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Tim Bruening
2009-04-30 05:45:53 UTC
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Luke Skywalker is the son of the former Queen of Naboo. Does that make
him the King of Naboo?
Your Name
2009-04-30 06:52:59 UTC
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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.
Sir F. A. Rien
2009-04-30 14:55:28 UTC
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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.
Well, pad me eight to the bar!

How come Timmiee hasn't gotten a lay'a offa Leia?
Tim Bruening
2009-04-30 21:20:34 UTC
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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?
Your Name
2009-04-30 21:28:02 UTC
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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?
The same way American elect a President, the UK elects a Prime Minister,
etc. ... the people vote. :-)
Dorothy J Heydt
2009-04-30 21:35:27 UTC
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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?
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
2009-05-10 11:19:47 UTC
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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?
you vote, of course.
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Your Name
2009-05-10 21:12:36 UTC
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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?
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
2009-05-10 21:34:41 UTC
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him the King of Naboo?
No. It's not a hereditary title. The Naboo people elect their Queen and
the
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elected person only hold the title for a few years. Plus, by the time
Luke
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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?? ;-)
You don't think they're handed down like the Crown Jewels?

Dorothy J. Heydt
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Your Name
2009-05-11 01:31:49 UTC
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Luke Skywalker is the son of the former Queen of Naboo. Does that
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him the King of Naboo?
No. It's not a hereditary title. The Naboo people elect their Queen and
the
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elected person only hold the title for a few years. Plus, by the time
Luke
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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?? ;-)
You don't think they're handed down like the Crown Jewels?
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
2009-05-11 02:46:31 UTC
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Luke Skywalker is the son of the former Queen of Naboo. Does that
make
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him the King of Naboo?
No. It's not a hereditary title. The Naboo people elect their Queen
and
the
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elected person only hold the title for a few years. Plus, by the
time
Luke
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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?? ;-)
Sounds like a lot of modern-day politicians, both male and female.
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Jonathan Schattke
2009-05-11 00:42:04 UTC
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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?
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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