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Post by Zyobot on Jul 6, 2020 14:43:00 GMT
I’m assuming that we have the movies and such to go off of in order to better judge which characters are best fit to serve as president. Chancellor Palpatine may look the part to a typical observer, but the quickly obvious fact that he’s also secretly the Dark Lord of the Sith and future Galactic Emperor (a.k.a. leader of the bad guys!) would sink his chances of running for office directly. Ditto for his apprentices and other henchmen, with Darth Vader from before his redemption taking a similar nosedive.
Ah I was thinking the same thing as lordroel but given the movies and that they look the same, i.e. can't disguise themselves or their actions too much then yes, hopefully, Palpatine wouldn't be able to sneak his way into power. Changing that 2nd point and I fear the current bitter infighting and negative stance of so many figures and people in the US would make him a very powerful candidate. Yeah, that sounds pretty reasonable. As I said before, however, there is the constant danger that Palpatine manipulates politics behind the scenes as a secret benefactor. Depending on whether he can get some stooge of his into the White House, he may be able to pull of a ‘shadow presidency’ that vastly increases the size and reach of the federal government so that eventually, the Sith can take control when the time is right. Palpatine being Palpatine, I’m guessing he’d try to clandestinely restructure it so that only he (or some Sith successor) can properly take advantage of the government’s enlargement, rather than some benevolent reformer like Bail Organa. And that’s without considering the more indirect tricks Palpatine would pull, such as planting agents in the news media and/or ‘cajoling’ big businesses and the rich into helping him fulfill his grand designs. Though I don’t have evidence of the former (though I certainly wouldn’t put it past him), Palpatine definitely has a record of doing the latter (as seen by his galactic takeover from during the Prequels). Combine that with him being a master of crisis-engineering, and any liberal-Democratic government(s) worth their salt would make apprehending Palpatine a No. 1 priority of theirs faster than you can say ‘I have a bad feeling about this.’
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Post by stevep on Jul 7, 2020 11:32:36 GMT
One other issue of course is whether the force exists in our universe. I presume your assuming it does but if not a lot of those people are going to be markedly less powerful than otherwise.
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 7, 2020 13:57:04 GMT
One other issue of course is whether the force exists in our universe. I presume your assuming it does but if not a lot of those people are going to be markedly less powerful than otherwise. Yeah, it'll manifest in this universe as soon as the first slew of Star Wars characters get plopped onto Earth. Also, ASB hand-waves certain constitutional requirements like being born in the US so that they may run for office. Of course, I'm guessing that certain master manipulators like Palpatine would circumvent that via background scheming that eventually renders him a 'shadow president' with a loyal puppet(s) in the White House. For other characters without his supreme shrewdness, however, such hand-waving would prove vital in their efforts to directly run for the position.
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Post by stevep on Jul 7, 2020 15:34:51 GMT
One other issue of course is whether the force exists in our universe. I presume your assuming it does but if not a lot of those people are going to be markedly less powerful than otherwise. Yeah, it'll manifest in this universe as soon as the first slew of Star Wars characters get plopped onto Earth. Also, ASB hand-waves certain constitutional requirements like being born in the US so that they may run for office. Of course, I'm guessing that certain master manipulators like Palpatine would circumvent that via background scheming that eventually renders him a 'shadow president' with a loyal puppet(s) in the White House. For other characters without his supreme shrewdness, however, such hand-waving would prove vital in their efforts to directly run for the position.
Good point, I had forgotten that restriction on US candidates.
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 7, 2020 16:10:18 GMT
'Mystery Gang To Gravity Falls'.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 7, 2020 16:50:38 GMT
'Mystery Gang To Gravity Falls'. Would it look like this
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 7, 2020 17:10:45 GMT
'Mystery Gang To Gravity Falls'. Would it look like this Maybe, but after they get to know each other. And while their kid versions would be much more willing to play along, I’m not sure whether their older teen/adult selves would take as much interest.
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 8, 2020 17:21:27 GMT
'Communist Star Wars'.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 8, 2020 17:23:25 GMT
Think the trade federation wants a word with you.
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 8, 2020 17:34:17 GMT
Think the trade federation wants a word with you. Yeah, I'm sure. The same would apply to the other Commerce Guilds of the Outer Rim, which seem like they'd have the financial and military resources to stand up to a Republican Core overtaken by whatever socialist counterparts conceivably exist in Star Wars (and as far as I know, they don't seem to have much sway there).
Due to leftism's apparent lack of influence in the Galaxy, though, I'm unsure whether the bulk of citizens would be terrified into backing the capitalistic separatist coalition, or if economic inequality and corporate oppression is such that they'd line up behind the 'communists'. Maybe some fan-made faction like the Galactic Workers' Distributionist Front would fill that niche, as would related movements with that same ideological bedrock (i.e. something like Leninism spawning Maoism happening in the Star Wars universe).
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 9, 2020 18:23:52 GMT
'General Grievous Replaces Master Chief'.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 9, 2020 18:48:26 GMT
'General Grievous Replaces Master Chief'. Wich side is he on the UN ore Covenant.
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 9, 2020 18:50:53 GMT
'General Grievous Replaces Master Chief'. Wich side is he on the UN ore Covenant. The UN, I suppose? I’ll admit right now that I’m no great expert on the Halo franchise, so forgive me if my commentary on this strikes you as...ignorant, for lack of a better term.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 9, 2020 19:09:20 GMT
Wich side is he on the UN ore Covenant. The UN, I suppose? I’ll admit right now that I’m no great expert on the Halo franchise, so forgive me if my commentary on this strikes you as...ignorant, for lack of a better term. I would assume he would be on his own side.
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 9, 2020 22:47:38 GMT
The UN, I suppose? I’ll admit right now that I’m no great expert on the Halo franchise, so forgive me if my commentary on this strikes you as...ignorant, for lack of a better term. I would assume he would be on his own side. Maybe eventually, though my guess is that he'd have to regain his footing and gather resources before splintering from the UN to form his own faction. If he's pragmatic, Grievous seems like he'd start off as cautious and careful about how he defers to his initial 'superiors'. But once he no longer needs them, well...
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