Morocco is constantly undermining spanish authority, planting bugs in the presidential palace and constantly stirring shit up. Should Spain invade Morocco, then? Maybe they should take the initiative too.
Star Wars be like: “sentient droids should be possessions”.
No, but seriously (sorry for hijacking your comment), it’s very surprising how none of the star wars writers/directors has tried to follow that route. You could make like 6 films merely with that concept.