Governments In Star Wars V.S. Governments In The Home Essay, Research Paper

Governments In Star Wars V.S. Governments in the Home

In the movie “Star Wars” their exist many different forms of government.

In this essay I will be comparing those forms in the movie to the ones found in

the home. I will be starting with the most basic form of government and working

up to the most complex.

The most basic form of government is anarchy, The total absence of

government. In the movie the best example of anarchy is Yoda, living by himself

on Dagohba without the interference of any one apart from self. An example of

this at home would be when children are left at home while their parents are

away for any extended period of time. Unlike Yoda though, the children do not

live in a total anarchist state for they will eventual have to answer to their

parents when they return.

The next most primitive form of government is a direct democracy as

shown by the Ewoks. The Ewoks probably started out as many small groups that

lived separate from one another and grew into what they are now through the

evolution theory where, over time banned together in order to provide an easier

means to access the necessities of life for the groups. At the time you see

them in the movie they seem to be using a tribal form of government where the

elders make up the governing body, but let every one else take part in the

policy making process. Besides using a tribal form of government they also

believe in divine right, or a god given someone the right to rule them as

demonstrated by the Ewoks immediate worship of C3-P0 upon sight. This can be

compared to any modern family a moving into an apartment along with many other

families where there is a manager, but the every one living in the building can

have a say of what goes on with the policy for the building.

Another basic type of government is a dictatorship where only a small

group or one person have control of a group of people. There is two different

examples of a dictator ship in ?Star Wars?, one is the Emperor’s, which will be

discussed later, and that of Jabba’s. Jabba is a gangster on Lukes’ home

planet which is controlled by the empire. Jabba has a dictatorship over a small

group of people and has a territory in which he has sovereignty, and therefore

has all the qualities of a state. He has total control of his area including

without having to give to the will of the people he governs. he also has

control of the making and enforcing of policies which is the role of government.

The Imperial Empire is also an dictator ship as stated above but with a

couple minor differences. At one time there was no such thing as the empire but

through many battles the emperor gain control through the use of force,

establishing his government as the governing body for the universe. In the

early days of the empire there was an imperial senate that shared powers with

the emperor in a federalist type of government where the different planets each

sent their own representative to the senate. In an effort to gain more control

over the universe the emperor destroyed the senate by assassinating its members.

As a result of this the power than fell to a small group of generals who elected

Darth Vader as there leader and second in command much like a parliament would.

After the first Death Star was blown up the emperor took total control of the

government and using Darth Vader as his go between with his generals. As you

can see the Empire had evolved from some what of a democracy into a unitary

dictatorship where every thing revolves around the emperor. Given that the

emperor wasn’t taking away freedoms as a punishment but to further his own

control of the galaxy, but if you look at the progression that took place it can

be compared to how parents might react when their children get out of line. At

first they may limit some of their freedoms, and then if they continue to do the

things that the parent deem wrong they might get all of their freedoms taken

away.

The most complicated of the governments in the “Star Wars” movies would

be that of the Rebel Alliance. From what you see one can conclude that the

rebels are a confederacy born with the sole purpose of over throwing the

Imperial Empire. The reason this is the most complicate in my mind is that they

must get many different planets to join and contribute money and people to the

cause while trying to avoid the emperor. Also they must elect a leader from the

many different planets to head up the alliance. An application of this form of

government could exists when the neighborhood could ban together to protest a

city ordinance or building project. Where the sole purpose of the group is to

stop the city or come to a compromise that settle the matter, but when the

matter is finally resolved the group will disband for there would be no need for

it anymore after accomplishing its goal.

Over all the many different forms of government displayed in ?Star Wars?

can be related and observed through out home life. Though there might not be

one perfect form of government since they all have their drawbacks it might be

in the best interest to study all of the different approaches to maybe come up

with a combination of many different forms of governing to make a more perfect

government., or at least be willing to change a little before a major downfall

occurs.