People talk about politics as if it’s this isolated, abstract concept that only matters at election time. Somebody’s politics is their world view. It’s whether they think certain human beings deserve rights. It’s how they think the world should be. And if somebody thinks that the world should be colder, meaner, less accepting and downright hostile to people that are different to them, then sure as fuck is the friendship over.
Bodhi also has a great poncho but i couldn’t find a good pic.
excuse you, Lando Calrissian is not a member of the aristocracy
He bought his spot, and the “real” aristocracy doesn’t respect him, even when he sells out his old friends out of misplaced loyalty to his new class. He turns against the Empire by instigating his wotkers to rise up. Notice he’s not wearing it in RotJ.
In fact, notice that Leia starts out wearing a hooded cape which she has taken from her. And Bail is wearing a poncho-cape hybrid in R1.
This theory has legs!
yes! i’d been thinking about this because Lando and Leia both kind of transition between the two sides.
Lando wears a cape when he’s governor of Cloud City, but changes into Han’s clothes after he officially joins the Rebellion.
Leia wears ~princess clothes at first, but wears more practical costumes in the later movies, including a camouflage poncho on Endor.
the traditional Jedi robes have sleeves, so technically they don’t fall into either category. but they look more like cloaks/capes due to their voluminous hoods and aura of Drama, symbolizing the Jedi’s subtle resemblance to the “aristocracy” side of the Star Wars costume divide. ie, the Jedi meant to be neutral, but actually wield a tremendous amount of cultural and political power.
Just saying, George was a genius with this kind of stuff. Dialouge was his weakness, and it’s a shame it dragged down the prequels.
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