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canofhumdingers
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When Did The Star Wars Prequels Become Cool?
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10-Jun-2017, 8:25 PM

MalàStrana said:

By the way there is still something quite weird about the “take the high ground” joke and meme, because it means “to be better” (I saw it in French back in 2005, “j’ai le dessus Anakin”, which means exactly that) and seems to have been taken litterally as “I stand on a higher ground as you do so I win”. As if to mock the PT dialogues there was a need to even make fun of something that is not that ridiculous.

Not related to that but to the topic there is something very cool about the PT, and it’s called Clone Wars (and some parts of The Clone Wars as well).

I’m not entirely sure I understood your comment about the high ground, but I think you’re saying that the phrase “take the high ground” is a metaphor for being better or superior and that it’s laughable that in RoTS it seems to be used literally? But in truth, the metaphorical meaning of the phrase comes from the literal meaning of the words; specifically in reference to combat. In combat (ancient or modern, one-on-one or army vs army) being higher than your opponent has a great many advantages. It’s why castles are almost always built on hills or cliffs. Obi-wan absolutely meant it literally when he said it to Anakin.