Obi Wan Commits Tax Evasion

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  • Опубликовано: 15 дек 2024

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  • @bizmasterTheSlav
    @bizmasterTheSlav Год назад +3052

    "Your father was the best pilot in the galaxy. Not even the IRS could catch him and force him to pay taxes"

    • @nickwang5237
      @nickwang5237 11 месяцев назад +151

      IRS: “It’s outrageous, it’s unfair”

    • @nb2008nc
      @nb2008nc 11 месяцев назад +108

      So they turned him into the ultimate tax collecting force in the galaxy.

    • @Ultrasemen
      @Ultrasemen 11 месяцев назад +118

      ​@@nb2008nc"you were supposed to destroy taxes, not collect them!"

    • @ShokuaK
      @ShokuaK 11 месяцев назад +72

      ​@@UltrasemenBring balance to the checkbooks not leave them in bankruptcy!

    • @syuriychuk3782
      @syuriychuk3782 11 месяцев назад +29

      You were supposed to avoid taxes not paying them!

  • @Disciple_77
    @Disciple_77 Год назад +3553

    The idea that the whole Jedi order was created as a tax loophole and then just sort of got out of hand is really funny to me.

    • @lowhp_comic
      @lowhp_comic Год назад +311

      Makes sense that Yoda lived on some backwater swamp planet because he couldn't afford to pay taxes for the remainder of his jobless life 😂

    • @VestedUTuber
      @VestedUTuber Год назад +64

      @hiddenqueefvillage
      That's a low blow, but you're right.

    • @danielkeel9265
      @danielkeel9265 Год назад +15

      It's funny because it's so often true!

    • @ironfist7789
      @ironfist7789 Год назад +54

      We have no attachments and therefore we pay no property taxes

    • @VestedUTuber
      @VestedUTuber Год назад +51

      @@ironfist7789
      Well, they're not wrong, the Coruscanti Jedi don't own taxable personal property so there's no property to pay property tax on. And the Jedi Temple is property of the order, and thus tax exempt.

  • @jotheunissen9274
    @jotheunissen9274 Год назад +1783

    Anakin was a Jedi. The Jedi didn't pay taxes
    Now as Vader he IS the IRS
    "It was said that you would destroy the IRS! Not join them"

    • @JayDee-c8f
      @JayDee-c8f Год назад +89

      "When I left you, I was only a learner. Now, I AM the master"

    • @Jacy-dx6dx
      @Jacy-dx6dx Год назад +73

      "I have the high funds!"

    • @arduous222
      @arduous222 11 месяцев назад +53

      Well, there's a reason why Anakin said the Jedi are evil in his point of view: Tax Evasion.

    • @potatoheadpokemario1931
      @potatoheadpokemario1931 11 месяцев назад +14

      Doesn't matter, he'll never fear paying taxes again

    • @Kurokibanana1
      @Kurokibanana1 11 месяцев назад +19

      *_"You underestimate my authority."_*

  • @aviecenna8579
    @aviecenna8579 Год назад +982

    I don't seem to remember ever owning a droid... the droids I used belonged to the Jedi Order, also for tax purposes

    • @meganofsherwood3665
      @meganofsherwood3665 11 месяцев назад +45

      Does that mean Anakin had to pay taxes, since Padme actually gave him R2-D2? Or does that count as a "tax deductible donation to charity" on her part?

    • @bobbirdsong6825
      @bobbirdsong6825 11 месяцев назад

      @@meganofsherwood3665 r2 was probably still padme's property, potentially held jointly after their marriage. i'm guessing that the royals/senators got some bs tax deduction for things like their ships and astromechs

    • @Srythian
      @Srythian 10 месяцев назад +18

      ​@@meganofsherwood3665yes, but the Jedi Order let him have exclusive use of it, just like how they bent a bunch of other rules for him and he still didn't care, the ingrate

    • @Wolf_3125
      @Wolf_3125 9 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@meganofsherwood3665What all of Anakin's war crimes were tax deductable?!!! 😂😂😂

    • @zacmumblethunder7466
      @zacmumblethunder7466 9 месяцев назад +5

      ​@meganofsherwood3665 Obi Wan "Eh? Droids are tax deductable? Ohhhh, yes, silly me, yes, I owned that one. And thirty seven others."

