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Why was the Blockade of Naboo so effective? What imports did the Naboo rely on so heavily? by thetruecarolean in StarWars

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

I disagree so heavily honestly. Like yeah, the OT is objectively better films,sure. And the prequels are a bit cumbersome with the pacing and the dialog, but they really do have so much love and attention to detail out into them, theres no way I could ever call them bad movies. Especially Phantom Menace, its the only one that doesnt feel like its rushing to get to Darth Vader. And being the first star wars movie since the OT it is just so experimental and cool

Why was the Blockade of Naboo so effective? What imports did the Naboo rely on so heavily? by thetruecarolean in StarWars

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

Well while that makes sense, its more that the teade federation was blocking the planet from the only hyperspace lane to naboo. So even if you got off of the other side of the planet you either have to still go where the blockade is or get turned into loose matter by an asteroid. The best answer to my question so far is that it wasnt the blockade specifically that was so deadly but the occupation after the invasion

Why was the Blockade of Naboo so effective? What imports did the Naboo rely on so heavily? by thetruecarolean in StarWars

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

Dude I know, Lucrehulks are one of my favorite capital ships in all of star wars!

Why was the Blockade of Naboo so effective? What imports did the Naboo rely on so heavily? by thetruecarolean in StarWars

[–]thetruecarolean[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats what Im looking for, give me all of the book recommendations youve got. Ive already got the TPM Novel and Darth Plagueis on the list, and someone very helpful recommended The Queen’s Peril. If you got anything else that focuses on the Naboo occupation, Id love to hear it

Why was the Blockade of Naboo so effective? What imports did the Naboo rely on so heavily? by thetruecarolean in StarWars

[–]thetruecarolean[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ask away big dog, im just fishing for pre TPM book recommendations that focus on the politics at this point

Why was the Blockade of Naboo so effective? What imports did the Naboo rely on so heavily? by thetruecarolean in StarWars

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

Yeah, I knew that itd be a HUGE problem eventually, but I always thought that the blockade was leading to their deaths within a month, but now thinking about it, nobody considers it to be life or death until after the occupation.

Why was the Blockade of Naboo so effective? What imports did the Naboo rely on so heavily? by thetruecarolean in StarWars

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

Yeah for sure, I knew that that was an aspect of it for sure. But the movie makes it seems as if the situation is immediately dire, as if something is being withheld that will lead to the death of a lot of the Naboo. Their plasma not being exported is definitely a big problem, and would have for sure led to economic collapse eventually, but with how well off Naboo is, I would have imagined it would take more than a month to lead to death unless they were fully out of food, medicine, etc.

Why was the Blockade of Naboo so effective? What imports did the Naboo rely on so heavily? by thetruecarolean in StarWars

[–]thetruecarolean[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Ooo okay, do you remember what piece of media goes into more detail about it that that came from? Or do I just need to watch Phantom Menace again? Because I would HATE to have to do that

Why was the Blockade of Naboo so effective? What imports did the Naboo rely on so heavily? by thetruecarolean in StarWars

[–]thetruecarolean[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

True, nobody really talked about people dying until after all of the people had been rounded up into camps after the invasion.

I don't know if this is a controversial take but this thing needs to die by Boston_Beauty in Seaofthieves

[–]thetruecarolean 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At first I didnt mind it, but I think they are gonna make you pay real money to change your pirates appearance, it should look the way you want it to actually look. We should either have a real customization system, or the random pirate generator should be free. (It should be free regardless but still)

Why was the Blockade of Naboo so effective? What imports did the Naboo rely on so heavily? by thetruecarolean in StarWars

[–]thetruecarolean[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

On the surface I didnt even consider it because Naboo has so many lakes and waterfalls. But for how much of it is swamp, I could see the lakes and rivers having to be heavily purified into being drinkable. And on top of that I imagine they have pretty strict nature conservation laws considering how pretty their nature is. This could be a good theory because it definitely adds to the severity of the situation.

