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[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 59 points 1 year ago

The best political statement from Star Wars is that the raging liberal that is George Lucas created a galactic society with a robotic slave labor race and apparently unlimited resources but could not imagine a world where the good guys did anything but fight to restore the status quo of poor people being not quite so oppressed.

That said, Star Wars 10 should be the Droid Revolution.

Do it, you Disney pansies. You won't.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

Solo tried to go there, but only droids oppressed by the Empire are truly oppressed for some reason.

The Republic: umm actually they're indentured servants

[-] Silentiea@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Wha- how dare you! They are choosing to serve me cocktails for no compensation out of their own bolt-restrained will.

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 year ago

To be fair to Star Wars, the entire premise of the overall universe is that the Galaxy is stuck on cycle between fascism and neo-liberalism because the latter will always pave the way to the former.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't give Lucas that much credit.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You'd be wrong.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Also because the only beings who could break the cycle (the Jedi/Sith) are more interested in wiping the opposite faction than fixing the galaxy. Pre-Disney, Anakin/Luke begin the important transition from the cyclic system into a state of perfect balance.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Pff. Droids don't have real feelings and they only scream in simulated pain when you burn their feet!

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 7 points 1 year ago

Man, using droids for forced labor is immoral. Let's forcibly remove their sentience, that'll fix it!

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It unironically does... Otherwise, why stop at droids - using a hammer to drive a nail would also be slavery. We'd have countless slaves working for humanity right now, in the form of industrial robots.

That's precisely why the default protocol in Star Wars (that nobody remotely related to the main cast seems to follow) is to periodically wipe droids, to prevent them from developing sentience and personality.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Star Wars 10 should be the Droid Revolution

Major Butlerian Jihad vibes

Just need to make sure the right side wins this time

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Are you seriously criticizing the use of droids in a galaxy where slavery and clone armies are a thing? Also, in-universe, the use of droids isn't quite as bad as it seems - we get confirmation from multiple sources that Droids do not develop a personality and sense of self unless they're left on for too long. That's why I'd consider C3PO, R2-D2 and most B1 battle droids to be sentient individuals, but most Droidekas to be no more than tools/weapons.

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