  • @docsavage4921
    @docsavage4921 Год назад +694

    "They never repealed the tax exemptions, but applying for it is trickier now.. what with the purges and all."

    • @docsavage4921
      @docsavage4921 Год назад +78

      "Ok, so they'll cut off the heads of Jedi. If you can't beat them, why not join them? The Sith rule the galaxy, I bet they get tax exemptions and aren't getting bisected for it."
      ".Convert from a Jedi to a Sith to avoid taxes eh?
      ....Luke, have I ever told you about Count Dooku?"

  • @ooccttoo
    @ooccttoo Год назад +443

    "I will say that the religious exemption was more of an unwritten rule, considering that we Jedi were armed with laser swords and mind-bending powers."

    • @TheGianKl
      @TheGianKl 11 месяцев назад +1

      From where was that for? I can't remember

    • @BoMwarriorVlog
      @BoMwarriorVlog 9 месяцев назад +1

      *lightsabers

    • @thepotgoblin9660
      @thepotgoblin9660 Месяц назад +1

      "I don't owe you 63,684 credits"
      "You don't owe us 63,684 credits"

  • @Afish8me2china
    @Afish8me2china Год назад +597

    I love how it implies the only reason obi wan became a Jedi was to not pay taxes

    • @jockdouglass3824
      @jockdouglass3824 Год назад +39

      He learned from qui gon

    • @kaikkimennyt
      @kaikkimennyt 11 месяцев назад +27

      Also why luke wants to become jedi, learn the tax avoidance skills

    • @Sizdothyx
      @Sizdothyx 11 месяцев назад +25

      Isn't that why everyone joined?
      "No, I can't give you my child!"
      "You get a religious exemption if he is trained in the ways of the Force."
      "You had me at religious exemption."

    • @oteckie
      @oteckie 11 месяцев назад +9

      @@kaikkimennyt one can only imagine how much harder it is to evade taxes than blaster shots

    • @sebastianfilip6459
      @sebastianfilip6459 11 месяцев назад +9

      ​@@Sizdothyx honestly , that would explain how the jedi order managed to get new recruits without having to kiddnapp them

  • @waffleboywonder8868
    @waffleboywonder8868 Год назад +538

    I love the implication that Tatooine even during the reign of empire doesn't have enough police to prevent smuggling and slave trading but apparently has enough to counter tax evaders.

    • @teigitur9291
      @teigitur9291 11 месяцев назад +123

      That's pretty much how every third world country is like irl. Running a cartel is no biggie but try not paying your taxes and see the magic happen

    • @alanbowen8516
      @alanbowen8516 11 месяцев назад +80

      As Joker once said: "I'm crazy enough to fight the Batman, but the IRS? Noooooo thank you!"

    • @anonimanonim2710
      @anonimanonim2710 11 месяцев назад +27

      Slave trade wasn't illegal under the empire, as long as you paid the revenue tax, of course!

    • @Brandelwyn
      @Brandelwyn 11 месяцев назад

      Now what do you think the IRS thinks when they see a young man with lots of disposable income and no job? A spice smuggler? Wrong, a million times worse! A tax cheat!

    • @Kova-ow2en
      @Kova-ow2en 11 месяцев назад +16

      @@teigitur9291IRS type of organizations are no different then a legalized cartel

  • @rubberpenguin8294
    @rubberpenguin8294 Год назад +302

    If you gave me mind powers, a sword that cuts almost anything and superhuman reflexes, I'm not paying nobody anything either.

    • @MidnightDoom777
      @MidnightDoom777 Год назад +33

      "You can have my credits when you pry them from my cold, dead hands. Anyway, good luck with that." *proceeds to chop off someone's arm*

    • @jockmcscottish7569
      @jockmcscottish7569 11 месяцев назад +16

      Damn strait brother. (I'm assuming you are male and don't identify as a penguin. If I'm wrong, just say and I will issue a public apology).

