'Round and 'round and back where you began...

[lily_handmaiden]

Okay. It's official. Episode III is going to make me cry.
I say this because the ninth webdoc is FINALLY up on the official site, and I got a bit emotional just watching that. It's about C-3PO. ("He starts out as a droid. He ends up as a droid. He leads a very unhappy droid life in between." -GL) And Anthony Daniels is the only actor, aside from

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[anonymous]

So is palpatine comparable to Vetinari, because he plans things out, or not at all because he is evil? It hurt people, but you can't deny that the empire was efficient. The same really goes for Ankh Morpork. Is it cicumstance, the difference between how the two came to power? The Republic was failing, Palpatine wasn't lying about that. Perhaps he should have manipulated the jedi in a different way, turning them into the Watch, but I don't know enough about the actual empire. To me, other than Palpatines means of becoming the Emperor, it doesn't seem all that oppressive. It blew up planets, but to quell a rebellion. We have used military force for similar things, the only difference is that the rebellion failed. I can sympathize with Padme and Anakin and agree that Palpatine is evil for the purpose of the story, but what was the empire? Why was there a rebellion? How did the Empire oppress?

Duuuude.

[lily_handmaiden]

Very good questions, Marten. (It's a good thing you told me that was you who posted that, btw, or I would have been seriously confused. Sign your entries, everyone!) I believe I'm going to have to devote a whole entry to answering your queries, so I will. Tomorrow, though. Be prepared for geeky over-analysis!