Ahsoka S1E3: Discussion thread (lemmy.world)

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Another week, another discussion thread for the new episode. What did y'all think? Lots of opinions last week, not all of them good

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[-] DoctorTYVM@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For me, this raises a lot of questions. Sabine is force sensitive now? Does this mean anyone could be a Jedi? Why are there so many humans in this galaxy? How was it so easy to set up the republic after the fall of the Empire? There's a story here but I'm not sure if this is telling the right one with right crew. This isn't bad, it just feels like missed potential.

But nice to see Mom Mothma in another series.

[-] KingSlareXIV@infosec.pub 8 points 1 year ago

I think it's been made pretty clear between Andor and Ashoka that the Old Republic, the Empire, and the New Republic are all essentially the same bureaucracy at their cores, just with different leadership and priorities at the top.

It's really showing the banality of evil...people continue to do their jobs and following orders of whoever the current bosses are. By and large, they can't directly see whether their own actions are used for good or evil, the paperwork must continue to flow regardless.

That's why there isn't a ton of chaos when one galactic government supplants the next. Setting up an all-new galaxy-spanning bureaucracy is extremely hard, why not just do some loyalty oaths and let the existing machinery keep on chugging along.

[-] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Even then, to Joe in a job, what is the effect of a galactic government change? It's got to trickle through sector, to regional, to planetary, to sub-planetary, to local governments.

Perhaps some edicts would come into effect quickly, but even then we've seen the wide range of policies throughout the galaxy already; on things like slavery and narcotics.