    • @BladeMasterIcarus
      @BladeMasterIcarus 11 месяцев назад +3

      Now give that power to a tax collector and you've got the ultimate enemy

    • @mettatonfanboy
      @mettatonfanboy 10 месяцев назад

      But this IRS has the death star!

    • @gratefulguy4130
      @gratefulguy4130 9 месяцев назад +1

      I don't care how many Death Stars the Empire sends

  • @dragonblast417
    @dragonblast417 Год назад +235

    Luke be like:
    "Damn, Not needing to pay taxes? Count me in"

  • @jamesmclemore9123
    @jamesmclemore9123 Год назад +98

    "Tax evasion is a crime, Obi-Wan!"
    "It's an obligation!"

  • @Meliodas_xvx
    @Meliodas_xvx 11 месяцев назад +138

    I love the idea that Vader fought Ben, lost AGAIN, and just decided, “Y’know what? I don’t really need a round three”, and decided not to look for him again after that. I’m sure he even found out he was on Tatooine, but decided it wasn’t worth losing again to him.

    • @Lernos1
      @Lernos1 11 месяцев назад +30

      Then they meet on the Death Star, and Vader is like "Oh God, there he is again. What do I do, what do I do? Okay, I guess I have no choice but to kill him now. Maybe then this nightmare will be over." - "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." - "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU--"

    • @ShinyHelmet
      @ShinyHelmet 11 месяцев назад +4

      I guess you didn't see the Obi-Wan Kenobi series on Disney+?

    • @kuyt3400
      @kuyt3400 11 месяцев назад +22

      @@ShinyHelmet I dont blame him. I wouldnt pay disney money either.

    • @ShinyHelmet
      @ShinyHelmet 11 месяцев назад +7

      @@kuyt3400 Nor did I. 😉

    • @aitormartinlopez3418
      @aitormartinlopez3418 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@ShinyHelmetHe is talking about the second fight of the series are you dumb or you cannot read?

  • @shieldphaser
    @shieldphaser 11 месяцев назад +27

    Later:
    "You don't need to see my tax papers. These droids aren't taxable property. Move along."

  • @ForestX77
    @ForestX77 Год назад +81

    Why would anyone want to become a jedi scrub?
    “You don’t have to pay taxes.”
    ALL HAIL THE LIGHT SIDE OF THE FORCE AND STUFF !

  • @ChaseSeaborne
    @ChaseSeaborne Год назад +179

    Mace Windu: Supreme Chancellor? I take it General Grevious has been destroyed. I must say, you’re here sooner than I expected.
    Palpatine: In the name of the Galactic IRS, you’re under arrest Windu.

  • @johnnyfreespeech5815
    @johnnyfreespeech5815 11 месяцев назад +48

    The few seconds of silence before Luke says he wants to become a Jedi absolutely make this video. 😂

  • @Grim2
    @Grim2 11 месяцев назад +13

    "Search all 4.5 billion people in the galaxy with the surname Kenobi!" ~ Big Brain Imperial

    • @zacmumblethunder7466
      @zacmumblethunder7466 9 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, "Kenobi" could be like "Smith" in English speaking nations, "Wang" in Chinese ones or Dhlamini in Eswatini.

    • @drunkfarmer5106
      @drunkfarmer5106 8 месяцев назад

      Only 4.5 Billion?

  • @daisyaipom838
    @daisyaipom838 Год назад +18

    Luke: Is it possible to learn this power?

  • @brenlc1412
    @brenlc1412 11 месяцев назад +17

    “Hi, Obi. I just moved in next door. I’m a duchess.”
    “I don’t care who the IRS sends, I am NOT paying my taxes!”

  • @fetusmuncher809
    @fetusmuncher809 Год назад +130

    Never thought about how obi wan got so old in like 20 years. Aslo coruscant must have crazy high tax

    • @kirby7294
      @kirby7294 Год назад +37

      Imagine the rent in Coruscant... how do people survive?

