Rae Sloane

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@JP_OTG Are the illegals finally being sent back?

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@skibidifatrizz @NightyDelusions Please name one film produced since 2012 that you claim is better than Attack of the Clones

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@NightyDelusions Please name one film produced since 2012 that you claim is better than Attack of the Clones

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@HighAstara @NativeDoge @predator467 Please explain how and why illegal immigrants exist in the Galactic Empire.

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@Gr0mGr0m @cabenshire @_alex_joshua even George Floyd?!?

[The Mighty Dud Bolt @mightydudbolt]

I don't really care what silly point your favorite MCU-capeshit-but-for-communists TV show is or is not trying to make. Yes, all of your enemies are fat and unattractive and look ridiculous and aren't good at anything. Very good, very deep themes, it's astonishing messaging that will no doubt echo down through the ages.

But this is irrelevant because the clone troopers in the Star Wars prequel trilogy are supposed to look and be cool, and that is the point I was making by pointing out that live action clone troopers are incapable of looking and being cool. Tony Gilroy could not have made them look cool and intimidating even if he wanted to.

And for the record, they are clearly supposed to be intimidating in this scene. They have cowed almost the entire population, and when a few people impotently resist by shouting at them, the troopers then casually and perfectly competently execute a man who appears to have been so intimidated by them that he was advising Cassian not to even try to resist. This is a PTSD flashback Cassian is having. There's no good reason for the soldiers in this flashback to look comical or unthreatening. So you're not even right about that.

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@mediocredreams @Luke_Guysucker Star Wars is supposed to have space battles, which should be obvious from the name but Disney forgot. It is also supposed to have lots of aliens and cool settings, instead of humans monologuing in LCD screen cubes projecting gray monotonous backgrounds.

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@mediocredreams @Luke_Guysucker It is not my idea. It is the only obvious path for George Lucas's Star Wars and has been for decades. Tony Gilroy does not like Star Wars, and has admitted as much in interviews.

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@mediocredreams @Luke_Guysucker The political focus of this would likely be sympathetic senators expressing concerns and gradually realizing the futility, and guerilla bands on various worlds gradually coalescing into the Rebel Alliance. No illegal immigration needed!

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@mediocredreams @Luke_Guysucker Typical "Dark Times" stories have focused on worlds realizing the insidious creeping nature of Imperial control as their grip tightens. The enslavement of non-human populations expands and is realized by those isolated in the Core, like in the EU where the wookiees built the DS..

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@mediocredreams @Luke_Guysucker Skilled writers address themes through allegory, rather than haphazardly shoving concepts like illegal immigration or bizarre 1940s propaganda videos on a projector (no holos??) into a galaxy where it is nonsensical.

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@mediocredreams @Luke_Guysucker Yes, the show is talking about real life regimes. It is not Star Wars. It is just another boring Netflix show about "current events."

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@mediocredreams @Luke_Guysucker In real life there are not droids and abundant slaves to do agricultural work. The Galactic Empire expands via conquest and enslavement. The Empire does not exclude undesireables, it enslaves or kills them.

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@mediocredreams @Luke_Guysucker The show states that the Empire allows "illegals" on the planet because of a labor shortage. What happened to droids, slaves, etc.? That bland gray Netflix show has nothing to do with Star Wars.

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@JonahYoung18484 @KraytMcGraw Yeah, Disney+ is failing because Blu-rays are flying off the shelves 🙄

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@mediocredreams @Luke_Guysucker Every "illegal" that the audience sees persecuted is a Rebel terrorist.

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@Draivaden @Luke_Guysucker Every "illegal" that the audience sees persecuted is a Rebel terrorist.

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@geoplanetary @Luke_Guysucker Except the show expressly states that the Empire allows "illegals" on the planet because of a labor shortage. What happened to droids, slaves, etc.? That bland gray Netflix show has nothing to do with Star Wars.

[Rae Sloane @garnierfructis_]

@JonahYoung18484 @KraytMcGraw Disney+ will not even survive the test of time