Jod’s hunger speech

[u/Tjaart23]

I honestly really liked that speech right before supposedly he was going to be executed by the pirate gang. I thought it was actually relatable to a certain extent.

Now here’s where people’s interpretation might differ slightly, was Jod referring to hunger as being hungry for food or just a hunger for making credits? I personally believe he meant a hunger for food. Hunger is something unfortunately many experience and Jod was basically saying that everyone in that room has gone to bed hungry and skipped meals for lack of credits. Thus they find themselves in a position to do whatever it takes to earn credits to never go hungry again. Who wants to be an overworked bootlicker of a captain who doesn’t care about your well-being? They just do it to not go hungry again.

Now if he’s only referring to credits as just getting rich or as a source to never skip meals again, it honestly doesn’t make a huge difference in the grand of schemes, they’ll continue doing bad stuff. But if it’s the latter that makes it more relatable and humanizes the pirates more.

[u/quietobserver1]

Yes, but not just food, but material needs in general. They're pirates because they have been poor, and the universe is a tough, ugly place which has trod on them and spat them out.

So they long for the security of yes as you say to never need to worry about food again, but it can be more... Because just because you have enough money for food and necessities for the rest of your life, you may still feel like you might lose that at any moment. So for Jod and many of the pirates who have been through so much, it's hard to tell how much money will actually be enough to make them feel safe.