    • @captaintitus4637
      @captaintitus4637 Год назад +28

      @@kirby7294by being rich

    • @hphp31416
      @hphp31416 Год назад

      ​@@kirby7294beggars on Coruscant are probably richer than entrepreneurs on Tattoine

    • @maybenextime5782
      @maybenextime5782 Год назад +18

      Yeah the bottom of the planet is like the slums. Which thinking about it,makes the one mountain peak even more of a commodity. Like imagine you spent your entire life never seeing the surface of your planet. Crazy

    • @howdoyoudo5949
      @howdoyoudo5949 Год назад +17

      20 years is a long ass time, assuming that Obi wan is in his late 30-early 40's he was at least 50-60's. Combined with a high stress life it isnt too surprising. Alan Guienss was like 56 when he was doing this film.

  • @neighborhoodmusicsnob5517
    @neighborhoodmusicsnob5517 Год назад +152

    Obi-Wan: "The IRS can't take my hard-earned credits."
    Luke: "Wait, do you even have a job?"
    Obi-Wan: "Ummm.....ANDHEWASAGOODFRIEND"

    • @justice_1337
      @justice_1337 11 месяцев назад +12

      He has a job, just not on paper. Cash only.

    • @XtreeM_FaiL
      @XtreeM_FaiL 10 месяцев назад +2

      It's an empire. Income or no income they don't care, but tax you must pay.

    • @celica9288
      @celica9288 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@XtreeM_FaiLtotally didn't read this in Yoda's voice or anything

    • @zacmumblethunder7466
      @zacmumblethunder7466 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@justice_1337 Doing what? He doesn't have many transferable skills in the Tatooine labour market.
      Apart from being the quickest bantha gelder this side of the Dune Sea.

  • @_Ciiitron_
    @_Ciiitron_ Год назад +45

    This is very in character for Obi-Wan Ben Larry Kenobi.

    • @GamerWeeb1337
      @GamerWeeb1337 11 месяцев назад +6

      Actually, he goes by Steve now.

    • @Mr_Smythes_Confections
      @Mr_Smythes_Confections 11 месяцев назад +2

      I thought that was the Goblin.
      😉

    • @kevinskywalker5539
      @kevinskywalker5539 11 месяцев назад +1

      I like how you randomly put in the name, Steve. I wasn't expecting that. 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @TheIrishRushin
    @TheIrishRushin 11 месяцев назад +28

    I can't imagine how much tax money it took to keep the Jedi temple alone active for thousands of years.

  • @mikekolokowsky
    @mikekolokowsky 10 месяцев назад +4

    Yoda set himself up on a protected wetlands site to get out of local property taxes. Landon’s floating city is like “we’re not actually ON any property. If you tax us, we’ll float these jobs to a different district.”

  • @DinoLoverGaming
    @DinoLoverGaming 8 месяцев назад +3

    I like how he immediately changes his mind

  • @businessproyects2615
    @businessproyects2615 Год назад +36

    If GRRM had made Starwars the Jedi Tax exemption would had been a plot point.

    • @AJ0223
      @AJ0223 8 месяцев назад +2

      Yes one of a thousand very loose plot points that never actually go anywhere and don't actually mean anything. **SPOILER he never finishes the story

  • @iyziejane
    @iyziejane 9 месяцев назад +2

    Yoda fled to a swamp planet and faked being crazy, he must have owed a lot of taxes

  • @PunnySnuck
    @PunnySnuck Год назад +21

    Wow
    Kenobi is even crazier than The Joker

  • @Adam-jm5un
    @Adam-jm5un Год назад +29

    Missed opportunity for a pun
    "there's no Wan who needs to pay his taxes"

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi
    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi 10 месяцев назад +4

    The IRS never proved anything and neither can you.

  • @sowrabham8230
    @sowrabham8230 Год назад +20

    In obiwans defense , luke had Skywalker name , but Empire knew jack shit about him until , he blew up the death star

    • @businessproyects2615
      @businessproyects2615 Год назад +3

      Maybe Darth Vader knew but ignored him. Very few knew Darth Vader was actually Anakin in the original.

    • @Ramschat
      @Ramschat 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@businessproyects2615 Well no, because Vader finds out that Luke is his son in episode V

  • @MrRourk
    @MrRourk 8 месяцев назад +2

    The Grand Inquistor is trying to get suspect a to admit they owe back taxes.

