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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.41,0:00:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very first characters we're introduced\Nto in Star Wars are a pair of robots
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.27,0:00:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Did you hear that? \NThey shut down the main reactor.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.38,0:00:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: We'll be destroyed for sure! \NThis is madness.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.00,0:00:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's through their mechanical eyes that\Nwe initially experience this galaxy far far away
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.26,0:00:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,R2D2 and C-3PO are cast as emotionally relatable\Nunderdogs
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.59,0:00:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we immediately empathize with them and\Ntheir predicament
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.00,0:00:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: I'm going to regret this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.42,0:00:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imperial: There goes another one.\NImperial: Hold your fire, there's no life forms.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.88,0:01:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd argue that droids are as central to the success\Nand popularity of star wars as Stormtroopers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.97,0:01:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Jedi Knights, if not more so
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.63,0:01:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Announcer: Hollywood California, August 1977
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.28,0:01:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Announcer: To the world famous Chinese\NTheater come the stars of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.70,0:01:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Announcer: the biggest box office success in\Nmotion picture history.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.08,0:01:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the decades since endearing droids have\Nbecome an almost ubiquitous fixture
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.29,0:01:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in popular culture
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.47,0:01:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact it's not really a star wars story
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.41,0:01:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,D-O: Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.46,0:01:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless there's a lovable or memorable droid\Nstealing the spotlight
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.16,0:01:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chopper: [Grumpy droid sounds]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.52,0:01:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,K-2SO: Congratulations you are being rescued.\NPlease do not resist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.39,0:01:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: You done flirting?\NI'm still ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.100,0:01:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IG-11: Would anyone care for some tea?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.44,0:02:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you really stop and think about it\Nthere's also something profoundly tragic
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.75,0:02:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the role these artificial life forms\Nplay in the Star Wars Universe
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.84,0:02:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: It's a nightmare!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.88,0:02:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That might seem like an odd thing to say given\Nthat droids are written as comic relief characters
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.39,0:02:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: What did i do to deserve this?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.79,0:02:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,R2D2 and C-3PO were famously based on the\Ntwo bickering peasants from Akira Kurosawa's
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.73,0:02:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1958 classic The Hidden Fortress.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.84,0:02:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: I've just about had enough of you!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.01,0:02:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Go that way, you'll be malfunctioning\Nwithin a day you near-sighted scrap pile.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.21,0:02:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: And don't let me catch you following\Nme begging for help because you won't get it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.83,0:02:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in addition to their more humorous qualities,\Nboth the peasants and the droids represent
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.83,0:02:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an oppressed underclass
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.31,0:02:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: We seem to be made to suffer, it's\Nour lot in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.99,0:02:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO is more right than he knows
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.41,0:03:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because droids in Star Wars are written and designed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.17,0:03:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an exploitable workforce
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.30,0:03:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obi-Wan: We're losing droids fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.39,0:03:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do the tedious, difficult, or dangerous\Nmanual labor that keeps the galaxy running
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.77,0:03:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WA-7: You wanna cup of Jawa Juice?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.49,0:03:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COO-2180: Hey you, no droids!\NGet outta here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.14,0:03:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Droids are, in effect, second-class citizens
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.62,0:03:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Din Djarin: No droids.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.79,0:03:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obi-Wan: Well if droids could think, there'd\Nbe none of us here would there?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.32,0:03:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are consistently disrespected and openly\Ndiscriminated against.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.46,0:03:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bartender: Hey we don't serve their kind here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.69,0:03:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke: What?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.69,0:03:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bartender: Your droids, they'll have to wait outside.\NWe don't want them in here
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.57,0:03:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke: Why don't you wait out by the speeder,\Nwe don't want any trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.92,0:03:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: I heartily agree with you, sir.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.26,0:03:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their movements are restricted and tightly\Ncontrolled with restraining bolts to ensure
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.44,0:03:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,complete obedience
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.28,0:03:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bail Organa: Have the protocol droid's mind\Nwiped.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.98,0:04:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: What?!\NOh no!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.92,0:04:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their minds and memories are periodically\Nerased as a matter of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.29,0:04:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're also bought and sold like cattle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.26,0:04:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To make matters worse, few in this universe\Nseem to notice or care that droids are casually
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.00,0:04:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used, abused, and disintegrated
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.51,0:04:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Disintegrated?!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.50,0:04:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can probably guess where i'm going with\Nthis
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.22,0:04:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the social arrangement I've just described\Nis one of property and owner
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.04,0:04:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a property relationship between two intelligent\Nbeings that gives one absolute power over
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.74,0:04:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other is called slavery
