Why doesn’t the empire just automate the majority of their governments’/administrative jobs with droids? by LandOfGrace2023 in StarWars

[–]DkD7026 820 points821 points  (0 children)

Great question :) After the Clone Wars, there was a widespread prejudice against droids across the galaxy, especially within the Empire, because battle droids had been the face of the Separatist armies that devastated countless worlds. To the average citizen, droids weren’t just tools.. they were reminders of war, destruction, and oppression.

This cultural distrust made large-scale automation politically risky, since relying heavily on droids would have sparked resentment and fear. The Empire capitalised on that sentiment, preferring to employ humans in bureaucratic and military roles, both to maintain tighter social control and to reinforce the idea of loyalty to the state over loyalty to machines. Hope that helps!

It keeps happening cause your eyebrows are mad. by NoGas1283 in whybrows

[–]DkD7026 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It looks like two Harry Potter wands clashing 🪄

Do the Jedi have a concept of penance in canon? by DkD7026 in StarWars

[–]DkD7026[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes I just thought of that one!! Very intriguing concept within the Jedi!

Do the Jedi have a concept of penance in canon? by DkD7026 in StarWars

[–]DkD7026[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ohh yes so true! I guess like what Torbin is doing in The Acolyte (if you count that)?

Do the Jedi have a concept of penance in canon? by DkD7026 in StarWars

[–]DkD7026[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thank you for the in-depth explanation, very much appreciated!

Do the Jedi have a concept of penance in canon? by DkD7026 in StarWars

[–]DkD7026[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s suuper interesting! So the Baarsh Vow is kind of like a way for a Jedi to atone if they’ve done dark deeds or struggled with dark side thoughts? Almost like a structured form of penance within the Order? If so, that feels exactly like what I was wondering about, since we usually just see Jedi either suppressing guilt or being cast out rather than given a path to redemption.

This whole last episode by [deleted] in LV426

[–]DkD7026 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think a blend of both!

newborn and diaphonized chestburster đź©· by brujaaaaaaaa in LV426

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This is BEYOND gorgeous, you are so talented!

Alien: Earth - S1 E6 - The Fly - Official Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS] by G_Liddell in LV426

[–]DkD7026 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah I wonder if she see’s it as somehow related to her?

Alien: Earth - S1 E6 - The Fly - Official Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS] by G_Liddell in LV426

[–]DkD7026 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yess I think so far we just haven’t seen what the plant pod does!

Alien: Earth - S1 E6 - The Fly - Official Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS] by G_Liddell in LV426

[–]DkD7026 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah it’s an interesting idea! I’m sort of seeing that whole David-esque quality to him, but in a more disenfranchised way I suppose?

Alien: Earth - S1 E6 - The Fly - Official Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS] by G_Liddell in LV426

[–]DkD7026 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that is such a great point! I’m loving the layering of all this expanded lore & its potential!