Review of Senate Spy

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Senate Spy (2009)
Season 2, Episode 4
7/10
Bizarre attitude toward women in otherwise fun plot
4 December 2023
Padme is a Senator. Others, like, say, Palpatine, are also politicians, but Palpatine does not wear halter tops and backless, strapless outfits. It is bizarre and gross to see how Padme is sexualized and how even female-coded drones are sexualized, with tiny waists and massive breasts (on a drone?!). It's beyond weird to see Padme's lower ribs jutting out on her bare midriff while she's strategizing with a fully clothed Anakin. This was the best they could do for a show released in the early 21st century? It's disturbing to see how girls and women were only allowed to exist as characters in 2008-2009 or so if their bare bodies were on display as much as possible. I had hoped that alienating attitude had gone out of style in the Star Wars world with George Lucas's awful and demeaning gold bikini decision back in the 1980s.
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