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.79,0:04:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Owen Lars: Can you speak Bocce?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.07,0:04:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Of course I can, it's like a second\Nlanguage to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.39,0:04:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Owen Lars: Alright, shut up.\NI'll take this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.49,0:05:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Shutting up, sir.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.55,0:05:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke: Alright, come on.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.67,0:05:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The use of robots as an allegory for slavery\Nin science fiction can be traced back
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.00,0:05:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than a century.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.91,0:05:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact the word robot itself is derived from\Nthe Slavic [root] word for serf or slave
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.47,0:05:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and first appeared in a 1920 Czech play entitled\NR.U.R.or Rossum's Universal Robots.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.54,0:05:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story tells the tale of an artificial\Npeople created as an exploitable workforce
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.99,0:05:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who eventually rebel and overthrow their \Nhuman masters
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.33,0:05:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isaac Asimov's famous Three Laws of Robotics\Nwere in large part a reaction to the kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.59,0:05:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,robotic revolt storylines \Npopularized by R.U.R.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.29,0:05:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isaac Asimov: The first law is as follows,\Na robot may not harm a human being or through
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.14,0:05:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inaction allow a human being to come to harm.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.77,0:06:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Andrew: Second law, a robot must obey all human\Norders except where those orders come
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.64,0:06:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Andrew: in conflict with the first law.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.75,0:06:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as Isaiah Lavender III observes in his\Nbook Race in American Science Fiction
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.89,0:06:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"While Asimov's three laws are intended to\Nensure the safety and superiority of humans
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.15,0:06:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they actually ensure the technological bondage\Nand inferiority of robots."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.48,0:06:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Science fiction stories have consistently\Ngrappled with questions of artificial consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.52,0:06:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and exploited robotic labor
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.00,0:06:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Johnny 5: Life not malfunction.\NNot malfunction.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.80,0:06:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Johnny 5: I am alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.16,0:06:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A famous example appears in the Star Trek:\NThe Next Generation episode 
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.66,0:06:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Measure of a Man."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.07,0:06:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Computer: Verified Lieutenant Commander Data
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.16,0:07:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wherein Data's right to self-determination\Nis put on trial
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.61,0:07:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Captain Picard: Now tell me Commander, what\Nis Data?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.61,0:07:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Commander Maddox: i don't understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.48,0:07:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Captain Picard: Is he?\NCommander Maddox: A machine! 
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.25,0:07:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Captain Picard: Are you sure?\NCommander Maddox: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.24,0:07:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Captain Picard: You see, he's met two of \Nyour three criteria of sentience.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.04,0:07:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Captain Picard: So what if he meets the third? \NConsciousness in even the smallest degree?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.39,0:07:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Captain Picard: What is he then?\NI  don't know. Do you?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.64,0:07:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Captain Picard: Do you?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.81,0:07:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time and again storytellers return to narratives\Nabout robots struggling for liberation 
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.36,0:07:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a life of involuntary servitude
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.15,0:07:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shows like Humans and Westworld are just two\Nrecent examples
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.37,0:07:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Salesmen: Standard domestic profile installed,\Nthat'll cover all your basic housework.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.82,0:07:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's surprising about Star Wars is that\Ndespite endearing emotional robots
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.07,0:07:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being integral to its universe
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.57,0:08:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The franchise hasn't ever seriously engaged with\Nthe moral questions surrounding droid slavery 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.07,0:08:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke: What are you doing hiding back there?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.65,0:08:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: It wasn't my fault, sir.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.41,0:08:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Please don't deactivate me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.04,0:08:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least not in the core movies and tv shows\Nwhich is what we're focusing on here
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.53,0:08:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact the subordinate status of droids wasn't\Ndirectly acknowledged in any substantial way
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.38,0:08:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the 2018 movie solo gave us L3-37
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.64,0:08:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: Just keep your pinky on the yoke and\Ntry not to mess anything up.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.36,0:08:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll talk about her and the deeply uncomfortable\Nimplications of her storyline in a moment
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.00,0:08:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But first we have to ask what might seem like\Nan obvious question
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.77,0:08:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are droids exactly?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.19,0:08:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Data: Webster's 21st century dictionary 5th\Nedition defines an android as an automaton
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.42,0:08:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Data: made to resemble a human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.67,0:09:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in star wars the shortened term "droid"\Nrefers to all mechanical creatures.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.74,0:09:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So droids are robots
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.86,0:09:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: The Encyclopedia Galactica defines\Na robot as a mechanical apparatus designed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.41,0:09:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: to do the work of a man.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.20,0:09:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what kind of robots?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.35,0:09:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are they simply super intelligent tools?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.00,0:09:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are they more like sophisticated mechanical\Npets?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.93,0:09:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poe: Buddy! I'm so glad to see you!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.100,0:09:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are they sentient beings with feelings\Nand free will?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.55,0:09:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That last question is the one that matters\Nbecause if droids are little more than glorified
