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Topic	Do you think video games should be a platform for addressing social injustices?
CyricZ 02/13/22 1:37:47 PM #134:	Gobstoppers12 posted... I continue to assert that none of the "political statements" in Star Wars pertain to any one political administration or ideology (apart from, as mentioned before, 'evil is bad,'). You can fish after-the-fact examples out of interviews or post theories from bloggers all you like, but the fact of the matter is that the source material itself has no overt political biases or leanings. Hell, maybe the Empire would have been a good thing for the galaxy if it hadn't been controlled by the Star Wars equivalent to the literal devil. There's no direct comparison between The Empire and any currently existing political party or administration, simply because nobody on planet earth is quite as evil and as powerful as Palpatine was. If it's a metaphor, it's childishly heavy-handed, and if Palpatine is supposed to represent a real person, then he just...doesn't, lol Was the Emperor the one that chose to destroy Alderaan? --- CyricZ He/him <cite>CyricZ posted [p:962615050] in Do you thi... [t:79895195]...</cite> <quote>Gobstoppers12 posted... </cite> <quote>I continue to assert that none of the "political statements" in Star Wars pertain to any one political administration or ideology (apart from, as mentioned before, 'evil is bad,'). You can fish after-the-fact examples out of interviews or post theories from bloggers all you like, but the fact of the matter is that the source material itself has no overt political biases or leanings. Hell, maybe the Empire would have been a good thing for the galaxy if it hadn't been controlled by the Star Wars equivalent to the literal devil. There's no direct comparison between The Empire and any currently existing political party or administration, simply because nobody on planet earth is quite as evil and as powerful as Palpatine was. If it's a metaphor, it's childishly heavy-handed, and if Palpatine is supposed to represent a real person, then he just...doesn't, lol</quote>Was the Emperor the one that chose to destroy Alderaan? --- CyricZ He/him</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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