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Oct. 12th, 2010 03:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
4thofelevenSomething reminded me the other day about how The Phantom Menace had the rather weird plot point that the Queen of Naboo uses decoy impersonators. Ignoring the problem of why this was introduced when it had no impact on the story whatsoever, I’m now wondering why in-setting this would happen?
I mean, the sort of people who use body doubles for security in the real world are generally dictators who – quite reasonably – assume large numbers of people want to kill them. Is this really a big problem on Naboo?
Of course, Naboo does have a renaissance Italy style to it – should we assume, then, that the human society there is dominated by Machivellian schemers and constant struggles for power and influence among the noble families? Would explain how Palpatine got his start...
I mean, the sort of people who use body doubles for security in the real world are generally dictators who – quite reasonably – assume large numbers of people want to kill them. Is this really a big problem on Naboo?
Of course, Naboo does have a renaissance Italy style to it – should we assume, then, that the human society there is dominated by Machivellian schemers and constant struggles for power and influence among the noble families? Would explain how Palpatine got his start...