  • @sylph4252
    @sylph4252 11 месяцев назад +7

    I love how much of a good guy Luke is, he will only evade taxes legally

  • @alexanderstilianov
    @alexanderstilianov 11 месяцев назад +2

    They say the higher one's medichlorian count, the higher taxes they pay.

  • @archmagejohnpaulii6287
    @archmagejohnpaulii6287 11 месяцев назад +2

    Explains why he didn't admit to knowing R2-D2. Imagine the unpaid insurance on that thing.

  • @Skipper.17
    @Skipper.17 11 месяцев назад +2

    Using that logic, someone named skywalker living on tottoine would raise a bit of suspicion too.

  • @lessardmarc
    @lessardmarc 9 месяцев назад +2

    BRILLIANT, religious jedi tax exemption… wear a robe and call yourself a jedi with a magnet.

  • @laytonjr6601
    @laytonjr6601 Год назад +23

    Obi-Wan would be paying taxes to the Hutts and not the Empire since he lives on Tattoine

    • @DK-zy5fm
      @DK-zy5fm Год назад +14

      that is protection money to keep his kneecaps

    • @fwa8590
      @fwa8590 Год назад +11

      ​@@DK-zy5fmExactly, it is a tax

    • @qberrygamz7049
      @qberrygamz7049 7 месяцев назад +1

      I'm sorry, are you gonna demand protection money from the guy who can wave his hand and break your knees
      I don't think so

  • @karabenomar
    @karabenomar 11 месяцев назад +2

    "This is the plight saver of a Jedi Knight. An elegant tax evasion tool for a more civilized age."

  • @Magnetcross
    @Magnetcross 11 месяцев назад +8

    Tax wars :
    A new Tax!
    The Taxes strike back!
    Return of the Taxes!
    The Taxing menace
    *The Tax Wars*
    Revenge Of the Taxes

    • @pc-mz6rn
      @pc-mz6rn 9 месяцев назад +2

      Tax awakens 😂

    • @pc-mz6rn
      @pc-mz6rn 9 месяцев назад +3

      the last tax😂

  • @pieceofschmidtgamer
    @pieceofschmidtgamer 11 месяцев назад +6

    Obi-Wan: Well then Luke, the first part of your Jedi training is to understand that taxation is theft and tax evasion is an obligation!

  • @seanzibonanzi64
    @seanzibonanzi64 9 месяцев назад +2

    Palpatine "Execute order Religious exemption revoked"
    Obi-Wan "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."

  • @IronWarhorsesFun
    @IronWarhorsesFun Год назад +12

    my real name is OBI WAN BEN LARRY KENOBI, but i go by Smith to avoid the tax man.

  • @sparking023
    @sparking023 11 месяцев назад +12

    "Tax evasion is a crime, Obi-wan!"
    "IT'S AN OBLIGATION!"
    Anakin, turned to the Dark side, facing Obi-wan in Mustafar

  • @NorseGraphic
    @NorseGraphic Год назад +27

    “I want to come with you to learn avoiding paying taxes. Taxation is theft”

    • @damedley75
      @damedley75 Год назад +6

      PREACH

    • @alanbowen8516
      @alanbowen8516 11 месяцев назад +6

      Agreed. The government and Galactic Empire can tax my balls.

    • @PhoenixT70
      @PhoenixT70 11 месяцев назад +1

      ⁠@@alanbowen8516Don’t give Congress any ideas. The last thing we need is a testes tax, and I can think of a few people on the Hill who would vote for it.

    • @alanbowen8516
      @alanbowen8516 11 месяцев назад

      @@PhoenixT70 It means they can fuck off, basically.

  • @vintagethrifter2114
    @vintagethrifter2114 9 месяцев назад +2

    They didn't find Obi Wan by searching for everyone with the last name Kenobi for the same reason they never found Luke by searching for everyone with the last name Skywalker.

  • @freesk8
    @freesk8 11 месяцев назад +1

    Taxation is theft, young padawan.

