Daily writing prompt
Emperor Palpatine has announced open elections for a new Emperor — and he’s nominated Darth Vader. You get to nominate one challenger.
I take the blame (or pride) for this writing prompt. I really wanted some more goofy ones to go out, and seeing one of the worst offenders in the wild forces me to respond.
Here’s the line of thought I have.
- It can’t be a Jedi. Palpatine and Luke are opposite forces that equalize, you can’t replace one with the other
- It needs to be either neutral or another sith
- A successful candidate should be able to defeat Vader in a 1-1 combat
- A successful candidate can’t be from another universe. In that case, they’d either be too strong and won’t need elections, or will fail for not knowing the game
- They can’t be a robot
So here are my nominees:
Mitth’raw’nuruodo – just because I recently read a book about him and picked two more this morning. A natural leader, organized, neutral, able to pull the strings from behind
Jabba the Hutt – an underground mastermind with deep connections to both sides
Jar Jar Brinks – a TikTok sensation and a martial arts expert, capable of winning against Vader by luck
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A fun lineup! I have to admit, Jar Jar winning by pure luck would make for the most entertaining election of all.
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By luck. Or accident.
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Jabba’s dead, so I’d say he’s out of the running.
Why can’t it be a robot? just wondering what your reasoning behind that decision is. Because I was going to go with that bounty hunter robot from empire strikes back at the beginning when darth vader talks to Boba.
So I guess I’d go with Boba Fett. Even though technically he’s as dead as Jabba. Unless you’re accepting the star wars extended universe books, the old ones, not the new ones.
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We can assume a moment of time when they’re all alive.
Prior to the Mandalorian, I don’t remember a robot capable of being independent. I think robots in Star Wars are too specific and toy-like
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See, that’s why I brought up the SWEU and the books. Or are you just referring to the movies and in that regards, just the original trilogy?
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Well I’ve only read one book (Thrawn) so not really an expert.
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Sticking to the movies it is then 😀
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