This all feels like that scene in Revenge of the Sith where the Palpatine gets emergency powers, and everyone cheers meanwhile Padmé is standing there all dumbfounded like how can anyone NOT see what the fuck is going on.

Everyone clowned on George Lucas for making the prequel trilogy “so long, boring, and full of needless politics” but 25 years later we’re watching the same things happen in real life.

Now more than ever I am so grateful for his lessons of empathy, resilience, and hope.

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