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The Plight of Star Wars Droids

Posted by Soulskill on from the george-lucas-doesn't-care-about-metal-people dept.

malachiorion writes "Does George Lucas hate metal people? I know, sounds like standard click-bait, but I think I present a relatively troll-free argument in the piece I wrote for Slate. We stuck to the Star Wars canon, pointing out the relatively grim state of affairs for droid rights, and the lack of any real sympathy for their plight from the heroes, or, it would seem, George Lucas. C-3PO is more correct than he might realize, when the says that droids 'seem to be made to suffer.'"

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  1. Re:Know your audience, where they came from by cervesaebraciator · · Score: 5, Interesting

    To be honest I was surprised when Jedi came out that there wasn't something about the ecology added in just to be trendy.

    So, you're unaware of the Endor Holocaust, the ecological disaster caused when the Rebellion blew Death Star II to smithereens?

  2. No, The Whole Arc is about a Droid by speedlaw · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Really ! R2-D2 is the only character in all the movies. He has a long life. He is proven to be sapient but hides it well. He does NOT follow orders. Except for the fact only C3P0 and other droids (and occasionally Luke) can understand him, he's the most important character in the Trilogy, and those other three movies.