacing was really really poor #and nothing actually happened #and thrawn and ahsoka were both under utilized #every shot of thrawn was of him standing in the same exact spot on this platform/ship thing. EVERY SHOT #like how do you confidently write that in your script #for a whole ‘season’ of a show #idk whatever I’m pissed off not my show not my problem that’s what I always say

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Let’s Talk Star Wars Politics

Please don’t immediately be scared off, this isn’t going to get HIGHLY political, it’s more an analysis of how politics seem to work in Star Wars versus how it’s actually been portrayed in media, and I’ll also discuss my concerns with how Lucasfilm appears to be moving forward with these themes. Please note that I will not be diving into the Sequel trilogy, as that gets a bit more complicated, but if this post receives enough attention, I might be persuaded to make a sequel post for the Sequel trilogy

What does each side stand for or fight for? This is simple. The Rebellion fights for freedom, the Republic fights for peace and order. Pretty straightforward. However upon closer analysis, the Empire is fighting for peace and order, and the CIS (Separatists) fights for freedom...

The entire point of the Trade Federation blockade on Naboo was that the Republic wouldn’t listen to the concerns of some of it’s planets, and was largely hypocritical. The Republic would tolerate slavery on some planets like Tatooine, however abolished slavery on other planets such as Naboo and Coruscant. In fact, the further from the heart of the Republic you get, the more chaotic and disorganized things become, because the known galaxy was a very large thing for the Republic to try to keep on top of. This was why the CIS arose: they sought to liberate many suffering planets and form a new government that would take the planets the Republic was sacrificing, and give them new life. The problem was, they acted out in a very aggressive way, and turned themselves into terrorists to try to tear down the Republic

And the Republic listened. Many planets and senators approved of Chancellor Palpatine’s choice to reform the Republic into an Empire, and initial results were extraordinary. The Empire’s reach grew, and many planets that suffered under the Republic now prospered. This lasted for several years before the Empire had a similar issue: they couldn’t cover everything. Corruption grew at the edges of the Empire. Many worlds like Coruscant thrived like never before, however planets like Tatooine and Lothal saw a major increase in corruption, and the Empire, in an effort to combat this, tolerated many issues such as slavery. But this only encouraged corruption. And it was only a matter of time before the Rebellion arose

The Rebellion utilized similar strategies to the CIS; they committed acts of terrorism to fight the Empire. In response, many of the Empire’s resources had to be redirected to fight the Rebellion, and it wasn’t working. In fact, it put more pressure on the Empire because they no longer had the resources to fight corruption within their own ranks. So they put all expendable resources into the Death Star and blew up Alderaan. They knew the Organa family was involed in the Rebellion, and the war was causing the Empire to descend into chaos, so they needed this Death Star to count. But the Rebels blew up the Death Star, which left the Empire crippled, and allowed the Rebels to gain support among many systems

A huge theme in both of these eras is a central power unable to handle everything in the galaxy, and a rival power decided, “Let’s be terrorists and take over in a violent way”. In both cases, both sides were irrational, power-hungry, and did what was in their best interests

However, both sides also tried. Enter “Andor”

The Andor show is CLEARLY about to paint the Empire as a bunch of fat, spoiled pigs who don’t care. This is likely for some lesser worlds, so maybe the whole corruption angle could fit into here, but I’m largely concerned that the inner workings of the Empire will soon be tossed out the door. It would be so easy for the Andor show to retcon parts of the Thrawn series and create minor inconsistencies with Rebels

Do I think they will? No. I think Andor will succeed. I think Ahsoka probably will, too. I think both will surprise us

But I think they’ll come close, and that’ll make three major series (Kenobi, Andor, Ahsoka) connected to Rebels and other assorted parts of Star Wars that come so close to major retcons but just barely save themselves. Lucasfilm is walking a fine line right now. I think we’re safe for this year and next, but how long until Lucasfilm goes too far?

This has been a Clock Talk. Farewell, and take care

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