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Hello there. Somehow, Star Wars memes have returned. It's not a trap, this is where the fun begins.

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[–] RedFrank24 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Technically Padmé did try to free Shmi. She sent Sabé (played by Keira Knightley in the movie) to free as many slaves as she could find about four years after Episode 1, and Sabé did manage to free 25 other slaves, including Anakin's childhood friends, but was unable to find Shmi since she had already been freed by that point and had left Mos Espa. The only sign Sabé could find was the symbol of the White Suns on the door, who were a slave liberation group (and of which Beru Lars was a member), and unfortunately they wouldn't tell Sabé anything because they didn't trust her, since she'd decided to try to get information out of local gangsters and criminals rather than going to the White Suns directly. Padmé wanted to send Sabé back to finish the mission, but by that point she was appointed senator and Sabé had other duties to protect her.

[–] andros_rex 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Where is this story told? Books?

[–] RedFrank24 12 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Queen's Shadow (2019) and Queen's Hope (2022). It's actually a trilogy of books. Queen's Shadow, Queen's Peril and Queen's Hope.

[–] LaLuzDelSol 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Officially though none of that is canon right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago

Canon doesn't mean shit and hasn't since Disney bought the license

It wasn't in their minds at all when the film was shot, your own personal call if it counts 20 years later or not

[–] RedFrank24 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

No, it's canon. Disney bought Star Wars in 2012, so everything after that point is canon (with the exception of things like the Lego games and Visions)

[–] jj4211 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Wait, everything is canon after 2012, so like I can just say the Ewoks were behind everything and it's now canon because I said so after 2012?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Why not? It's fiction. The idea that some wealthy corporate board has more authority to dictate canon than people is absurd.

[–] RedFrank24 5 points 11 hours ago

You know full well what I mean.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie 9 points 13 hours ago

She was getting around to it!

[–] qarbone 28 points 1 day ago

I enjoy the meme content.

I enjoy the appropriate inversion of the meme format more.

[–] Mojave 20 points 1 day ago (4 children)

... So very wizard of you????

[–] Shardikprime 1 points 13 hours ago

Maybe they were trying to write wholesome or something

[–] TrousersMcPants 16 points 1 day ago

It's a thing in Star Wars, lol

[–] WoodScientist -2 points 13 hours ago

I'm just going to go ahead and assume it's a KKK reference.

[–] themeatbridge 82 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

I always hate plot holes where problems could be solved with money, especially when a character is super rich. Obi-wan and Anakin had years to raise the money to buy Shmi's freedom from Watto. Qui-gon had plenty of Imperial credits, but Watto wouldn't accept them.

So, Ani wins the podtace and then as soon as you're off planet, hyperspace it to the nearest Republic outpost and trade the credits for some money. Go back, buy Shmi, or just cut Watto the slaver in half with a lightsaber. Obi-Wan cuts a dude's arm off for much less.

Or, like, Jedi mind tricks don't work on Watto, but I bet theres a Durosian jeweler across the street that isn't immune to Jedi mind tricks. Trade his Republican credits for all the cash in his till and the nicest Aurodium necklaces in the shop.

And why couldn't Harry take his best mate Ron shopping with him to pick out some decent dress robes or a new wand? Kid's got a vault full of gold, and he basically lives at his friend's house half the time.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I love how Dragon Ball of all franchises avoids this problem via Bulma just throwing money at every problem that can't be solved by Goku just punching it really hard. And if she doesn't do than Hercule aka Mr. Satan does it.

Which is lampshaded by TFS' End of Z dub "Man I'm glad all the people with money only use it for good!"

And it's hard to argue otherwise because weirdly enough, he's right, in Dragon Ball excessive wealth is never actually shown to be a bad thing in and of itself. Even the characters shown to be dictators like Frieza are more concerned with causing violence than accumulating wealth.

Heck the Nazis even show up (the Red Ribbon Army) and the only thing they really want to accomplish is making their leader taller.

There's a lot to criticize about Dragon Ball's story telling, but weirdly enough it never occurred to me "Whitewashing of billionaires" is one of them.

Even if we get the movies involved, only two DBZ movies involve money. One of them is a billionaire who hosts a tournament, and the only problem is he screws up and accidentally hires REAL aliens instead of actors for the space theme of the final battle, and the other rich guy we see uses his wealth to create super powered clones that obey his every whim.... Their only intended purpose is to debunk Hercule/Mr. Satan's martial arts prowess, which isn't really an evil act since Mr. Satan is considered a major celebrity due to heroic feats he never did and is incapable of.

[–] Shardikprime 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Excuse me have you ever tried to appease a super powered, magical and immortal pink gum monstrosity with the external personality and impulses control of a 5 years old kid but with the inner sadism of a 12 years old kid?

Dude deserves that celebrity status

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

He does, but for the record the movie I was talking about (Bio-Broly) takes place before Buu but after Cell, so he's just a liar at that point.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

why couldn't Harry take his best mate Ron shopping with him to pick out some decent dress robes or a new wand?

That would have put a strain on his relationship with the Weasleys:

He would willingly have split all the money in his Gringotts vault with the Weasleys, but he knew they would never take it.

- Goblet of Fire, chapter 10

The few times Harry does buy stuff for Ron, Ron gets quite uncomfortable. Also, the first thing Harry does after giving startup money to the twins is to tell them to buy Ron some new dress robes.

[–] themeatbridge 3 points 14 hours ago

There are a lot of plot holes from the movies that are explained in the books. That doesn't mean they aren't plot holes for the movies, because those parts (holes) of the story weren't included in the story (plot). Like the entirety of the titular mystery of The Half Blood Prince.

Maybe there's a novelization of the Phantom Menace that shows Qui-Gon going to all the merchants and failing to exchange his credits for local currency or goods. If it wasn't in the movie, it's a hole in the plot.

The closest we ever get with money issues between Harry and Ron is when Ron tries to buy candy from the trolley, realizes he only has enough for a pack of gum, and declined Harry's offer to pay.

[–] nBodyProblem 9 points 23 hours ago

Yeah I’ve been seeing this Ron and Harry meme all over the place. I’m not a potter fan, I don’t think the books are anything super special, but still

It’s very clearly shown that Harry would be willing to help them out financially but they don’t want Harry’s money in the slightest

[–] ch00f 30 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I feel like most adventure-style movie plots need to be run as a D&D campaign before final edit.

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"I didn't actually come here to free slaves." Well then Qui-Gon, you're a dick.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

We'll see, this all happened long long ago. As we'll all know slavery has been the norm through all of history. It wasn't until America (fuck yeah) came along and we told everyone it wasn't cool.

Land of the free!

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 day ago (4 children)

"The Jedi are against giving a fuck about anything unless it serves our interests."

Can't imagine why Anakin rebelled.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To be fair he tried to liberate his mother too. He just noticed that it was impossible without risking everything (the engine and Anakin).

If he had survived I think he would have actually come back for the boy's mother. Specially once he saw Anakin having a hard time about losing her.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 18 hours ago

There was also a weird chemistry there between Shmi and Quigon. I think he'd definitely come back for one reason or another.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't think I've seen this meme format where Anakin and Padmé are reversed. Love it.

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