• VindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      181·
      2 months ago

      I mean, that’s only four Sith; Sidous, Maul, Tyranus, and Vader. Of those four, two are the most powerful Sith ever. I’d also say that Maul put up a better fight than Dooku.

      • LavenderDay3544@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        2 months ago

        Dooku purposely went easy because his goal was to get captured and then freed during Order 66. He was quite surprised when the chancellor told Anakin to kill him.

  • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    19·
    2 months ago

    Best part is that he’s supposed to represent the Jedi as they should have been, in contrast to what the order became before its downfall at the end of the prequels.

    • BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      I’m sure we’re talking about how they were gambling on which slave to win at the end of the pod race.

      I think both parties were cheating. Qui-gon waves his hand at the dice which suggests to me that he was manipulating it with the force.

      But Watto proposed the bet with two possible outcomes and chose a six-sided dice to roll. He happened to have it on him, he seems sly when he’s proposing the deal, suggests which colour will give his preferred outcome, and seems genuinely surprised and upset when he doesn’t get what he wants.

      I think Watto was using a loaded chance cube. And to be fair, that might not actually be illegal on Tatooine, but I have a feeling neither is shooting someone who tried to cheat you.

      • SSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 months ago

        I think Watto was using a loaded chance cube. And to be fair, that might not actually be illegal on Tatooine, but I have a feeling neither is shooting someone who tried to cheat you.

        A lot of fans have debated about if Tatooine is fully outside the Republic, or if it is theoretically a Republic planet that is just outside of practical control.

        If Tatooine is officially outside of the Republic, then the Hutt control is the only source of anything approaching law, and I don’t think the Hutts actually care what random people do to each other. There’s likely no codified law against loaded dice and shooting somebody for cheating.

        If Tatooine is technically a Republic planet that is outside of practical Republic control, then technically there are probably laws against both that apply, but if there are no cops or courts to enforce laws, do they really exist?