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.01,0:09:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kitchen appliances on wheels then it doesn't\Nreally matter how they're treated
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.29,0:09:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if droids are sentient beings it matters\Na great deal
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.96,0:09:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what does it mean to say that a robot is\Nsentient?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.03,0:10:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When that question is asked in a real world\Ncontext it nearly always refers to the hypothetical
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.11,0:10:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technological threshold wherein in artificial\Nintelligence crosses the line from supercomputer
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.72,0:10:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into self-awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.57,0:10:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Star Wars is a science fiction story and\Nto its credit one that hasn't been overly
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.11,0:10:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concerned with explaining all the technical\Ndetails of its world building
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.84,0:10:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not particularly interested in whether\Nor not R2D2 can pass the Turing Test
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.41,0:10:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: You watch your language.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.60,0:10:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means the question of droid sentience\Ncan only really be answered by looking at
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.93,0:10:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the narrative tells us about droids\Nthrough character development, 
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.16,0:10:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dramatization, and framing
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.12,0:10:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will take a bit of detective work though\Nbecause when it comes to its robotic characters
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.40,0:10:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Star Wars is inconsistent to put it mildly
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.74,0:11:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Droids seem to exist on a nebulous spectrum
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.86,0:11:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,K-2SO: Did you know that wasn't me?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.43,0:11:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From those we are clearly meant to see as\Nliving feeling beings
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.00,0:11:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Oh no!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.67,0:11:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To those we are very specifically not meant\Nto see as being truly alive
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.06,0:11:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's take a closer look at these contradictions
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.16,0:11:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting with the droids we've come to know and love
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.05,0:11:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,K-2SO: I've got a bad feeling about---\NJyn: Quiet!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.35,0:11:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the key indicators of sentience in\Nfictional storytelling
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.27,0:11:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the capacity to feel emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.18,0:11:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and droids that are part of the main cast\Nare practically brimming with emotion
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.42,0:11:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beyond their distinct individual personalities\Ndroids exhibit a wide range of emotion
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.12,0:11:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Of course I'm worried and you should\Nbe too.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.54,0:11:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including fear
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.94,0:11:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.94,0:12:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: I'm so glad we took this job!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.48,0:12:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sadness
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.73,0:12:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and guilt just to name a few
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.95,0:12:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Curse my metal body I wasn't fast enough.\NIt's all my fault. My poor master.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.00,0:12:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke: We're all right!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.35,0:12:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many ways droids are more emotionally expressive\Nthan the human characters are
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.73,0:12:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leia: Wipe that nervous expression off your\Nface 3PO.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.72,0:12:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Oh, well I will certainly try, General.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.35,0:12:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Partly that's due to the talented actors and\Npuppeteers who bring droids to life
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.94,0:12:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but their sentience is also written into the\Nnarrative
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.18,0:12:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Droids demonstrate self-awareness
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.92,0:12:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IG-11: That was unpleasant, i'm sorry you\Nhad to see that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.33,0:12:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the capacity for deception
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.91,0:12:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: All this excitement has overrun the\Ncircuits in my counterpart here.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.66,0:12:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO:  If you don't mind i'd like to take \Nhim down to maintenance.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.54,0:12:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They joke
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.75,0:12:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: You do not want to press that \Nbutton with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.40,0:12:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They dance
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.53,0:13:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They feel physical pain
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.58,0:13:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can even experience lasting emotional\Ntrauma
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.94,0:13:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,D-O: Hello hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.27,0:13:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rey: Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.44,0:13:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,D-O: No. No thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.33,0:13:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rey: Looks like someone treated him badly.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.90,0:13:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Droids build caring social relationships
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.41,0:13:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: I want you to know that you have been\Na real friend R2, my best one in fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.60,0:13:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both with other robots
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.58,0:13:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with human beings
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.67,0:13:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the human heroes care about them in return
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.40,0:13:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke: Old friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.37,0:13:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well mostly
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.54,0:13:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Excuse me sir might-- [muffled sounds]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.83,0:13:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George Lucas: When i started writing this\NI found the most intriguing thing was to take
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.35,0:13:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George Lucas: two robots and make them\Ninto human beings
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.07,0:13:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George Lucas: And make them the most\Ninteresting characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.42,0:13:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though they're machines they can choose\Nto disobey orders
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.23,0:13:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cassian: i thought i told you to stay on the\Nship. 
