I know I’m wading into some murky Geek waters but I’ve got
to get this off my chest: Sand People are douche bags. There. I said it. No
regrets. Whether by design or laziness, Lucas created an alien race whose main
characteristic is being a big fat jerk. Let’s look at them solely from Anakin
Skywalkers’ perspective. They shot at him when he’s a kid in the Pod Race. They
kidnap and torture his mother to the point of death, thus damn near kicking him
into the Dark Side of the Force. Years later they beat up the son he never knew
he had. A few more years pass to find the Sand Jerks kidnapping and torturing
(again with the torture!) his childhood best friend Kitster who escaped only
with the help of Han and Leia. At least most of the other bad guys had reasons.
Storm troopers were born from unquestioning clones hardwired to turn on the
Jedi. Battle Droids were programmed (poorly) to kill whatever they were pointed
at. Darth Sidious plotted and schemed and twisted back-buried daggers in the
cold of night to further his quest for power. But not my darling little
Raiders! Just douche bags all the way down.
(Jerk)
I’m not going anywhere with this in case you are wondering.
Like I said, I simply had to get this off my chest. Sand People are
doucherific. That’s all.