  • @benblack1358
    @benblack1358 Год назад +19

    "I want to come with you and learn the ways of the Jedi" 😂

  • @EternalDaybreak
    @EternalDaybreak 9 месяцев назад +2

    Tax Evasion is the Jedi Way lol

  • @halo3odst
    @halo3odst 11 месяцев назад +2

    Based kenobi.
    Bringing everybody OUT of taxation instead of dragging them into it would also be fair luke.

  • @Definitely-aDuck
    @Definitely-aDuck 10 месяцев назад +3

    I refuse to believe that anyone in Mos Eisley, or anywhere on Tatooine, pays taxes. They don't even use federation credits. Although, that may just be to avoid taxes themselves.

  • @danielgodfrey4415
    @danielgodfrey4415 9 месяцев назад +1

    The amish doesn't pay taxes.
    Step 1: Start an amish community
    Step 2: Enjoy paying taxes.

  • @Bob_Squared23
    @Bob_Squared23 9 месяцев назад +3

    Ironic given Hamill voiced the Joker who is terrified of the IRS 😂

  • @ToyotaTacomaOfficial
    @ToyotaTacomaOfficial 11 месяцев назад +2

    This is why Luke joined Obi Wan 😂

  • @javeedsultan8484
    @javeedsultan8484 8 месяцев назад +2

    IRS "Knock, Knock"
    BEN "Who is it"
    IRS "We are looking for a Master Obi Wan"
    BEN jesters with his hand and says "I'm Not the WAN you are looking for"
    With that the IRS leave and marked the file, "not known atthis address"

  • @Wolf_3125
    @Wolf_3125 9 месяцев назад +2

    Taxation is theft. Obi-Wan is a Chad

  • @LordColdcuts
    @LordColdcuts Год назад +25

    Luke, I'm not gonna lie...
    The Empire has been known to be a bit incompetent, from time to time. Which is strange I know, considering all the ruthless geniuses running things at the very top.

    • @onetwothree9
      @onetwothree9 Год назад +8

      they put all that genius into plottng against each other and not getting force chocked. There's just nothing left to go into their actual jobs

  • @salsal435
    @salsal435 9 месяцев назад +3

    Oh man!! I'm in trouble!!
    I also haven't paid taxes to the Imperial Revenue Service in years.

  • @rq4740
    @rq4740 Год назад +3

    1:26 “Well, this way is fair too, from a certain point of view”

  • @davidcooke8005
    @davidcooke8005 10 месяцев назад +1

    The tax exemption application was a honey pot in preparation for Order 66.

  • @user-wo6gi6vs46
    @user-wo6gi6vs46 9 месяцев назад +1

    Obi-Wan: We Jedi didn’t have to pay taxes
    Luke: I want to come with you and learn the ways of the Jedi
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @meat-hook
    @meat-hook 9 месяцев назад +2

    "I trained your father in the ways of the libertarian, until he fell to the dark sides."
    "Sides, plural?"
    "Oh, yes. Everyone has been convinced that the galaxy is a two party system, but there's a more enlightened way."

  • @GlomusIridescens
    @GlomusIridescens 11 месяцев назад +4

    You don't owebi-wan Kenobi... he owes you

  • @NatesFilmTutorials
    @NatesFilmTutorials 8 месяцев назад +1

    IRS withholding my taxes: *”Oh you want this don’t you”* laughs in Emperor

  • @darkrexkigntstone8773
    @darkrexkigntstone8773 11 месяцев назад +1

    Taxe evasion is a crime, Virgil!

  • @hahhah42speedruns
    @hahhah42speedruns 11 месяцев назад +3

    I'm crazy enough to take on the Sith Lords, but the IRS!? Noooo, thank you!

    • @calebowens693
      @calebowens693 11 месяцев назад +2

      Ironically, Mark Hamill would be perfect to voice such a line.

  • @weeaboobaguette3943
    @weeaboobaguette3943 11 месяцев назад +4

    I fully expected that ending, but it still hit so hard.

  • @milkduds1001
    @milkduds1001 10 месяцев назад +2

    Ironic since the joker in the animated Batman (also voiced by Mark Hamil), robbed a bank to get enough money to pay back taxes to the IRS 😂.