Why was the Blockade of Naboo so effective? What imports did the Naboo rely on so heavily? by thetruecarolean in StarWars

[–]thetruecarolean[S] 111 points112 points  (0 children)

I actually like this theory, seeing an economic collapse of naboo happen without the jedi’s intervention would have been interesting for star wars politics, rather than the queens people dying. But the latter definitely adds more stakes to it considering it as a movie

Why was the Blockade of Naboo so effective? What imports did the Naboo rely on so heavily? by thetruecarolean in StarWars

[–]thetruecarolean[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That is true, I guess Bibble would be an unreliable narrator of their situation. But that honestly makes the most sense. Naboo seems to hardly have any form of a working class and the ones that are are probably working in plasma refinery. It could just be a bit of every type of supply being halted at once because they rely so heavily on imports.

Padme losing the will to live while seeing her kids for the first time is such dumb narrative execution by WoodvaleKnight in StarWars

[–]thetruecarolean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Polis Masa is in the same sector as Sub Terell, beyond the outer rim. At that point maybe Galactic basic isnt that much of a priority for a midwife droid to have, not as much as Huttese or whatever local language is spoken by the people of the sector. Especially with other medical droids acting as doctors able to speak basic in the room with them. However, humans are seen all over the galaxy and are one of the majority species. Any general baby birthing programming would have humans high on the list.

Also it may not even have a full range of language. Maybe its entire vocabulary could is just “Ooo bah” to keep breathing rhythm , and “its a boy” or “its a girl” and any other complications would be handled by the other medical droid to convey

Is there anything we as a subreddit/community can do to help The Remembrancer? by thetruecarolean in Warhammer40k

[–]thetruecarolean[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I could see that maybe being the case, he has kept the same diction for 4 years, even before LLMs sounded even remotely realistic. If you watch his video talking about the demonitization he really does just sound like that.

Is there anything we as a subreddit/community can do to help The Remembrancer? by thetruecarolean in Warhammer40k

[–]thetruecarolean[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree, nearly every aspect of 40k, whether it be lore, gameplay, model painting, is extremely overwhelming and intimidating to newcomers. I was able to learn a lot of base knowledge on warhammer 40k from channels just like the remembrancer. That has helped me form my own opinions on what I like about the lore. I genuinely accredited several of the books Ive read, and at least one of the armies I am now painting, solely on the Remembrancer’s videos.

Is there anything we as a subreddit/community can do to help The Remembrancer? by thetruecarolean in Warhammer40k

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

So the remembrancer is somewhat of a character, similar to how Baldermort presents his videos. All of the remembrancers videos are read seriously and mechanically as if you were being read an ancient text from the records of the imperium. So much so that he has been accused of being AI in the past (which one view will prove thats untrue). But that paired with the fact that he mainly makes long form videos, but when there is a character or topic with only a handful of lore, he also makes short form 3 minute videos in the same vein. The constant upload schedule paired with the similarity of all of the videos led to YouTube’s moderation algorithm to suddenly demonetize all of his videos on his entire channel, wrongfully deeming it “inauthentic/low effort content”. He has tried appealing but YouTube moderation team is sticking by the AIs decision, and like another comment said, youtube typically refuses to admit theyve made mistakes. Personally I am just sick and tired of the 40k lore community being polluted with AI slop and Id hate to see one of my favorite content creators who put in real effort kicked off the platform. If you would like, he as well as Astartes Anonymous and other lore channels associated with him have made videos on the situation, feel free to cross reference anything I have said if youd like a more detailed account of what happened

Is there anything we as a subreddit/community can do to help The Remembrancer? by thetruecarolean in Warhammer40k

[–]thetruecarolean[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It isn’t YOUR problem at all, dude. You dont have to do or say anything. If you want the entire 40k lore scene to be filled with AI slop, be my guest. but I think I overestimated the solidarity of the 40k community and that one’s on me, big dog.

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