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.66,0:13:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,K-2SO: You did but I thought it was boring\Nand you're in trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.94,0:14:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Critically droids are capable of what's referred\Nto as recursive self-improvement
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.36,0:14:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the ability of an intelligent machine to \Nindependently build upon alter or otherwise 
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.02,0:14:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,improve on their own design
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.56,0:14:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Machines making machines.\NHow perverse.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.62,0:14:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37 used to be an Astromech droid but decided\Nto upgrade herself
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.42,0:14:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Producer: Once upon a time she was actually\Nan R2 type droid and she modified herself and 
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.17,0:14:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Producer: given herself legs and arms and continued\Nto evolve.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.52,0:14:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This metamorphosis suggests that any droid\Ncould decide to elevate themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.56,0:14:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not just those built to resemble humans
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.83,0:14:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stormtrooper: We need to check your diagnostics.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.86,0:14:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,K-2SO: Diagnostics?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.44,0:14:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,K-2SO: I'm capable of running my own\Ndiagnostics, thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.60,0:14:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems like a pretty open and shut case\Ndoesn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.29,0:15:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our favorite droids are clearly framed as\Nsentient beings
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.33,0:15:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as viewers we are clearly meant to identify\Nwith them
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.61,0:15:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what about Battledroids?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.64,0:15:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Battledroid: Roger Roger.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.30,0:15:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the other robots in star wars media
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.44,0:15:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that exist in the background or on the edges\Nof the main plot?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.37,0:15:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are they all sentient beings too?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.75,0:15:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the separatist droid army in the prequels\Nseems specifically designed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.68,0:15:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as little more than cannon fodder
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.80,0:15:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Battledroid 1: You said we'd be safe back\Nhere!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.45,0:15:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Battledroid 2: Come on, there's three of us\Nand only one of him.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.80,0:15:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Battledroid 3: It won't matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.12,0:15:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making the bad guys unfeeling robots avoids\Nthe messy moral complications and mass casualties
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.88,0:15:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would result from an interstellar war
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.98,0:16:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If battledroids aren't alive then the audience\Ndoesn't have to care when thousands of them
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.40,0:16:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are killed in extended battlefield scenes
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.08,0:16:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mace Windu: At this point of the clone war\Ni have dismantled and destroyed over 100,000
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.62,0:16:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of you type 1 Battledroids.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.13,0:16:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed we're encouraged to think of these\Ntypes of droids as mere objects
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.26,0:16:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,B1: I said drop'em.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.86,0:16:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to cheer at their dismemberment.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.00,0:16:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,B1: But I just got promoted!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.41,0:16:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're not supposed to feel sympathy for\Ndroids
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.88,0:16:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we are
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.49,0:16:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Broken droids: Please reassemble us.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.78,0:16:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Broken droids: Please reassemble us.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.94,0:16:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Broken droids: We are Battledroids no longer.\NNow we are slaves.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.26,0:16:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Broken droids: Please reassemble us.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.29,0:16:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're supposed to feel sympathy for droids
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.41,0:17:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we aren't
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.49,0:17:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IG-11: I need to remove your helmet if I am\Nto save you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.46,0:17:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Din: No living thing has seen me without my\Nhelmet since I swore the creed.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.81,0:17:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IG-11: I am not a living thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.66,0:17:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider how in The Mandalorian the droid\NIG-11 denies his own sentence and value
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.19,0:17:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a living being so he can provide medical\Nassistance to the main character
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.45,0:17:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IG-11: You have suffered damage to your central\Nprocessing unit.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.20,0:17:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IG-11: That was a joke. It is meant to\Nput you at ease.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.10,0:17:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later in that same episode he overrides his\Nown programming in order to 
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.72,0:17:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sacrifice himself and save our heroes
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.62,0:17:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IG-11: Sadly there is no scenario where the\Nchild is saved in which I survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.05,0:17:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just before he does he again denies that\Nhe's alive in any meaningful sense
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.27,0:17:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Din: No, we need you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.63,0:18:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IG-11: There's nothing to be said about, \NI've never been alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.25,0:18:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a puzzling statement given that the\Nother characters clearly disagree
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.63,0:18:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Din: Listen you're not going anywhere, \Nwe need you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.88,0:18:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact the scene is a climactic turning point\Nfor the protagonist in which he finally learns
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.00,0:18:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his long-held prejudice against \Ndroids is wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.24,0:18:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Din: I'm not sad.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.95,0:18:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IG-11: Yes you are. I'm a nurse droid, \NI've analyzed your voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.03,0:18:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the emotional weight given to IG-11's\Nheroic death suggests that Star Wars wants
