{"id":37871,"date":"2013-06-20T22:15:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T04:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/20\/these-arent-the-droids-youre-caring-for.html"},"modified":"2014-11-06T07:58:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T14:58:09","slug":"these-arent-the-droids-youre-caring-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/20\/these-arent-the-droids-youre-caring-for.html","title":{"rendered":"These aren&#39;t the droids you&#8217;re caring for"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">On the horrifying tales and subjugation of sentient, feeling robots in the Star Wars universe. &quot;We seem to made to suffer. It&#39;s our lot in life.&quot; Not quite so funny as it once seemed.<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/a8frJcrFYG7HuEmbeHXL0rK3Hd1XJzMiAuxKpeuHYWHUopOaZppiYwbOqKSU8ky4fIE_3CIv4Uwz_WhejQtH39JCm1v3DdPlgR5t0qYMjJ6vWrkZgQDGBd4-feN5FtV6vNxSBREVHI2y1jzOkmbzudiQSJAnWXydwT8Q5Hadv25pE9txhWDUKl9O0LAJgBZLnVwsR58rEyZU2i_uGcLT9rfgPQ=w125-h125' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/arts\/culturebox\/2013\/06\/droids_in_star_wars_the_plight_of_the_robotic_underclass.html'>Inequality in Star Wars: George Lucas Doesn\u2019t Care About Metal People<\/a><br \/>\n                                                The war crime plays out like so. Two heroic Jedi storm onto the bridge of the enemy ship. They cut through the bridge\u2019s crew, until the only targets left standing are a pair of unarmed battle droids. These rail-thin, vaguely snouted robots are the blaster fodder of the prequel-era Star&#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/WKntup7vx9L' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the horrifying tales and subjugation of sentient, feeling robots in the Star Wars universe. &quot;We seem to made to suffer. It&#39;s our lot in life.&quot; Not quite so funny as it once seemed. Inequality in Star Wars: George Lucas Doesn\u2019t Care About Metal People The war crime plays out like so. 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