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I (32M) am a researcher in international development, and made a post last week about Joe Biden being a Jedi, and unfortunately I dont think a lot of people agreed. However this is okay. Academic disagreement is really important to having a lively debate about Global (Galactic) Politics.
I also have a change of heart. Much like Ben Kenobi, I have a mentor. Professor Ballard and I had a lively discussion on this topic. Continuing with the aid (force) debate, I think that we can look at it like lightside (aid to Israel from the Global Elite (Jedi Council)) and darkside (aid to Hamas from the Dark forces(Witches of Dathomir)). This analytical framework has a lot of explanatory power, and really aids in constructing a foundation for understanding Regional Politics.
Even though Joe Biden is a "Catholic", I know he supports Judaism (Jediism) in the Middle East (Tatooine). When Air Force One (Warp Speed) landed in Tel Aviv (Alderaan), I really thought there was a new hope for a different ending for Israel than there was for Alderaan. If we flip the theoretical framework around, we may see that the structural threats to Israel have similar plans for Alderaan as Abu Obaida of the Al-Qassam Brigade (Darth Vader and Stormtroopers), even though they are Muslims, unlike Vader who is a Sith.
What do you guys think? It is important to understand our world through the lenses of theory. In this case, Star Wars.
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That one always confused me. Like, there is no good amount of evil, right? But people all across popular media prattle on about evil being necessary as though it makes any sense.
Speaking of "there needs to be a balance of evil" enlightened centrist bullshit, every single self-described "Grey Jedi" I ever ran into in college, the kind that were Star Wars fans and most of their discussions were "who would win in a fight" fantasy football drafts regarding midi-chlorian count estimates, became some kind of chud afterward, such as working for a military-industrial corporation, a surveillance startup, or even joining the Air Force.
I think they had to retcon the dark side philosophically because of the whole balance thing. In the original trilogy it seemed more like the dark side was just fear and anger and hate. In the prequels they added stuff like passion and ambition, which are good emotions in moderation.
You can largely blame Disney for that one. Lucas has been extremely explicit and direct that the dark side and the sith are a corrupting influence on the natural balance of the force and the universe the Jedi serve.
Anakin's entire fall was a decision to place his own selfish desires over his greater roll and duty as the chosen one and hence: it would forever dominate his destiny. Hence it took a supreme act of selflessness and of sacrifice to bring the force back into balance.
People got confused because "well guess balance can only mean equal parts light and dark" and Disney just rolled with it.
Wrong. The Luke Skywalker parallel is some old Vietnamese veteran who merced US soldiers during the war and was instrumental in bringing down some US base.
Idk, that seems equally contrived. Look at the amount of civilian casualties from almost two years of war in Ukraine and compare it to one month of Israel bombing Palestine.
Russia aren't good but they're not blowing up planets of civilians to make a point.
Hey now don't put star wars in the same trash bin as terf wizard academy. It clearly states that getting all your buds together and doing terrorism against the lawful government is good, and that liberal democracy inevitably decays in to fascism.
Obviously Call of Duty given how much it's funded by the US military. Alternatively Halo since the UNSC is literally a fascist state squashing communists in the expanded lore (and briefly mentioned in Reach) but the games present them as our heroic troops and le badass Master Chief.
Luke Skywalker never sent The Force to Alderaan. And also Tatooine is the middle east which would mean Alderaan is now on Tatooine? Balancing the force is about balancing power iron Tatooine? Did Leia fulfill the prequel prophecy by killing Jabba the Hutt then? Has this dude seen Star Wars?