I am the Senate!
IMHO, that line, done by Ian McDirmaid who plays Darth Sidous/Palpatine represents what Episode Three is all about: Power.
In fact the whole star wars episodes 1,2 and 3 was supposedly about Anakin's fall to the dark side. But owning to Mr. Christensens woody and stale acting, he was overshadowed by a far more experienced and talented actor, yours truly, Mr. McDirmaid. The machinations of Palpatine is what actually drives the plot forward in all three episodes. Goodness me, he is really evil (and cunning).
If you follow all three episodes and try to piece together his entire plan, you'll see how manipulative he really is. I can't speculate here, for fear of spoiling the movie for some of my readers. I'll do it in a safe future when everybody has watched it.
On a side note, the movies show how easily it is to manipulate people using big concepts like freedom, democracy, security, justice-especially when there is an atmosphere of suspicion and selfishness. Concepts like this-cornerstones of modern civil society-can be easily twisted out of its orginal context to suit a darker and more decietful regime.
Value relativism is not liberation, ironically, manipulates us by making us fear manipulation itself.
Anyway check out this link for some star wars humour.
In fact the whole star wars episodes 1,2 and 3 was supposedly about Anakin's fall to the dark side. But owning to Mr. Christensens woody and stale acting, he was overshadowed by a far more experienced and talented actor, yours truly, Mr. McDirmaid. The machinations of Palpatine is what actually drives the plot forward in all three episodes. Goodness me, he is really evil (and cunning).
If you follow all three episodes and try to piece together his entire plan, you'll see how manipulative he really is. I can't speculate here, for fear of spoiling the movie for some of my readers. I'll do it in a safe future when everybody has watched it.
On a side note, the movies show how easily it is to manipulate people using big concepts like freedom, democracy, security, justice-especially when there is an atmosphere of suspicion and selfishness. Concepts like this-cornerstones of modern civil society-can be easily twisted out of its orginal context to suit a darker and more decietful regime.
Value relativism is not liberation, ironically, manipulates us by making us fear manipulation itself.
Anyway check out this link for some star wars humour.
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