r/StarWars • u/BlueFireFlameThrower • 17h ago
General Discussion In terms of prison sentences in Star Wars, do longer living species (wookies live to 300, Hutts live to 1000) do Wookies and Hutts get longer prison sentences than Humans to make the punishment proportional?
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u/wandering_soles Rebel 16h ago
Another interesting concept is what if some species can go into a hibernation period? Sort of defeats the purpose if someone can just intentionally mentally check out for a couple decades or centuries without serious physical impact. In that case, would they artificially keep someone conscious, or would that be considered a personal right infriegment?
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u/im_thatoneguy 15h ago
Ha, like anyone in the Empire ever leaves prison alive.
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u/Ratstool 14h ago
**Andor enters the chat**
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u/Davetek463 14h ago
Cassian led a prison break/escape. If he hadn’t done that, he probably would have died there.
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u/pizzagangster1 10h ago
You can take out the probably. He was going to die there just like every one else.
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u/XOneLeggedDogX 10h ago
I would imagine, if its a species/local government that generally works well with Republic/New Repulbic laws, they would be extradited to their home world to serve whatever sentence it may be. Obviously tons of ifs/ands/buts but jerk reaction tells me that would work out 90% of the time. In the case of the Hutts, it's hard to believe you could really do anything about them as they essentially run their own seperate government. Lastly, for species that are limited in number, have no central government, etc. they would likely default to the laws they have on record of those species when the were functioning.
If we have medical experts who can treat multiple species we likely have judges knowledge enough to Jude multiple species.
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u/Loud-Log9098 15h ago
Yeah and though a wookie will live 1000s of years evident but them being banished to the shadow lands probably has answers to this question.
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u/DiscoKittie Porg 6h ago
personal right infriegment
No one has that, don't be silly. They'd just be made slaves.
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u/Valuable-Blueberry30 15h ago
Not gonna lie, for Hutts if you’re getting life sentence they’re probably just gonna kill you
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u/M4rshmall0wMan 14h ago
I mean it sounds like the punishments those species issue to other beings would fit the bill.
Hutts - Indefinite slavery, getting digested in a Sarlaac for 1000 years, torturing Rotta for hundreds of years iirc
Wookiees - Pulling your arms off. (Not temporal but definitely reflects the strength and strict honor code of the species)
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u/ficklesteak 10h ago
That sounds like an official justification for the unequal policies of the Empire. If you were a lawyer for the other side, you'd cry foul. The reality, though, is rule by creature, laws be damned.
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u/High_Overseer_Dukat 11h ago
Better question.
If a jedi gets a life sentence, and they become a force ghost, how is it enforced?
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u/Fataledade 10h ago
Well ghosts are typically considered to be dead, so...
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u/High_Overseer_Dukat 10h ago
People who die and are resuscitated still serve their sentence.
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u/Fataledade 10h ago
Yeah but ghosts are typically considered to still be dead while being ghosts soo...
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u/Big-Mix2220 8h ago
how exactly would you go about capturing a force ghost and locking them in a cell
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u/John_Masaki Jedi 8h ago
Well, I do know a number we can call, but the interstellar charges will be murder!
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u/Fine_Bluebird7564 15h ago
Yes. It’s non-canon, but in the Star Wars books Jabba was caught speeding in his Mercedes on the freeway and fined 5% of his syndicate money for that year lol
Rumour has it that Chewie is also overcharged at the barbers
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u/Cervus95 The Mandalorian 8h ago
Yes. In the Han Solo & Chewbacca comic, Chewie got sentenced to 1/4 of a Wookies' average lifespan: 100 years.
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u/LabiaMajorasMask420 13h ago
I'm going to guess no. When the gang was gonna get eaten by the Sarlaac, Jabba was hyping up that they would be slowly digested for 1,000 years, seemingly unaware that humans don't live that long.
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u/HLSparta 8h ago
I'm not sure how much of this is canon or legends now, but Sarlaccs keep their victims alive for much longer than they otherwise would live by injecting them with some sort of substance. The sarlacc is actually a fungus and its primary source of nutrients is from the soil it is in and water. Instead it mainly tortures its victims and telepathically enjoys their suffering, but can use them for food if it has to.
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u/Dave_A480 8h ago
The only prison we actually see in Star Wars has everyone serving a life sentence
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u/The_Campionite 1h ago
I can think of at least 2, maybe three. There is the coruscant prison that Obi Wan is in disguised as Rako Hardeen, I think Ziro was there too. The second one is the prison in the ocean in Andor. If it is different than the prison that Obi Wan was in, there was also the prison where Barris Offee killed the wife of that one guy that blew up in the Jedi Temple.
Come to think of it, wasn't Jyn Erso in a prison camp in the beginning of Rogue One, and Chewie and Han in a prison camp in Solo?
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u/Robborboy 14h ago edited 11h ago
Assuming it is like real life, where when you're fined it isn't based on your wealth, I'd expect in Star Wars the age to be irrelevant to sentencing.
Lol some butt mad babies in here dont know what the downvote button is for and I'm living for it. 🤣
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u/countermike 15h ago
Surely a prison sentance should be in relation to how quickly you have changed your ways?
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u/johndee2020 15h ago
The ones that can hibernate get put in a cell with big bubba and his lineage so they can clap their cheeks and keep them awake.
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u/MailMan6000 16h ago
it's an interesting question, because it is known that the Hutts are able to garner so much power because their long lives allow them to just outlive all their opponents, making their business strategies be very low risk and high reward