BeastofKnowledge
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I love the Republic. The power you have given away, will be laid down, when this crisis has abated.
Sep 27, 2021 5:58 PM
BeastofKnowledge
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I love the Republic. The power you have given away, will be laid down, when this crisis has abated.
pleaseacknowledgethecat
Fuck.
MailbornJenkins
IDGAF what anyone says. I enjoyed every minute of the prequels.
pyr0kid
you can get very far with a kind word and a plan
Jkund17
And Australia is first in the " new world order"
laughcabbin2000
You should check out the original one on YouTube.
BeastofKnowledge
https://youtu.be/7Ekld0VyoPA
wetllama
I'll take "Famous Last Words" for $500 Alex
Housemaster
This just reinforces why John Williams is so vital to Star Wars. The generic trailer music does the footage no favours.
kaiserkevin
Never got the complaint the prequels were too political. Watching the machinations of Palpatine unfold was entertaining to me.
Sm9yCg
Like the Patriot act that was supposed to last for just four years?
cjackFoodClicker
America in 2025...
l33t1c4r1u5
Democrats
de1h
Republicans post 9/11 and now
de1h
Don’t fool yourself, both parties are exactly the same, America is hopeless
l33t1c4r1u5
America is fine.
IsThisHowYouMakeAUsername
America in 2001
hawkhandsaw
I assume they are marching off to rifle training.
Gantzz321
every time I heard Republicans say America is a REPUBLIC
Cookie0fPower
https://giphy.com/gifs/starwars-3o6ZteouqLNINbGSic
dirrrtypiratehookerrr
Imagine the toilet facilities. I mean, when do they stretch? Workout? Where's the mess hall?
Wikipedo
The mess hall will be everywhere
AlexSkullUterna
AlexSkullUterna
The cafeteria is seen in The Bad Batch.
AlexSkullUterna
The training facility on Kamino:
Sielle
The repurposed American Gladiators set from the 90's?
OhNoSeriouslyImNotCreative
Curious about the “power” @OP is referring to?
MailbornJenkins
The Galactic Senate gave emergency wartime powers to the Chancellor. Think US senate giving POTUS power to suspend all rights.
OhNoSeriouslyImNotCreative
Is that something you fear is happening? Or soon to happen?
MailbornJenkins
No, I was just using it as an example. The US has too many protections against such an action.
OhNoSeriouslyImNotCreative
Ah ok. I realize you’re not OP so can’t speak for him. So I’m still kinda wondering what the subtext is here. Reckon that’s what they 1/2
OhNoSeriouslyImNotCreative
think but you don’t see it happening anytime soon? 2/2
grimnorseman
So, does that mean Bush is a Sith ? Lied and went to war on false pretences ?
Rockety
Long live the Galactic Empire.
Lordsnoww
Is there a youtube video of this?
BeastofKnowledge
Got you https://youtu.be/7Ekld0VyoPA
Lordsnoww
Goooooood goooooooooood
motoalchemist
just watch "V" yesterday with Natilie portman, great movie...kind seems documentaryish
jmatthewnowlin6
Benjamin Franklin once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither
warmNchewey
And will get none...
GottaGetThoseSeedsMorty
Libertarians love to abuse tf outta this quote
Blacktusk
You guys are getting temporary safety?
circlebreaker
So... all of America after 9/11? I might be wrong, but all of that PRISM NSA stuff is still in effect, right?
straycatstrut
You can't have one without the other. Governing a free society is about balancing security with personal liberty.
BarryTheCyborg
Wasn't that in a letter talking about tax dodgers?
Ghostlogicz
Yes and no , the quote is referencing the governor who was taking a “donation” from the tax dodgers to rule the legislature couldn’t tax
Ghostlogicz
Them , in other words those who would accept a bribe to give up the authority of government deserve neither the bribe or the authority
Ghostlogicz
Much less romantic than contemporary have taken it to be when put in context
just4thelolz
Remember how we all thought this was unrealistic because the Senate and the Jedi were fooled way to easily? I no longer have that complaint.
StuntdoublesStuntdouble
It's a goddamn movie. In the real world, you dont even get to witness the incidents that make apparent the compromise of morality
FievelsBrotherFourvel
KarakLohr
It’s been an educational 2-5 years for all of us…
TotallyNotVillain
2-5 years? Oh, honey... they have been laying the seeds for this for far longer than that.
KarakLohr
Oh for sure but the pandemic/trumpshit has really shone a bright light on just how many cognitively and morally impaired asses live among us
GTimgur
Only people who don't know a spec of history thought that.
just4thelolz
I knew it could happen. I just didn't expect it to be THAT easy.
