-- Deceit is the weapon of greed.
[Well, actually, considering that we're into season six, now, probably no one new is going to sign up, BUT! Hop over to The Armchair Squid for his take on the current episode.]
When you make a deal with the devil... Well, you know how that goes.
Maybe we should change that from "devil" to "Sith." Or "Trump." Seriously. Ask the GOP how that's going.
I don't really know what I want to say about this episode. The closing chant of "Long live the banks!" is disturbing on many levels, but it's not substantial enough to talk about.
Overall, this arc is about Palpatine continuing to cement his power for his ever approaching takeover as Emperor. It's difficult for me to watch these things, sometimes, because I want to say, "Are you all blind? Can't you see what's going on?" Which makes me want to say, "People would never be that stupid," but, then, we have Trumtatine as president, so, obviously, that's not true. People are that stupid, and Palpatine plays them like a drum.
Even the Jedi go along. Which reminds me of the electoral college, because the electoral college was put in place specifically to keep someone like Trump from ever getting into office, and, yet, here we are. And the Jedi, who should have been the people to stand up and say "No! This is wrong," fail to do that at every turn. And it makes sense at each little step for them to go along because there was nothing at each little step to prompt them to protest.
Which is exactly what the GOP have done to us over the past few decades, slowly eroding our democracy to a point where Trump is in office and they can't figure out how to stand up to him because they're not willing to risk their own power.
And then there's Anakin and his insane jealousy, but that story is completely undermined by the fact that he's right about Clovis, so, in the end, he's not held accountable for his horrible actions. Not by the Jedi and not by Padme.
But that, also, is how things are.
It's not a very enjoyable arc, but it's probably a very good one.
"Your actions have brought war right where there cannot be war."
Nice summation: not enjoyable but good.
ReplyDeleteI find the last second effort to redeem Clovis interesting. As you say, he's awful throughout but then I actually feel for him as he flashes that pathetic puppy dog face just before his final, selfless act.
Sigh... now one last dance with Jar Jar...
TAS: I think he's one of those guys who really does, all along, think he's doing the right thing, that the ends justify the means. So, in his heart, he's not being self-serving, because it's not about him.
DeleteNot that you can tell that from the outside.
Every villain is the hero of his own story.
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