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Anakin=Bolton, Bork (Trailer spoilers inside)

Discussion in 'Archive: Revenge of the Sith (Non-Spoilers)' started by Obi-Ewan, May 1, 2005.

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  1. Obi-Ewan

    Obi-Ewan Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    If you've seen the trailer, you know that Palpatine appoints Anakin to be a member of the Jedi Council, presumably not only to spy on them but to make it easier for him to get around and ultimately eliminate them. Such a plot point in a Star Wars film could not have come around at a better time.

    Currently, we have a President known for his contempt for the United Nations. Granted, over the past few years, the U.N. has come under scrutiny, and I wouldn't mind if Bush, and future Presidents, gave up on trying to get the U.N. involved. But I'd much prefer it if they simply circumvented them directly and cut them out of the picture, rather than doing what Bush is doing, which seems to have an eery parallel to Episode III: he is attempting to appoint John Bolton, who is publicly known for his hatred of the U.N., even going so far as to say that it doesn't really exist, and that you could take out 14 stories and it wouldn't make a difference. In both cases you have a leader trying to get around an organization he is trying to eliminate, by way of making an appointment to that organization.

    It's no doubt a coincidence, since Lucas could not have predicted Bush's actions here, but modern events certainly show that what Palpatine does in the film does happen in real life.

    Given that Lucas compared Palpatine to Richard Nixon, it may be his equivalent of the Saturday Night Massacre, in which Nixon attempted to fire prosecutor Archibald Cox, and whic resulted in the resignations of Eliot Richardson and William Ruckleshaus for their refusals to fire Cox, and the appointment of Robert Bork, who finally agreed and fired Cox. Why? Cox was investigating Watergate. Of course this also sounds a bit like Tom DeLay restaffing the Ethics Committee.
     
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