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On the other hand, Watto is the only representation we Jews get in the Star Wars franchise. Much like the unscrupulous, greedy banker goblins in the Harry Potter books, Watto reflects antisemitic tropes that are so deeply embedded in popular culture that they can appear regardless of a creator’s conscious intent. He’s not only a greedy, cheating slave-owner-he’s also the tormentor of Shmi and Anakin Skywalker, the Star Wars universe’s own Madonna and Christ. On the one hand, Watto is a Der Stürmer cartoon rendered in space. Slate even ran a piece focused on Watto, simply titled “The Merchant of Menace.”Īnd like his Earth-born counterpart, this Merchant of Tatooine has left a complicated legacy to the Jewish viewer. Patricia Williams in The Nation noted Watto’s “striking similarity” to a cartoon published in Austria’s antisemitic Kikeriki magazine at the turn of the 20th century.
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Hoberman called out Watto as the single most offensive stereotype in a movie riddled with them, including the seemingly Jamaican Jar Jar Binks and Yellow Peril-inspired Trade Federation leaders.
In his write-up for The Village Voice, J. Since The Phantom Menace first debuted in the summer of 1999, reviewers have widely observed that Watto bears more than a passing resemblance to an antisemitic caricature. From his large, hooked nose, to the metal skullcap he boasts in Episode II – Attack of the Clones (oh yes, he was brought back for an encore), to his response to Liam Neeson’s goyishe Jedi, Qui-Gon Jinn, attempting to use the Force on him-“Mind tricks don’t work on me, only money”-Watto is a galactic Shylock.
While Watto may hail from the swamp planet of Toydaria, he’s as much a yid as Tevye the dairyman. One of them, Watto-a slave-owning, junk-dealing, podrace-betting, beer belly-clutching, insect-like shyster-is, unfortunately, the closest thing the Star Wars universe has to a Jewish character. Despite grossing over a billion dollars worldwide, the film received tepid reviews and continues to be a sore spot for Star Wars fans for many reasons, including but not limited to its insipid dialogue, its incoherent plot, and the presence of multiple alien creatures who read as racist caricatures. More details about the closed beta test will be announced "at a later stage.TWENTY YEARS AGO, George Lucas kicked off his reviled Star Wars prequel trilogy with Episode I – The Phantom Menace. To get in, you'll need to have preordered the Explorer's ($50) or Conqueror ($100) versions of the game.
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Full contest rules can be seen here.ĭaum Games also announced today that the second and final closed beta testing period for Black Desert Online will start on February 18. There is also a "Beauty and the Beast" contest going on, challenging players to create the most beautiful and ugliest characters they can to win prizes. Once you're satisfied, you can save your character and then import it into the full Black Desert Online (or the beta more on that below) when it launches later this year. Daum Games says it's the "deepest customization tool of any game on the market." By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot'sĪs you can see in the video above, it's quite a robust creation tool, allowing you to tailor a character to your liking in a lot of different ways.
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