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> hereditary rulers that are related to each other starting wars Star Wars (New Hope) is nothing of the sort. The universe just got progressively smaller as th
by EamonnMR 5y ago
> hereditary rulers that are related to each other starting wars
Star Wars (New Hope) is nothing of the sort. The universe just got progressively smaller as they retconned every character into being related to every other character.
- ZeroGravitas 5y agoI meant that as general dig at "princesses" in film and history, not the specific weird Star Wars geneaology. Star Wars is basically old War Movies, Flash Gordon serials and Errol Flynn swashbuckling movies spliced together, as such it draws on the long history of storytelling that, in turn reflecting their own 'good old days', often revolves around the beautiful and genetically superior children of heriditary dictators who murdererd their way into power and how they deserve to be the rightful ruler and basically owner of the populace. This is not a good lesson and is exactly the kind of thing Terry Pratchett satirizes with Lance Constable Carrot Ironfoundersson in Discworld, or George RR Martin in Game of Thrones.