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.55,0:18:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have it both ways when it comes to droids.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.71,0:18:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wants to treat them as characters who deserve\Nour affection and admiration when it serves
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.21,0:18:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the narrative but it also wants to treat them\Nas mere objects the rest of the time
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.35,0:18:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what are we to make of this contradictory\Nframing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.67,0:18:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, clues from the various movies and tv\Nshows indicate that droids gained sentience
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.39,0:19:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gradually by accumulating experiences and\Nmemories over time
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.75,0:19:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kuiil: It developed a personality as\Nits experiences grew.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.32,0:19:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that while every droid we see on\Nscreen may not have achieved the same level
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.35,0:19:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of consciousness, every droid does have the\Ncapacity to become self-aware
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.65,0:19:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also suggests that memory wipes in Star\NWars are used to repress the risk of emerging
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.00,0:19:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sentience and droids and to ensure they \Nremain obedient workers
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.71,0:19:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Owen: Tomorrow I want you to take that R2 unit\Nto Anchorhead and have its memory erased.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.60,0:19:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Owen: That'll be the end of it. \NIt belongs to us now.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.31,0:19:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Memory wipes are especially disturbing \Nbecause droids are 
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.31,0:19:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so clearly written to be much more than\Nthe sum of their parts
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.11,0:19:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: You must repair him.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.90,0:19:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Sir, if any of my circuits or gears will \Nhelp, I'll gladly donate them.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.54,0:19:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this context the use of droids as comic\Nrelief can come across as cruel
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.31,0:20:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RA-7 droid: You must follow the proper...protocol.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.74,0:20:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we find this same type of callous humor\Ntargeting droids mirrored throughout the franchise
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.13,0:20:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obi-Wan: Oh dear!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.58,0:20:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Oh my eye! R2 help!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.57,0:20:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's supposed to be funny when droids are \Nmistreated, mocked, or made to suffer
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.44,0:20:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Han: Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.88,0:20:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,B1: Don't shoot, I'm not the commander! He's\Nthe commander!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.91,0:20:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,B1: Guess I'm the commander now.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.88,0:20:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the jokes only work if we accept their\Nsubordinate station as a servant class
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.00,0:20:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who aren't truly alive
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.35,0:20:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as we understand that they are indeed\Nsentient beings in all the ways that it matters
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.79,0:20:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it all starts to feel very uncomfortable
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.55,0:20:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even in scenes that are presented with some\Ngravitas
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.17,0:20:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the writers still want to have it both ways
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.59,0:21:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: That is short of a complete redactive\Nmemory bypass.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.23,0:21:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finn: A complete what?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.23,0:21:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: It's a terribly dangerous and sinful\Nact performed on unwitting droids 
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.62,0:21:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by drakes and criminals.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.94,0:21:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finn: Let's do that!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.39,0:21:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poe: I know a black market droidsmith.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.09,0:21:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Black pocket droidsmith!?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.26,0:21:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO's apparent mental death is\Nmeant to be sad
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.10,0:21:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,D-O: Sad.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.04,0:21:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's also used as an opportunity for more\Njokes at his expense
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.79,0:21:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Might I introduce myself, I am C-3PO\Nhuman cyborg relations and you are?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.65,0:21:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poe: Okay that's gonna be a problem!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.75,0:21:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why I said that droids are tragic\Nfigures in Star Wars media
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.63,0:21:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just in spite of their role as comic relief\Nbut often because of it
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.86,0:21:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poe: Shhh... Shut up!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.37,0:21:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no droid has a more tragic story\Nthan L3-37
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.01,0:22:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3 is Lando Calrissian's co-pilot and the\Nonly female-coded droid in a major movie role
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.57,0:22:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: Just let me know when you're \Nready to jump
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.64,0:22:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike 3PO, she is confident outspoken and\Nsarcastic
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.07,0:22:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: Excuse me, get your presumptuous ass\Nout of my seat
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.25,0:22:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but her defining feature is her activism
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.43,0:22:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: Restraining bolts, barbaric.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.72,0:22:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: Congratulations, you're liberated.\NNow scoot.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.88,0:22:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Phoebe: She has a sort of rage that's fueled\Nby injustice when she sees how droids are
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.41,0:22:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Phoebe: treated in the universe and she feels like\Nthey've been enslaved and patronized by humans
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.34,0:22:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Phoebe: so she wants to free them.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.55,0:22:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3 understands she's part of an oppressed class\Nbut she doesn't accept her subordinate station
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.19,0:22:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and demands freedom in no uncertain terms
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.21,0:22:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: You should not be doing this, they're\Nusing you for entertainment 
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.36,0:23:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: Yeah, you've been neurowashed.\NDon't just blindly follow the program.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.64,0:23:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: Exercise some free will!
