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"The Hutts are gangsters!"
"The Hutts are gangsters!"
TheBoost
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Better a bad bomb than a bombadTPM. Tatooine. It's clearly established the Republic's laws don't extend that far out into space. The Hutt species is aparently the legitimate government, enforcing contracts and even hosting sporting events.
How can they be gangsters? Whose laws are they breaking?
By ROTJ it's not clear how the Hutts operate, as Tatooine is now at least somewhat under Imperial control.
It's worth noting that in the EU there are actual places known as Hutt Space, where the Hutts appear to have total control, are recognized by the Republic and even negoiated with.
Is it fair to call Jabba a gangster? Or is he actually a sovreign government unto himself?
Ric Olie
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Outlook not so goodMaybe it's just a figure of speech. Panaka always was a wuss.
Sluggo
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is automatic for the people.Snoop Dog sez:
The Hutts are gangsta, yo. Fo shizzle.
I'd say they were "legitimate business men" working in all sorts of fronts places.
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Alexrd
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TheBoost said:
How can they be gangsters? Whose laws are they breaking?
From what I understand, the Hutts took over certain planets and sectors, which were previously in control of some governments.
They are the Star Wars mafia.
DuracellEnergizer
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Ce n'est pas DuracellEnergizerSnoop Dog sez:
The Hutts are gangsta, yo. Fo shizzle.
God doesn't think in terms of black or white - or even shades of gray - but in big, bright, bold hues of blue and orange.
TheBoost
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Better a bad bomb than a bombadAlexrd said:
From what I understand, the Hutts took over certain planets and sectors, which were previously in control of some governments.
They are the Star Wars mafia.
Doesn't that make them conquerers?
Alexrd
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TheBoost said:
Alexrd said:
From what I understand, the Hutts took over certain planets and sectors, which were previously in control of some governments.
They are the Star Wars mafia.
Doesn't that make them conquerers?
If a gang and its leader took over your home, does that make them gangsters or conquerers?
Sluggo
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is automatic for the people.I don't think the Hutts took over the systems and placed themselves in government. They simply moved to a spot in the desert and bought some politicians to see things went their way.
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Check out my reconstruction of the ROTJ Shooting Script
RickWJ324
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Padawan LearnerYeah.. the Hutts are bad mo-fo's not to be messed with!! You can however STEP on them in front of their toughest enforcers and have no repercussions!!
I think they should do a Special Edition of THE GODFATHER... have someone 'bitch slap' Corleone in front of his boys and have him YELP and have his eyes bug out of his head like a Tex Avery cartoon! Then of course round up every copy of the classic film as it 'previously existed' since clearly it was an unfinished film in 1972 and destroy them!!! No historical preservations of that horrendous movie from the '70's!! That would ROCK!!
--RickWJ324
Scruffy
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I am ready for the trials!They are breaking Republic law when they contract with Republic nationals to smuggle spice through Republic territory (which I freely admit is a bit of a retrojection from Jabba's later relationship with Han Solo). And without recognition by the Republic, they cannot be regarded as a legitimate government by any official arm of the Republic government or its constituent elements. It is unlikely even the Tatooine populace considered Jabba their government. He seems to provide no services, no infrastructure, and does not hold a monopoly on the legitimate use of force--posse comitatus and tribal warfare seem common, police unheard of. I'd call him a warlord, but his crew doesn't seem to engage in any kind of warfare. Gangster is apt.
Scruffy's gonna die the way he lived.
Sluggo
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is automatic for the people.So to sum it up:
CAPT. PANAKA said:
You can’t take Her Royal Highness there! The Hutts are gangsters… If they discovered her…
True. The hutts are mafia-type crime lords who control spice smuggling much like the Al Capone style of gangster who smuggled the hooch and laundered money, extortion, etc.
QUI-GON said:
It’s controlled by the Hutts…
True, but only in the sense that the scum of the Trade Federation isn't there. But the TF had legal agreements with system governments, where I don't think the Hutts did. Aside from the Hutt planet (Nar Shadda? - It's been a long time since I've read any EU), I don't think there would be any Hutts in the Senate representing Tatooine.
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Sluggo
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is automatic for the people.double post.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish memes.
Check out my reconstruction of the ROTJ Shooting Script
TV's Frink
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Ointment FlySluggo said:
CAPT. PANAKA said:
Ric's not going to like that post.
Also, WTF is sniffing at his crotch leg?
Leonardo
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Joliet Jakelooks like a cgi platipus.
... And they had 'The Empire Strikes Back', the fifth of the four Star Wars films. He is fucking with us numerically, isn't he! "Children, count up to ten." "Four, five, six, one, two, three, ten". No, it goes, four, five, six, one, two, three… No, it goes: four, five, six. One... Two and three have not been made." "Two and three have not been made! What should they be?" "What should they be? We do not know. All we know is that there will be a big floppy character in it that goes, squawk squawk squawk... who needs a punch up the bracket!"
Sluggo
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is automatic for the people.TV's Frink said:
Sluggo said:
CAPT. PANAKA said:
Ric's not going to like that post.
Also, WTF is sniffing at his crotch leg?
I'm not going to make a sock, but I'm pretty certain Panaka would't care what Ric thinks.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish memes.
Check out my reconstruction of the ROTJ Shooting Script
Ric Olie
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Outlook not so goodSluggo said:
I'm not going to make a sock, but I'm pretty certain Panaka would't care what Ric thinks.
xhonzi
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of Earth.Panaka don't care what Olie think as long as he have delicious Panakacakes, available at your local sumermarchet.
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"The Hutts are gangsters!"