I cannot make heads or tails of the political situation on Tatooine. Best I can tell it's nominally in the Republic (then the Empire) but in practice is completely overtaken/ruled by the Hutts. I kind of want to make a parallel with the Walled City of Kowloon: "With no government enforcement from the Chinese or the British aside from a few raids by the Hong Kong Police, the Walled City became a haven for crime and drugs." -> no Republic armed forces/police/etc ever go to Tatooine (or the Outer Rim in general) so it's become a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
I'm not sure I even need Hannibal to be a Senator, now that I think about it. A lot of the plot can work if he's an activist instead -- and the bit about declaring the independance of Tatooine might work even if he's not, provided Padmé (ie Naboo, ie the Chancellor) recognises it as a sovereign body. I may need to look more deeply into Star Wars politics.
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Date: 2016-02-17 10:06 pm (UTC)I cannot make heads or tails of the political situation on Tatooine. Best I can tell it's nominally in the Republic (then the Empire) but in practice is completely overtaken/ruled by the Hutts. I kind of want to make a parallel with the Walled City of Kowloon: "With no government enforcement from the Chinese or the British aside from a few raids by the Hong Kong Police, the Walled City became a haven for crime and drugs." -> no Republic armed forces/police/etc ever go to Tatooine (or the Outer Rim in general) so it's become a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
I'm not sure I even need Hannibal to be a Senator, now that I think about it. A lot of the plot can work if he's an activist instead -- and the bit about declaring the independance of Tatooine might work even if he's not, provided Padmé (ie Naboo, ie the Chancellor) recognises it as a sovereign body. I may need to look more deeply into Star Wars politics.
Thank you! That's very helpful.