King Skywalker
Tim Bruening
him the King of Naboo?
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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
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> Luke Skywalker is the son of the former Queen of Naboo. Does that make
> him the King of Naboo?
No. It's not a hereditary title. The Naboo people elect their Queen and the
elected person only hold the title for a few years. Plus, by the time Luke
and Leia are born, Padme is no longer Queen anyway (she is instead the
Senator for Naboo).
On a side note, Leia is a "Princess" because of her adoptive family - it has
nothing to do with Padme.
Tim Bruening
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>"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
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>> Luke Skywalker is the son of the former Queen of Naboo. Does that make
>> him the King of Naboo?
>
>No. It's not a hereditary title. The Naboo people elect their Queen and the
>elected person only hold the title for a few years. Plus, by the time Luke
>and Leia are born, Padme is no longer Queen anyway (she is instead the
>Senator for Naboo).
How do you elect a Queen?
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The same way American elect a President, the UK elects a Prime Minister,
etc. ... the people vote. :-)
Dorothy J Heydt
Welllll, if they go on the old Germanic system,* the nation
(that is, the extended kinship) has a number of high-ranking
individuals who are qualified to be electors. They, when
appropriate, gather together and elect a member of the royal
family. This is gone into in fairly good detail in de Camp's
_Lest Darkness Fall,_ where King Thuidahad must be replaced,
his son Thiudegiskel is a front-runner in the election, and
Padway manages to get his candidate Urias in by some
twentieth-century campaign techniques. Ballot-stuffing, no.
Lobbying and mudslinging, yes.
*This went on for quite a long while in the Holy Roman
Empire; you'll recall that Bach wrote six concerti as a sort
of employment application for the Elector of Brandenburg.
Dorothy J. Heydt
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Jette
you vote, of course.
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"Jette" <boss...@scotlandmail.com> wrote in message
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> Tim Bruening wrote:
> > "Your Name" <your...@isp.com> found these unused words:
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> >> "Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> >> news:49F93B11...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >>> Luke Skywalker is the son of the former Queen of Naboo. Does that
make
> >>> him the King of Naboo?
> >> No. It's not a hereditary title. The Naboo people elect their Queen and
the
> >> elected person only hold the title for a few years. Plus, by the time
Luke
> >> and Leia are born, Padme is no longer Queen anyway (she is instead the
> >> Senator for Naboo).
> >
> > How do you elect a Queen?
>
> you vote, of course.
Except most people wouldn't bother voting ... and why would they when all
people elected spend ridiculous amounts of tax payer money on clothing and
hairdressers?? ;-)
Dorothy J Heydt
You don't think they're handed down like the Crown Jewels?
Jonathan Schattke
You line up all the cross-dressed men and have the audience clap for
each in turn, of course.
Oh, you didn't mean that sort of Queen?
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"Dorothy J Heydt" <djh...@kithrup.com> wrote in message
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Unless they are wigs, you can't hand down the hairstyles. :-)
The clothes could be, but it's difficult to tell since we only saw two of
the queens and they were wearing different outfits in every scene ... then
again, would a queen want to be seen dead in a hand-me-down outfit?
John F. Eldredge
Sounds like a lot of modern-day politicians, both male and female.
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Duggy
> How do you elect a Queen?
Duggy
> The clothes could be, but it's difficult to tell since we only saw two of
> the queens and they were wearing different outfits in every scene ... then
> again, would a queen want to be seen dead in a hand-me-down outfit?
Because it was the Decoy wearing the hand-me-downs.
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"Duggy" <Paul....@jcu.edu.au> wrote in message
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Nope, that doesn't work either. Anyone seeing the "Queen" wearing the same
outfit for a second time would instantly know it wasn't the real Queen. ;-)
Duggy
> "Duggy" <Paul.Dug...@jcu.edu.au> wrote in message
> > Because it was the Decoy wearing the hand-me-downs.
> Nope, that doesn't work either. Anyone seeing the "Queen" wearing the same
> outfit for a second time would instantly know it wasn't the real Queen. ;-)
No, no, they go into a back room and swap clothes.
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You pick one you like from the one up for election on Naboo
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