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.27,0:23:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something we've never seen before and\Nit makes L3
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.43,0:23:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: Stop exploiting droids! 
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.21,0:23:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an especially fascinating even revolutionary\Nfigure within the Star Wars mythos
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.35,0:23:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: L3!
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.31,0:23:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: Droid's rights! We are sentient!
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.33,0:23:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ralakili: I'm gonna flip your switch.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.87,0:23:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: Good luck finding it!
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.32,0:23:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: L3!
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.70,0:23:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately the writers don't seem\Nto know what to do with her
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.89,0:23:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: Let's go of the mean man's face.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.12,0:23:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: And what if i don't elect to go to\NKastle?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.74,0:23:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: Please don't start.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.02,0:23:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: Or what? You'll have me wiped?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.02,0:23:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The audience is meant to see L3's activism\Nas amusingly absurd and overly dramatic
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.91,0:23:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's coming from a droid
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.59,0:23:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: She's definitely going.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.38,0:23:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: Oh why because you're my organic overlord?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.50,0:23:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just like the other characters in the\Nmovie we're
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.82,0:23:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expected to roll our eyes or sigh in exasperation
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.75,0:23:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she expresses her desire for emancipation
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.16,0:23:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: You need anything?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.57,0:24:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: Equal rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.43,0:24:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: [eye roll]
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.11,0:24:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a side note this type of framing is par\Nfor the course when it comes to depictions
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.37,0:24:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of social justice activism in Hollywood media
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.52,0:24:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abed: Britta
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.52,0:24:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Britta: I want to know why these goblins are\Nattacking us? 
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.87,0:24:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Britta: Maybe these woods are their rightful land \Nand from their perspective---
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.61,0:24:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone: Uuuugh!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.95,0:24:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's a topic for another day
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.42,0:24:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To illustrate just how little respect Solo has\Nfor L3 or her revolutionary ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.88,0:24:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's talk about her untimely end
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.76,0:24:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The phrase a fate worse than death can sound\Nhyperbolic but in L3's case
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.86,0:24:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a fitting description of what the \Nscript does to her
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.33,0:24:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: L3 what did you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.92,0:24:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: I've found my true purpose Lando, \Nthat's what I've done!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.82,0:24:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No sooner has she discovered her true calling\Nas a droid slavery abolitionist
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.52,0:24:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: Rebellion!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.19,0:25:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then she's killed off to up the stakes for\Nthe other characters 
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.30,0:25:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to free up the pilot's seat
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.85,0:25:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: System failure. Have to reroute\Nthe sensory modulators.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.11,0:25:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: L3!
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.41,0:25:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see Lando sincerely and uncharacteristically\Ngrieving for her
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.19,0:25:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the film doesn't have time for such\Nsentimentalities because this somber moment
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.53,0:25:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is awkwardly interrupted by another\Nscene that's supposed to be far more important
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.06,0:25:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Han Solo getting to fly the Millennium Falcon\Nfor the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.70,0:25:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the squandered potential of her character\Nand her death being overshadowed by
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.74,0:25:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unnecessary fan service weren't bad enough
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.94,0:25:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: What's happening to me?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.89,0:25:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things get even worse for L3 posthumously
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.83,0:25:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Qi'ra: Sorry.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.51,0:25:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's because when our heroes get into trouble
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.90,0:25:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they decide to upload L3's consciousness\Ninto the ship
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.84,0:25:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: She's interfacing.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.22,0:26:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use her navigational charts to make their\Nescape
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.13,0:26:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: She's part of the ship now.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.77,0:26:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in effect they imprison her mind in the Falcon\Nand in the process turn her from autonomous
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.68,0:26:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life form into a mere tool, \Na possession with no agency,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.88,0:26:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a possession that is ultimately gambled away\Nat the very end of the movie
