A More Civilized Q&A - September 2021

It makes so much sense for Mace to not even think of getting any advice, but Obi-Wan saying "I have some experience with Mandalorians [😇]..." and recommending Mace coming in with some kind of "Your father wore a Mandalorian's armour, and he died a warrior's death. Would he want you to worry more about his death than he did?" could have helped Boba out a lot as a person going forward. Duchess Satine has to be working on some kind of alternative youth programs, right?

Benjamin Craft-Rendon

Just finished the book and strongly agree!

Katie Knaebe

I think Boba was already too far gone by the time we see him in Attack of the Clones. He already knows who his dad is at that point and is helping him on bounty hunting missions, sneering while manning a gun turret and laughing while dropping bombs on people and stuff. Jango trained him from birth to be exactly as ruthless and amoral as himself, so I don't think there's any turning him from that path by the time of The Clone Wars.

MythicalMothman

Austin talking about being wrongly magnetic and breaking tech stuff all the time just by standing around is the representation I need

Damian Brown

help how do i submit a question

Zephyr Atkins-Mitra

Hi, yall. Here is my lukewarm defence of the Hunters character designs. The designs being so one-note and one-dimensional is Good Actually, because, in fiction, these fights are really just a fake spectacle cashgrab for the cartels or whoever. These are not REAL Jedi or Sith or Mandalorians fighting, but actors in costumes, approved by the Hutt Marketing Team. They fight in fake bland arenas, designed to merely evoke different planets to the audience in the safest way, stripping away their actual culture and identity. So the designs being super explicit and stereotype-y can actually be read as The Point. Jawa characters being named in a super-racist way is just the Hutt Marketing Team deciding that their actual names would be too "alien" or "difficult" for the audience or whatever. Of course, I don't think it is a particularly effective critique, seeing how, in the real world, the game Star Wars Hunters is doing pretty much the exact same thing. The line between the Hutt Marketing Team and the Disney Marketing Team is currently indistinguishable. We (probably) won't get the Jawas' real names. Hunters will (most likely) be just a shallow, safe, "Here Are All Your Favorite Star Wars Tropes" cashgrab, with no actual story, exploring the exploitation, personal and cultural, that often comes with such projects. As always, thank you very much for the great pod and very educational critique!

I had meant to send you in several questions, but the time-sensitive one was kind of covered: I wanted to get the opinions on how the season was pitched to the public differently and how the show felt like it started to strike out on its own. For example, the whole "Rise of the Bounty Hunters" thing felt like Clone Wars promoting that it had new characters that weren't just background Jedi in the Prequels, which might seem unfair but was definitely how I perceived the series when it started up. Also the introduction of Cad Bane felt like the first time the Jedi had an opponent who could actually outplay them, compared to the limited use of Ventris in the first season and... well, I do think the crew needs to go over at least the Grievous stuff from the Tartakovsky cartoon because I think the shift from how he was introduced through the cartoon to Revenge of the Sith and Clone Wars is VERY big and offputting if you really liked his first appearance. Can't wait for next week's episode! :)

That book is one of the top things that makes me wonder whether there's like a conscious attempt in at least some parts of Lucasfilm these days to criticize the Jedi of this era *more* than old man George did, too

Rad Rodge

I very much enjoyed calling Yoda, a literal puppet, a puppet master.

Here's my pitch: Boba Fett, padawan of Mace Windu. Mace knows there are dark jedi out there and maybe he could be smart enough to want a non-force user working with the order. Help the kid learn a bunch of traditional Mandalorian Jedi-hunting skills and deal with a spicy twelve year old trying to cut your knees off occasionally.

Heidi

I also have to look things up immediately, just like Austin, and surprise surprise work in patents.

MyCoolHistory

Many thanks to Rob for the pitch of Bail Organa and Boba Fett as Sandy Cohen and Ryan Atwood from The O.C.

James W

I had this exact thought while listening. I’d love to hear their reactions to Rael Averross.

Forrest Sarles

Y'all should read Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray. It's super good and goes in depth with Qui Gon and his relationship to the council, Obi Wan, Dooku and the force. it's so good.

Solomon Mars