  • @legsusmaximus6854
    @legsusmaximus6854 11 месяцев назад +5

    Taxes really are the worst kind of evil

  • @JackSepticTank-uw5vg
    @JackSepticTank-uw5vg 11 месяцев назад +5

    Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to avoid paying taxes… He had such a knowledge of tax law that he could even keep accounts he knew about from being audited. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his money, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice reported him to the IRS. Ironic. He could save his accounts from death, but not himself."
    ―Sheev Palpatine, MBA, CPA, CFA

    • @davey815
      @davey815 11 месяцев назад +5

      Plagueis did rule the Banking Clan in canon. So it tracks.

  • @BrunchBoizProductions
    @BrunchBoizProductions Год назад +5

    This reminds me of the comic where Ironman sends Spider-Man to force someone to pay his taxes

  • @satireisnotdead5804
    @satireisnotdead5804 11 месяцев назад +2

    You can hide from the Empire, but you can't hide from the Revenue services.

  • @DrCookieMcCrumble
    @DrCookieMcCrumble Год назад +8

    Spongeboy me bob Luke, the IRS will not be paid a single rusty credit! 💵 🙌🍽😩👽

  • @hellmalm
    @hellmalm 11 месяцев назад +4

    I need to become a Jedi, as well! I paid more than 70% tax last year here in Sweden. I’m pretty sure the skywakers are of Swedish decent, you did hear the accent Lukes mom had and his uncle is called Lars.(most Swedish name ever)

    • @miket0174
      @miket0174 11 месяцев назад

      Lars is also an insanely common name here as well in The Netherlands

    • @hellmalm
      @hellmalm 11 месяцев назад

      @@miket0174 I'm not surprised, i'm pretty sure that Scandinavia culture heritage is well intermixed with yours. Flemish sounds very much like a slightly distorted Swedish/Danish in my ears. So on the behalf of us Scandinavians we claim you as our brother. Also you have better taxes than us so I think we have a thing or two to learn from you.

    • @Sizdothyx
      @Sizdothyx 11 месяцев назад

      Well, Luke and Anakin are blonde.

    • @miket0174
      @miket0174 11 месяцев назад

      @hellmalm Why thank you, for me Swedish and Danish also sound like a distorted Dutch to me lol. Although we may have better taxes we definitely have many things to learn about the social care you have up there that I wish we had down here

  • @onepiece666
    @onepiece666 11 месяцев назад +2

    Ahhhhh, so this is why Luke REALLY trusted in Obi Wan so quickly

  • @ollanius_papyrus80
    @ollanius_papyrus80 11 месяцев назад +9

    “You don’t pay your taxes? Isn’t that wrong?”
    Normally I’m the buzzkill that reminds everyone that taxes are an incredibly important part of a functioning society, but you know what? Not paying taxes to a fascist empire is actually morally sound.

    • @coultersheppard2052
      @coultersheppard2052 11 месяцев назад

      Even in western “democracies” you get two choices: managed decline and unmitigated decline. There is no choice. Left and less left. Taxation without representation. Functional society this, necessity that. Even just a few decades ago, the government budget was in the hundreds of billions rather than trillions. Even then, government stepped well beyond necessary function. Socialistic redistribution of income, subsidy of unviable business (which, especially in so bureaucratically regulated an economy as that of the United States, is essentially enforcement of a monopoly), strong-arming other countries to act as we demand with foreign aid (giving aid to take it away) and God only knows what else. These things are the bulk of government’s expenditures, and they are at minimum unnecessary, if not evil. Very little of my taxes will go to genuinely essential functions, why should I pay them? Why, also, should I pay the government to be evil? Tax evasion is a moral good in just about any country.

    • @readyforlol
      @readyforlol 11 месяцев назад

      @@coultersheppard2052 ” taxes don’t work for these US-specific reasons, therefore it’s evil in all countries ”
      Uhuh, sure bud.

  • @docsavage4921
    @docsavage4921 Год назад +5

    Religious exemptions died out with the Jedi, and all other competing religions except for the Sith. And no one can become a Sith without killing the master or apprentice, so not happening. But I have a plan, and I need your help Luke.
    You just lost your entire family, so you're an orphan now. Come with me to Alderaan, I have an in there who can set us up with a non profit. Tax exempt and the perfect cover for laundering the Spice racket, if only we can find a supplier."

