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A new comic series ‘LEGACY OF VADER’ has revealed that Darth Vader went back to Tatootine once and killed Watto.
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Ime when people defend the sequels, the argument tends to be that the text is an intentional critique of the Jedi. I personally think there is something to this reading, as the story is supposed to be about the failure of the Republic. It's just that... they're very bad movies lol.
Also, sidenote: Watto is an anti-Arab caricature, not antisemitic. It's just that everyone has been extra aware of antisemitic tropes these last few years, which coincided with the prequels being reappraised 🤷
I recall reading somewhere that the character of Watto managed to offend Jews, Arabs, Greeks, Italians...anyone else I'm missing here? Like he's one of the most offensive characters in cinematic history. The Neimoidians also manage to caricature the Japanese while Jar-Jar manages to caricature Jamaicans in the same film...Boss Nass is also a caricature of a "primitive" African chieftain.
It's really too bad. Now we can't even have incredibly racist characters in our shitty Star Wars movies anymore because of woke.
My kids and I recently rewatched all the Star Wars movies. Of the prequels, we actually thought the second one was the worst. "The one with Andor" is the only genuinely fun and re-watchable Star Wars film made since ROTJ. The Solo one also might have been good if they hadn't attempted the impossible task of having someone other than Harrison Ford be Solo.
Yeah the prequels are a rich tapestry of racism — I really don't know wtf was going on in Lucas's head. Worse, I don't remember it really being discussed so much at the time — real End of History, post-political-correctness vibes 😬
The thing I noticed when introducing my kids to Star Wars was how boring the prequels are. The original trilogy are very tight movies, and will keep a young child gripped for the entire runtime — getting a child to sit though the mid-section of TPM otoh ...
Expert level racism?