Everyone watching The Phantom Menace in 1999: “Why does this matter? Tarrifs and blockades of trade routes in outer space?” George Lucas in 2025: - ThreadSky

footballlibrettist.bsky.social•1 day ago

"I cawl for a voute of noe carnfidance"

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alanmayday.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sadly, we'd better off with The Emperor and Darth Vader than what we've actually got.

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oetepetete.bsky.social•1 day ago

Still my fav 🤷

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herrmckenzie.bsky.social•1 day ago

First Terminator does this to, “The year is 2029”

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irish-pawpaw.bsky.social•1 day ago

Damned psychics

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alexotron.bsky.social•10 hours ago

apart from the current world situation it's also funny how the phantom menace was mocked relentlessley for having "complicated and boring politics, nobody cares about in a star wars movie" and now Andor is considered peak Star Wars.

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rstpierre.bsky.social•1 day ago

Better yet… Musk literally looks like the trade federation viceroy 😂😂😂

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marginalsc.bsky.social•1 day ago

It wasn't supposed to be a roadmap.

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andystoin.bsky.social•1 day ago

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dave-mueller.bsky.social•1 day ago

🤣🤣

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thepopper.bsky.social•1 day ago

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algoresmilkymams.bsky.social•20 hours ago

fetterman?

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slackingpro.bsky.social•1 day ago

I doubt George Lucas is laughing. I imagine he's very concerned along with everyone else.

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aldrichpatrick.bsky.social•1 day ago

Still an awful movie.

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dkomaran.bsky.social•1 day ago

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abjurer.bsky.social•1 day ago

Me in 2005: That's a good line, but a little heavy-handed.

Me in 2025: Fuck, that wasn't heavy-handed enough.

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hognebp.bsky.social•1 day ago

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englebert3rd.bsky.social•6 hours ago

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masonman250.bsky.social•1 day ago

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bfd313.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I was thinking a couple of weeks ago how funny it is that so many people took such issue with Lucas using taxes and tariffs for the reason for galactic war.

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scottdagostino.ca•1 day ago

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thewritingchef.bsky.social•1 day ago

A leader using political instability and fear to expand his power?

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mrjaviergarza.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yup...and what's to come...right down the "The Emperor".

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hnizdobeznadeje.bsky.social•1 day ago

I mean, the main objection was not that it was unrealistic... I would also point out that it was both incredibly boring AND clearly failed to teach americans about creeping rise of authoritarianism. Sorry George, but that's a double failure as far as I'm concerned.

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ljhuck.bsky.social•1 day ago

Omg this is so true. And Chuck Schumer is chancellor Valorum.

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chaostorgo.bsky.social•1 day ago

George Lucas was always ahead of his time and on the right side of history. 🎬💙🚀

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hnizdobeznadeje.bsky.social•1 day ago

If only he was a better director too... Imagine if people actually paid attention to plot of the Phantom Menace instead of being instantly bored to sleep. This whole administration could have been avoided :(

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forkedtailstudio.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fact

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mastafran.com•1 day ago

It's still was an uninteresting way to present it.

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wbrushing.bsky.social•1 day ago

MAGA: WOKE LIBERALS STOP MAKING STAR WARS POLITICAL

Lucas: Bitch, I made Star Wars political in 1977 when I made the protagonists members of a freedom-loving alliance dedicated to the overthrow of an evil fascist empire.

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actuallevi.bsky.social•1 day ago

More specifically, the Rebels were based on the Viet Cong and the evil empire was the United States.

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theveganbutcher.bsky.social•1 day ago

To be fair, it’s fucking boring in a space western.

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thief-of-kings.bsky.social•12 hours ago

The prequels are fascinating because they contain such a brilliant and interesting concept completely detailed by Lucas having too much personal control and being too autistic to write human dialogue.

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tommysandesu.bsky.social•1 day ago

If you are in the US. Yeah... It's like someone is doing drugs but you're the one facing consequences. I know it's unfortunate. 🙃🤡🇺🇸🥚🐔🇷🇺🍗

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jonraptorthrust.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ok, so Lucas is Nostradamus now. Movie still sucked. 😜

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apocalypse3dx.bsky.social•1 day ago

George tried to warn us in 1999 that fascism would rise through the seemly banal and boring, like trade agreements, tariffs, and Senate hearings.

Just like he warned us in 77 that evil and fascism thrive on fear, ignorance, and complacency.

And that good people are the backbone of the rebellion.

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jackalovski.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh god don’t me update this meme 😭

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you2cool.bsky.social•1 day ago

you know, Quasimodo predicted all this

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rpgz.bsky.social•1 day ago

that's one movie I didn't see

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fatdog707.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Who'd have thought that Jarjar Binks was so prescient?😂

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brianmorales.bsky.social•1 day ago

Notice, you thought I would not.

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shoulderoforion.bsky.social•1 day ago

well that's dissapointing

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cathswalan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you!

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damnstraight42.bsky.social•1 day ago

Uncanny 😳🔥

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angrychango.bsky.social•1 day ago

Mother fucker, no! I cant unseen it now!
Im crying/laughing.

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cerrseien.bsky.social•1 day ago

You may have had a point if they had shown us Nabooeans ... Nabooans ... the people of Naboo suffering from the blockade. Show, not tell.

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falconpunch777.bsky.social•1 day ago

He was trying to warn us. I can't believe there were some morons that thought this plot was complicated. "Evil, rich people take over planet with their own private army and the government won't do anything about it."

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shadowrunner27.bsky.social•1 day ago

.......OH NO

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