[Belief in the Christos] DON'T A WORK ONAME ONLY [obedience to the laws of Moses]

>>221241279
They really harassed George after SW 1977 because he essentially made everything outside of tribal oversight, and they were very upset about not getting paid anything for his work.

>>221241279
how did they shave galactic credits?

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>>221241948
It's right there in the name. Republic CREDITS aren't money, they're credit backed by nothing other than the good faith that the Republic will continue to become economically stronger. Obviously this wasn't the case because the rot had set in long before Sheev took office and the Republic was losing influence, especially in the Outer Rim.

Watto wants the kind of hard cash that Hutts deal in. Currency that's actual money formed of a precious substance that has intrinsic value, not just a base metal representing a hypothetical value as a measure of generated labor within the Republic economy.

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Credit

>After the formation of the Galactic Empire, Galactic Republic credits were phased out within days, with Imperial citizens induced to register for identifying chain codes in order to exchange their now-worthless currency for Imperial credits.[15] Eventually, credits from the time of the Republic became mostly worthless.[16] Credits from the Galactic Empire likewise became worthless following the rise of the New Republic, to the point that Grand Admiral Rae Sloane was forced to pay the bounty hunter Mercurial Swift "in owed favors."[17] The New Republic also issued credits, but their value became volatile in 34 ABY following the Hosnian Cataclysm. Consequently, the city of Canto Bight prohibited New Republic credits and required all visitors to exchange their credits for currency made of aurodium.[18]

Hutt money can't become worthless simply because a governing body declares it so, because Hutt money is sound money, not fiat currency.

Watto made the correct choice in rejecting the Republic fiat Qui-Gon tried to pass off as valuable, because those Republic credits became worthless before the prequels were done.

They're not called god's chosen people for nothing.

>>221241279
>Tries stealing the part using mind control
>Doesn't just steal it in the dead of night
Why?

One thing that always bothered me about star wars is who sent the prologues into space? And wouldn't giant yellow text be a bit obvious if you're a network of rebels? Stupid.

>>221242046
>"Come out, ye Toydarians" he shouted, as he rapped the hilt of his lightsaber against the dilapidated fencing surrounding Watto's shop

>>221242046
Jedi aren't allowed to blatantly steal things.

>>221242154
Using mind control to trade worthless currency for something of value is theft dumbass.

>>221241994
I thought credits weren't real in the physical sense, like a coin for virtual accounts. But the wiki says the credits were made of gold and silver which sounds stupid since I doubt all the planets have natural deposits of those kind of metals, the republic was pretty stupid to try to enforce a currency pretty much backed by something valuable like a trade coin or something from the times before the republic. Now I'm interested in the Hutt's coin and the material they were made.

>>221241279
Hutts are mongolian

>>221241279
Aren't Hutts resistant to it too?

>>221242430
Well duh. Hutts statistically have more Midichlorians than even Anakin.

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>>221242430
hutts are also jews

>>221242469
kino toy

>>221242277
no because Watto could've used the credits, he just didn't want to because it would cause a major inconvenience for him. He was still getting a fair trade. He could've travelled and used the credits elsewhere.

>>221242544
>Watto could've used the credits
If that were the case Qui-gon could've exchanged them somewhere else. Since he didn't do this it proves the credits are not useable.
>He was still getting a fair trade.
No. The credits have no value on Tatoonie.
>He could've travelled and used the credits elsewhere.
There is no implication that Watto has a space ship to fly off somewhere to use the credits which would literally cost him money just to travel to use.

Qui-gon was attempting to steal using the force. Accept it.

>>221242604
>If that were the case Qui-gon could've exchanged them somewhere else
their ship was broken, retard
>No. The credits have no value on Tatoonie.
I know, but they have value elsewhere
>There is no implication that Watto has a space ship to fly off somewhere to use the credits which would literally cost him money just to travel to use.
they clearly have some sort of travel system where you can go to other planets.
>Qui-gon was attempting to steal using the force. Accept it.
using mind tricks is a tool and it's on a case-by-case basis of when you should use it. They were obviously on an important mission to get to Courscuant and he literally had no other means to get there. It's a gray area of him for trying to trick Watto but he was still getting a fair deal, he just would've had to inconvenience himself to use the money elsewhere. I'm pretty sure he was offering way more than market value to make up for his troubles.

>>221242710
>they clearly have some sort of travel system where you can go to other planets.
You do realize this alone invalidates the problem Qui-gon and company have right? Or are you seriously so fucking dumb that you assume Qui-gon chose not to use local transit under cover?
>using mind tricks is a tool and it's on a case-by-case basis
So is physically stealing something. If Qui-gon was willing to use mind control to steal something for his mission then he should have no qualms just stealing the part outright. It is unbelievable that there are people on this site that don't understand that trading something under duress is the same as stealing.

>>221242775
>you assume Qui-gon chose not to use local transit under cover?
he didn't have time. They have the Queen waiting out in the desert and you risk her getting discovered and kidnapped for ransom by the criminals in Tattoine.
>he should have no qualms just stealing the part outright.
It's probably against the Jedi code to steal things from civillians no matter what so he has to follow that code. He likely would've just figured something else out instead of stealing but the race option came up and he took it.
>trading something under duress is the same as stealing.
no because i already said that Watto was getting something in return. It's a gray area but it's not outright stealing.

