Federal Parliament Honours Star Wars Day By Nerding Out Over The Prequels

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May 4, 2017

Every Star Wars fan can agree that the prequels represented a thrilling high-point of the series, with a great deal of that cinematic success being attributed to George Lucas’ in-depth analysis of the Galactic Senate. Truly, The Phanton Menace was a masterclass of Sorkin-esque political intrigue, and A New Hope through The Force Awakens somehow lack that special spark.

Fortunately, on this auspicious May the Fourth, our terrestrial representatives have taken a moment to honour Lucas’ vision by engaging in a full-on Twitter lovefest. None other than the Australian House of Representatives’ account started proceedings by pining for an equal to the Galactic Senate, and holy midichlorians, it got nerdy from there.

It’s a shame there isn’t a Galactic House of Representatives @AboutTheHouse ¯_(?)_/¯ #StarWarsDay

— Australian Senate (@AuSenate) May 3, 2017

@AboutTheHouse The Galactic Senate actually contained senators and representatives. Jar Jar Binks was a representative 🙂

— Australian Senate (@AuSenate) May 4, 2017

@AboutTheHouse It’s implied that a Senator represents a system (or sector of planets) with reps (like Jar Jar) representing planets #starwarsnerd 🙂

— Australian Senate (@AuSenate) May 4, 2017

@AboutTheHouse You may recall Senator Amidala referring to Jar Jar as Representative Binks #nerdwars

— Australian Senate (@AuSenate) May 4, 2017

Then, it happened: a totally forthright and not-at-all sarcastic admission that the Star Wars universe’s political system deserves another look.

@AboutTheHouse It would be nice to know which standing order Queen Amidala used to move a no-confidence motion in Chancellor Valorum

— Australian Senate (@AuSenate) May 4, 2017

Actual props to the House of Reps for coming out with this brave opinion.

@AuSenate Perhaps Episode 1 removed the SSO motion for brevity.

— Aus House of Reps (@AboutTheHouse) May 4, 2017

Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’ll be here carrying out our own Order 66 on anybody who prefers Ewoks, lightsabers and Harrison Ford to intergalactic lawmaking.