  • @solarflare623
    @solarflare623 11 месяцев назад +2

    You commit tax evasion because you want to keep your money
    I commit tax fraud because I know my money won’t be going towards social programs
    We are not the same

  • @admthrawnuru
    @admthrawnuru 9 месяцев назад +1

    One IRS agent actually did find Ben Kenobi, but assumed Obi-Wan Kenobi was far too smart to forget to change his last name and didn't investigate further. There's probably an EU comic about it.

  • @ddshocktrooper5604
    @ddshocktrooper5604 10 месяцев назад +1

    Insert clip of Kenobi conspicuously stealing giant chunks of fish

  • @GlitchSystem-xf7jb
    @GlitchSystem-xf7jb 11 месяцев назад +2

    Commits Tax Evasion like Scientology

  • @superpacocaalado7215
    @superpacocaalado7215 11 месяцев назад +3

    If he doesn't pay taxes that means he's the good guy.

  • @glee21012
    @glee21012 11 месяцев назад +2

    And no one thought a skywalker floating around would have no relation to annakin

  • @DjBaapreB
    @DjBaapreB 11 месяцев назад +1

    He just mindtricked his way through the galaxy.

  • @LZ2SM
    @LZ2SM 11 месяцев назад +2

    IRS IMPERIAL REVENUE SERVICES😂

  • @dr0g_Oakblood
    @dr0g_Oakblood 11 месяцев назад +1

    Also he’s living on a planet controlled by the Mafia and semi-independent from the Empire (Hutt Space) so that probably also greatly helps in hiding from the empire, heck, living in Hutt Space is probably committing tax fraud by default.

  • @Awkci_gaming
    @Awkci_gaming 11 месяцев назад +1

    Remember that the Empire used our taxes to pay for Mimban, the Death Star, and thousands of star destroyers, but somehow never have enough to fix the hyperlanes.

  • @PizzaCat4yhwh
    @PizzaCat4yhwh 11 месяцев назад +1

    Yoshi has taught him well

  • @redjirachi1
    @redjirachi1 Год назад +5

    This is the timeline where Obi-Wan is based

  • @Tjalve70
    @Tjalve70 8 месяцев назад +1

    "These aren't the taxes you're looking for."

  • @jeremykraenzlein5975
    @jeremykraenzlein5975 11 месяцев назад +3

    If only Obi-wan had explained that the empire doesn't look for people by their last names, and that Luke of all people could attest to how safe it is to live secretly in the Empire with a last name of interest...

  • @ranfan1820
    @ranfan1820 11 месяцев назад +2

    Misses opportunity for Obi Wan to respond to Luke saying that tax evasion is wrong by saying "from a certain point of view..."

  • @Deatheater4444
    @Deatheater4444 11 месяцев назад +1

    "Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No', says the Separatist, 'it belongs to the bug people.' 'No', says the Stormtrooper, 'it belongs to the Emperor'. Your father wanted you to have this; the complete works of Ayn Rand."

  • @mr.wassell7885
    @mr.wassell7885 11 месяцев назад +1

    I love how this galaxy still has the IRS

  • @KickedCrusader
    @KickedCrusader 10 месяцев назад +1

    Anakin was outraged at not being granted the title of Master, Tax Evader.

  • @Phishkisses
    @Phishkisses 5 месяцев назад +1

    When I met you I was merely a tax dodger. Now I am the collector.
    - Darth Revenue probably

  • @sr_ryoadm
    @sr_ryoadm Год назад +4

    Luke is a beta apprentice defending the systematic assault of property.
    Based obi wan

  • @michaeleverett2597
    @michaeleverett2597 9 месяцев назад +1

    Luke just didn't want to pay his taxes either.

  • @TheJcjonesacp
    @TheJcjonesacp 11 месяцев назад +1

    Love how the thing that seals it is he wants that tax exemption

  • @samuelwoodouse4482
    @samuelwoodouse4482 11 месяцев назад +3

    My theory is that Kenobi is the name smith of the star wars universe