• Jeffool @lemmy.world
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    People are complaining about Motti not knowing Jedi were real. But how many times did we see things written down, much less recorded video/holograms?

    In this essay on how recorded media was made illegal by the Empire to clap down on shared knowledge and control the public, I will prove without a doubt…

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    7 hours ago

    I’m sure he was celebrated for his strength. His body wasn’t just tossed out with the rest of the garbage. Not at all.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    11 hours ago

    Calls Vader’s religion bullshit

    Gets telepathically choked out

    Vader: “Oh I guess it doesn’t hurt since it’s all bullshit, huh? I find your lack of faith disturbing. Especially since you’ve seen me do this shit, like, a million times before.”

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        Wasn’t he more criticizing the scale? Like, a sith warrior is great, but he can’t really compete with the power of the Death Star when it comes to sheer scale. Just ask Alderaan.

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            In case someone also wondered who this is, here is a summary. Dude is hardcore

            Darth Nihilus: A Sith Lord’s Hunger for Power and Destruction

            • Darth Nihilus, a Human male, rose as a Dark Lord of the Sith after the Jedi Civil War, driven by an insatiable hunger for Force energy.

            • He was found by Darth Traya and trained to feed his hunger, eventually becoming one of three Sith Lords in a triumvirate.

            • Nihilus’ hunger consumed him, leading him to destroy entire planets and absorb their Force energy, including the devastation of Katarr.

            • He formed a powerful bond with his Shadow Hand, Visas Marr, who could support and weaken him in battle.

            • Nihilus’ pursuit of a growing Force presence led him to clash with Meetra Surik, a former Jedi, and ultimately met his demise at the hands of Surik and her allies.

            https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Darth_Nihilus

      • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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        Not for long, though:

        Motti’s ambitions, which grew in the wake of the battle station’s completion, were short-lived, however. The Rebel Alliance, who had obtained a copy of the Death Star plans during the Battle of Scarif, discovered a weak spot in the station’s thermal exhaust port and successfully exploited it, leading to the destruction of the battle station along with the deaths of everyone onboard, Motti included.

  • WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world
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    Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV

    And you think you’re so clever and classless and free

    But you’re still fucking peasants as far as I can see

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    When I saw this scene as a kid, I thought Motti coughed up the yellow button on the console. I didn’t know what it was at the time and thought Vader somehow put some yellow choking pill inside him. It was very disturbing to me. This was before I knew what a Force choke was.

    yellow button

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      I used to think roughly the same thing. I thought that Vader choking him caused him to puke up an egg.

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        I thought the same! We had to use our imagination watching these movies on VHS on a 14" CRT TV from eight feet away.

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          Ahahaha I’m amazed there are three people who had that same impression with something I never even noticed!

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            Four! I thought oh his puke looks like a Pacman pill because space people eat space food and I guess it’s like that.

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    Meanwhile, in real life, we don’t have space wizards who can perform magic, yet we have generals who live in fear of magical leaders of make believe religions.

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    “Bruh, we’re trying to get this project done on time and under budget, talking about space magic isn’t going to-”

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    And he (Admiral Motti) got the first name of Conan by George Lucas while on the Conan O’Brien show!