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    Do those Trade Federation guys really have a French accent in original SW Ep I-III?

    As you may know in German tv and cinema you get most of the time not the original/English language versions of movies, but those with German "dubbed" dialogues. On dvd you can often choose the original language too, but I have seen SW I-III in cinema and there those evil trade federation leaders always spoke German with a strong French accent

    So is SW anti-French?

    Maybe Vader had a German accent in the first SW?
    Last edited by BeBMan; June 18, 2006, 16:06.
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      I think they tried to make up original accents but failed to come up with enough of an original sound to avoid offending everybody.

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        They were going to make it Yiddish, but then decided that would be too obvious.

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          Originally posted by DinoDoc
          Japanese.
          Think so? I thought they were Chinese mandarins.

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            Originally posted by Jon Miller
            They were going to make it Yiddish, but then decided that would be too obvious.

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              There was nothing vague about Watto being Yiddish. In the 2nd movie, just in case you didn't get it the first time around, they added Hasidic clothes. (I'm not kidding).
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                I've seen both the first and second movie (along with all the others as well) many, many times, and while I do kind of notice the stereotyping, I just can't bring myself to be bothered by it.
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                  I wasn't bothered by it, but I thought the ethnic stereotyping in the prequels was hilariously blatant.
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                    I thought it was French, until someone said "It's Chinese!". That it appears to be French in German makes me think it was suppose ot be French.
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                      Its so chinese it isnt funny
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                        In case you couldn't get from the accent it was Chinese, they had the Trade Fed dudes in Mandarin robes.
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                          Re: Do those Trade Federation guys really have a French accent in original SW Ep I-III?

                          Originally posted by BeBro
                          Maybe Vader had a German accent in the first SW?
                          No, but if you notice all the crew members in the Imperial Stardestroyers are wearing Nazi uniforms. And Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin) played a lot of evil German characters.

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                            Actually I read that the Empire costumes were based off of Imperial Japanese motifs?
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