GTimgur
I know it's a bummer :( BUT it doesn't have to be that easy for US! And we had that fun story to arm ourselves against it!
l33t1c4r1u5
So maybe go back to a more federalist version of the USA instead of this bullshit, administrative, president is the most important person
l33t1c4r1u5
garbage we have now
thereitis101
Nobody thought that. At the time, this was thought as a reference to the Bush administration and Patriot Act.
parallaxHero
That or Julius Caesar’s wartime dictatorship that he never gave up
just4thelolz
Maybe I just wasn't enough into politics back then to connect it in that way.
OmnipotentBeing
At least Bush actually believed in, and still believes in Democracy. Trump on the other hand is a true fascist, albeit a dumb one.
gecko08
No he doesn't. The Republican party stole the 2000 election with the help of Roger Stone and the riot he organized.
OmnipotentBeing
Well there is that, but Bush would not have continued the big lie, for profit like Trump. Either way, they are both terrible.
brainmydamage
That's the democracy where you kill millions and flush trillions of dollars on ultimately pointless illegal wars based on lies, I guess?
OmnipotentBeing
Yes, we cannot ignore the 5 Trillion in war debt. Bush and Trump are both different levels of terrible. Vote all GOP to save the country.
brainmydamage
No thanks, I prefer my democracy when it's not run by a delusional theocratic suicidal death cult that murders its own ppl for the lulz.
just4thelolz
*too
railgap
history books aren't good enough for you, you had to fucking live through it before you would believe it?
PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
Some parts I still skip over, but the prequels have become better and better with each passing year
LeSethX
The best edit I have seen cuts out most of Jar Jar Binks and changes their language to unintelligible alien language with subtitles.
LeSethX
Cuts 30 minutes out of Ep 1 alone, about another 20-30 of Ep2&3 combined..
fdoyl001
The prequels are like a bad movie version of a good book. The elements are there, there's hints of magic, but...
fdoyl001
you cant help but feel like it's falling short of what it was supposed to be.
PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
I mean, that describes all the movies since the originals.
Housemaster
Anakin's arc felt irreparable until the Clone Wars made him an actual character.
pyr0kid
the one thing i miss in clone wars 2008 is how fucking competent people were in clone wars 2003. palpatine, fordo, those tough bastards.....
tzahtman
Good ideas executed poorly. Except for John Williams work, of course.
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
I highly recommend the anti-cheese edit of the prequels. Easier than skipping scenes. Lil' Annie and Jar Jar are only in essential scenes …
PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
Hard to find
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
and Jar Jar has been dubbed in an alien language with subtitles (in proper English rather than faux Jamaican.)
PutItInNeutral
The Phantom Cut
Housemaster
Jar Jar was annoying, but honestly he was the only character in Ep1 with a distinguishable personality.
EricPisch
I love watching his take over speech from the bad batch’s perspective
BeastofKnowledge
Got you
drunkbs
".. instead of a newspaper, I will be reading MR. CREEDY'S RESIGNATION!"
EricPisch
Fantastic, stolen :)
rvahnc
I hear it as "Still dont think the Reds are programmed?"
PocketCleric
I thinks its 'Regs', as in Regular
AndritosRetardos
You are correct.
MaterialsPhysicsIsGroovy
Is this good? Should I watch it?
MailbornJenkins
Do you like Star Wars? If yes....then HELL YES WATCH IT NOW! DEW IT!
MaterialsPhysicsIsGroovy
Ok! Jesus! I just need to find my boots and pirate hat.
MailbornJenkins
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HamshanksCPS
Yes, it's very good. I didn't really like their introduction in the final season of Clone Wars, but I really enjoyed all of The Bad Batch.
ab399
They were introduced before the final season
HamshanksCPS
We're they? I don't remember that. Whelp, time for a rewatch of Clone Wars :)
EricPisch
Clone wars, rebels and bad batch are some of the best of Star Wars
ReptileZulu5
Disney's next Star Wars. Young Palpatine turned to the dark side by a hot woman who's a Mary Sue.
TerranMikkus
i did a full presentation on this in film school, if you want to break it down, rey is not more of a mary sue then Luke, or batman
Usernameisalreadyregisteredwasalreadyregistered
Batman would depend on which of the dozens or hundreds of stories you're talking about, but Luke? She's way worse than Luke.
ReptileZulu5
The delete scenes from Star Wars actually tells of what Luke's trained to do. He doesn't magically learn to be a pilot or shoot.
BeastofKnowledge
Hearing about the force that week R hero Rey was able to do this without knowing anything about such a skill
TerranMikkus
I mean she was on the planet illum when her force sensitivity manifested. She was literally the last lightsider on a dying light side planet
BeastofKnowledge
Because Finn and Han Solo just dont count? She also out force manipulated a trained force wielder later
BeastofKnowledge
when she didnt even know that the force had the capacity to move objects. Luke had to learn this. She just knew it because..................