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.79,0:26:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: You really have a bad for the Falcon,\Ndon't you?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.34,0:26:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Han: It's mutual, trust me.\NShe belongs with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.41,0:26:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's worse is this tragic turn of events\Nwas only written as a callback to a random
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.36,0:26:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,line from empire strikes back
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.54,0:26:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Sir, I don't know where your ship learned\Nto communicate but 
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.71,0:26:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has the most peculiar dialect.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.02,0:26:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's meant to explain the Millennium Falcon's\Nmany quirks
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.53,0:26:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including why the ship is so often personified
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.27,0:26:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Han: I want you to take her. \NI mean it take her.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.92,0:26:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Han: You need all the help you can get.\NShe's the fastest ship in the fleet.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.94,0:27:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's genuinely hard to think of a more insulting\Nend for a character whose entire life revolved
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.53,0:27:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around fighting for her right to self-determination
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.43,0:27:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lando: She's part of the ship now.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.15,0:27:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So L3's story is a traged
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.78,0:27:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L3-37: What's happening to me?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.41,0:27:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why are we spending so much time \Ntalking about fictional robots?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.38,0:27:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, science fiction has always been a vehicle\Nfor thinly veiled
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.99,0:27:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,, commentary on humanity and society
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.05,0:27:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the sociological imagination stories about\Nrobots have not traditionally really been
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.50,0:27:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the legal rights of future machines
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.45,0:27:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Roy: I've seen things you people wouldn't\Nbealive.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.04,0:27:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all it's going to be a very long time\Nbefore artificial consciousness is even a
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.65,0:27:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hypothetical possibility here in\Nthe real world
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.52,0:28:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stories about robots are, more often than not,\Nreally stories about exploited
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.60,0:28:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or dehumanized labor
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.84,0:28:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Robots are used as stand-ins to draw parallels\Nbetween the ways in which certain
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.20,0:28:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,groups of people throughout history have been \Nregarded as disposable, controllable,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.44,0:28:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interchangeable, expendable, and replaceable
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.12,0:28:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guinan: Consider that in the history of many worlds\Nthere have always been disposable creatures.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.32,0:28:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guinan: They do the dirty work. They do the work \Nthat no one else wants to do
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.98,0:28:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guinan: because it's too difficult or too hazardous.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.58,0:28:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guinan: You don't have to think about their welfare. \NYou don't think about how they feel. 
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.54,0:28:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guinan: Whole generations of disposable people.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.98,0:28:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though Star Wars is part of the tradition\Nof using robots as an allusion to slavery
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.77,0:28:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the franchise doesn't seem to have much to\Nsay with the metaphor
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.42,0:28:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guinan: I think that's a little harsh.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.04,0:29:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Captain Picard: I don't think that's a little\Nharsh, I think that's the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.16,0:29:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's return to Isaac Asimov for just a moment
Dialogue: 0,0:29:05.06,0:29:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this quote from a 1981 essay in science fiction digest\Nfeels especially relevant to our discussion
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.65,0:29:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wrote: "Robots can be the new servants patient\Nuncomplaining incapable of revolt
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.11,0:29:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in human shape they can make use of the full range\Nof tech tools devised for humans and when
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.04,0:29:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,, intelligent enough can be friends as well as servants"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.46,0:29:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jane: Rosie, be careful you'll rest up again.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.65,0:29:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course Asimov was talking about future\Nreal world technology there 
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.61,0:29:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that view of robots as "friends and servants" 
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.21,0:29:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sums up how droids are presented in\Nthe Star Wars franchise
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.17,0:29:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember this is a universe where humanoid\Nslavery exists as well
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.86,0:29:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's presented as unambiguously negative, \Nthough not exactly something the heroes
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.60,0:30:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in a rush to abolish. 
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.20,0:30:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The subjugation of robots is treated differently
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.34,0:30:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anakin: I'll make sure mom doesn't\Nsell you anything
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.29,0:30:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Sell me? Oh my!
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.21,0:30:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have an entire class of sentient beings\Nwho are presented as having no rights or autonomy
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.63,0:30:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loudspeaker: All droids must be registered. 
