nothing says "sex appeal" like space taxes

[hiddenramen]

I'm finally starting to make some decent progress on my Star Wars AU outline! (I think I'm going to do the story for the MXTX Big Bang, so I'm trying to get a really thorough outline together so I can structure my work a bit more tightly based on the schedule / timeframe, and so I can have a reference for length / where I need to be at various points). 

I rewatched the prequel movies the other day for a vibe check, and as I was glibly roasting the absolutely abysmal structure of The Phantom Menace to my girlfriend (and sidenote, but Christ, the narrative structure of that movie is just... absolutely bonkers bananas, holy shit), I made a comment that went something like, "I'm going to write a Star Wars story and not mention tax negotiations not once, just to flex on George Lucas." 

Smash cut to the 7 tabs I have open on the political landscape of the Star Wars universe, and surprise! There are so, so many taxes 😂 George Lucas wins again, I guess. 

Comments

[libitina]

Of all of the narrative problems in Star Wars, I never though trade tarifs were one of the problems. I love those sorts of details.

[hiddenramen]

I actually loved it tbh 😂 I kind of snickered at it at first, like, "Really? You're gonna open the movie with trade negotiations?" but it was actually genuinely a really interesting storyline. Even reading through the EU wiki articles has me like, "Oh shit, that's actually really neat!"

The movie was just so tonally inconsistent, that was most of my issue. It didn't know who it was for or what it wanted to be or do, so it ended up just being a mess.