>>221242850
>he didn't have time.
But he had time to wait for Anakin to build his podracer for the big race?
>They have the Queen waiting out in the desert
No she's with Qui-gon and he even knows that Padme is the queen.
>you risk her getting discovered and kidnapped for ransom by the criminals in Tattoine
Yeah probably a stupid decision to get involved in the biggest fucking race on the planet and stand in the pits where everyone can see you.
>It's probably against the Jedi code to steal things from civillians no matter what
Obviously not as Qui-gon was going to use a mind trick to steal from Watto.
>He likely would've just figured something else out instead of stealing but the race option came up and he took it.
The race option takes more time and brings even more attention to him than simply stealing the part and quickly replacing it.
>no because i already said that Watto was getting something in return.
Anon if I force you at gunpoint to give me your car in exchange for Peruvian Soles despite you being unwilling to take Soles are you seriously going to argue I didn't steal from you?
It is theft. It isn't a gray area. Forcing someone to take a deal against their will is legally theft.

>>221242379
The wiki entry has been rewritten by retards, but Aurodium (au = gold) is the in-setting equivalent of gold, in that it's a physical metal that can't be easily reproduced so it has value due to its rarity.

The physical credit chit that Han Solo flips to the cantina bartender in Episode 4, and the racks of credits they steal in Andor, have no intrinsic value because they're just a receipt of hypothetical wealth, not wealth itself.

>>221242958
>But he had time to wait for Anakin to build his podracer for the big race?
they were only there 3 days total
>he even knows that Padme is the queen.
no he didn't
>biggest fucking race on the planet and stand in the pits where everyone can see you.
they were just regular people and the "queen" was back on the ship
>steal from Watto.
wasn't stealine
>The race option takes more time and brings even more attention to him than simply stealing the part and quickly replacing it.
not allowed to steal and had no other option
>I force you at gunpoint to give me your car in exchange for Peruvian Soles despite you being unwilling to take Soles are you seriously going to argue I didn't steal from you?
If I can travel to Peru and buy another new car and bring it back and not be out any extra money, then it's not outright stealing. The ends justify the means and it just causes inconvenience for me to travel. Legal theft would be him outright taking the part and Watto getting nothing.

>>221243140
>they were only there 3 days total
Is time not of the essence or is it? Every extra day wasted is another day of people dying on Naboo. Stealing that fucking part saves how many thousands of lives?
>no he didn't
It's so heavily implied he knows Padme and even IF he didn't, which he does, he has Obi-wan defending the "queen" back on the ship
>they were just regular people and the "queen" was back on the ship
They were supposed to be lying low and they put themselves out in the open for thousands of spectators to see. If them keeping a low profile is so important then acting as the pit crew for a major competitor for the planet's largest race is the last place they should be.
>wasn't stealing
Yes it was
>not allowed to steal and had no other option
Literally tried to. Stop arguing semantics for an obvious case of theft.
>If I can travel to Peru and buy another new car and bring it back and not be out any extra money, then it's not outright stealing. The ends justify the means and it just causes inconvenience for me to travel. Legal theft would be him outright taking the part and Watto getting nothing.
Anon you have no moral problem with the idea of me forcing a fucking gun on you to benifit a trade in my favor? I'm sorry but you have extreme autism to not see the moral issue here.

>>221243415
>Stealing that fucking part saves how many thousands of lives?
if you steal shit then Watto talks to the authorities or the Hutts and you got bigger problems then.
>Obi-wan defending the "queen" back on the ship
One jedi can't defend against 10 armed people
>They were supposed to be lying low
they were. they were dressed like regular people and only Watto knew a jedi was present. Nobody knew who they were
>you have no moral problem with the idea of me forcing a fucking gun on you to benifit a trade in my favor?
If you were some high tier government official who was stranded then I'd be ok with helping out, especially if I'm gonna get rewarded later on.

>>221243415
NTA but I think you're the autistic one. Qui Gon is very much a mystic and is going with the flow of the force and what feels right. And he can't outright steal so he doesn't

>>221243582
Aw yes because the guy that literally says time is of the essence is just "going with the flow"

>>221242277
It's one of those "from a certain point of view" type of things.
Technically Qui Gon would still be paying him. It's not like he was trying to mind trick Watto into handing over his stuff for nothing.

>>221244954
The money is literally worthless on Tatoonie meaning that yes Qui gon was using a mind trick yo get Watto to hand over the part for nothing.

>>221241994
>>221242379
REMINDER: The Republic, for all its claims to legitimacy as a “galactic” government (which really just means the Core, Inner Rim, and some Mid Rim) fell apart over half a dozen times, lending blatant instability to their domain and their control and regulation of finance among the constituents of galactic banking. Naturally the Republic currency is strong within the Core worlds, grown bloated and fatter than the most indolent Hutt, but their credit is only good while the underlying governmental system backing the currency remains stable. This is a laughable notion, given the clear evidence of multiple refoundings, reorganisations, reformations, and crisis events affecting the function of Republic space, and that is without mentioning the corrupt Banking Clan. As a result, we can say, confidently, that the disaster that is Republic crisis management clearly lends the Republic credit/datary an inherent instability.

But not all is lost. Unlike its significantly more volatile fellow, Huttbux are backed by the governing body of literally the oldest contiguous civilisation ever to exist within the confines of the galaxy, reigning unconquered in the realm of the Greater Bootana Hutta for, as of The Phantom Menace, over twenty-five thousand years (which is also longer, I might add, than even the oldest date of the Republic's founding), and doing so while commanding soft and hard power in their own territory as well as across the Outer Rim (and much of the Mid Rim as well). Truly, the Hutt peggat is more stable than land or even gold.

Watto wasn't being a dick when he denied Qui-Gon a trade in Republic credits. He was a prescient understander and investor in his own financial security, knowing that the republic-of-the-day credits pushed by the tourist cannot stand against a currency that has maintained its validity for a thousand generations without surcease.

>>221245013
>The money is literally worthless
Not from Qui Gon's point of view.