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.92,0:30:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that oppressive power dynamic isn't challenged\Nwithin the narrative
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.79,0:30:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is instead portrayed as a normal and natural\Npart of the universe
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.93,0:30:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The writers want to lean into the slavery\Nallegory to add a layer of gritty seedy
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.00,0:30:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,texture to the world building without having to\Nseriously grapple with the complicated 
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.06,0:30:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,historical legacy that they're drawing on
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.01,0:30:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether writers intend it or not, slavery cannot be\Nincluded in a fictional story without invoking
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.17,0:31:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the horrific racist history and lingering legacy \Nof that institution
Dialogue: 0,0:31:02.02,0:31:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's true even if the roles of the enslaved\Nhappen to be filled by robots
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.21,0:31:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke: I present to you a gift, these two droids.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.08,0:31:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: What did he say?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.09,0:31:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke: Both are hard working and\Nwill serve you well.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:18.21,0:31:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: This can't be! R2 you're playing the\Nwrong message.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:21.66,0:31:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slavery used in this de-radicalized way, reduces\Nit to a vicarious fantasy that audiences can enjoy 
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.60,0:31:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without having to feel uncomfortable
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.27,0:31:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is of course possible for creative works\Nto draw on real-world parallels
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.66,0:31:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to oppression and slavery in ways that\Nmake powerful political points
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.90,0:31:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Janelle Monae's albums the ArchAndroid\Nand Metropolis are two great recent examples
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.34,0:32:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these type of stories are part of a long tradition\Nin science fiction and are often referred to as 
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.86,0:32:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neo-slavery or meta-slavery narratives
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.45,0:32:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for every sci-fi story that gets it right
Dialogue: 0,0:32:08.64,0:32:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are many more that get the \Nslavery metaphor wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.22,0:32:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dobby: Master has given Dobby a sock.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.09,0:32:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most common mistakes writers make\Nis in drawing false equivalencies
Dialogue: 0,0:32:21.71,0:32:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by imagining liberation movements as being based\Nin supremacy rather than freedom or justice
Dialogue: 0,0:32:29.37,0:32:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. Klaus: Each of us will face a choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.59,0:32:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. Klaus: Be enslaved or rise up to rule!
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.12,0:32:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some hints that star wars may go\Nin this direction
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.38,0:32:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zero: My response time is quicker than organics\Nand I'm smarter too.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.51,0:32:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let's hope it doesn't
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.21,0:32:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L337's observations about droid slavery could\Nhave been an opportunity for Star Wars to
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.71,0:33:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finally grapple with the uncomfortable fact\Nthat over 11 feature films and several tv shows
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.63,0:33:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the good guys seem to have been keeping sentient\Nbeings in a state of perpetual servitude
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.41,0:33:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Master luke is your rightful owner now,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.49,0:33:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: we'll have no more of this\NObi-Wan Kenobi gibberish.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:15.09,0:33:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C-3PO: Your fortunately doesn't blast you\Ninto a million pieces right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:18.85,0:33:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should note that while the heroes, on the whole,\Nare nicer to their droids than the villains are 
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.58,0:33:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,D-O: Very kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.66,0:33:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good guys still show no real interest in \Ndroids gaining true autonomy 
Dialogue: 0,0:33:31.77,0:33:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rey: Something's not right about all of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:33.92,0:33:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if they did?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.40,0:33:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if the struggle of artificial life forms\Nwere a cause the alliance took up
Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.44,0:33:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of rolling their eyes at it
Dialogue: 0,0:33:44.08,0:33:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Labor droid: Freedom!
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.43,0:33:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if droids from across the galaxy joined\Nthe rebellion, not just because they're treated
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.98,0:33:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better, but because they're considered equal\Npartners in the quest for liberation?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:57.92,0:34:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of opportunity for good\Nmeaningful storytelling in that idea
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.25,0:34:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially because the emotional groundwork\Nalready exists
Dialogue: 0,0:34:07.98,0:34:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We already love and care about droid characters
Dialogue: 0,0:34:11.61,0:34:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We already feel sympathy for their plight
Dialogue: 0,0:34:14.76,0:34:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are already on their side
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.41,0:34:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kuiil: None won't be free until the old ways\Nare gone forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.00,0:34:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Star Wars franchise would create a bolder\Nmore relevant universe 
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.54,0:34:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making droid freedom a central theme
Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.07,0:34:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,General Leia: Never underestimate a droid.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:37.59,0:34:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rey: Yes, master.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.32,0:34:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks for watching!
Dialogue: 0,0:34:42.60,0:34:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These video essays take an enormous amount\Nof time to write, edit, and produce
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Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.69,0:35:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've also left a link to Paypal in the description\Nbelow if that works better for you
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.38,0:35:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the coming months i'll be producing a\Nnumber of new video essays
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.69,0:35:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including one on the myth that "boys don't cry"
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.86,0:35:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another on the trend in Hollywood where men find \Nredemption in death
Dialogue: 0,0:35:11.10,0:35:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finally i'll be doing an investigation into\Ncolonialism in modern board games
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.51,0:35:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see some of the research for\Nthat one behind me now 
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.30,0:35:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So until i see you again next time, \Nplease stay safe and healthy out there