quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Well General Grevious - oh Lucas how original - looked part droid - and then they closed in on his eye - and he seemed to have organic components. Could this be a precursor for Vader's part man/part machine?
From the Star Wars.com description of General Grievous:
Gender: Male
Height: 1.904 meters (default configuration)
Weapon: Blaster pistols, lightsabers
Affiliation: Confederacy of Independent Systems
When the greedy corporate titans and the disenfranchised systems of the galaxy pooled their resources together to leave the aging Galactic Republic behind, they became the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Their military assets formed a droid army of seemingly limitless size -- a weapon that needed a military mastermind to wield effectively. From within the ranks of the Confederacy came General Grievous, a brilliant strategist unhindered by compassion or scruples. His lightning strikes and effective campaigns caused his reputation to grow in the eyes of a frightened Republic. To many, he eclipsed the threat posed by Count Dooku, the charismatic leader of the Confederacy's political battlefields -- Grievous was the face of the enemy.
Part non-humanoid alien, part custom-designed droid, Grievous hunted Jedi for sport and proudly displayed his victims' lightsabers around his belt as trophies of his conquests. His unorthodox fighting form and mechanical enhancements gave him an edge in close-quarters combat, and his strategic ingenuity and flawless cunning rendered him almost invincible against the Jedi.
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AndrewR: There have been no official Jedi with saber staffs, but in the "Jedi Academy" and "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" computer games you have that choice.
I suspect it is available in the MMORPG "Star Wars: Galaxies" as well, though I haven't confirmed it.
In a way, the saber staff is much more of an offensive, malevolent weapon than the usual saber, which is why it might be inappropriate for a Jedi.
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By an amazing coincidence, episode 20 of Clone Wars was on today. It made me go ooooh. That is all.
quote:Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: He was just fantasizing about her, right?In which case it's nothing out of the ordinary. He was obviously doing as much in ESB as well
Yes, but I didn't have to read lots of passages on that.
quote:and I think you'd find that it's not uncommon in real life, either.
Fantasizing about your sister isn't that uncommon in real life?
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That can either be a joke about A: Southern Hicks, B: Panties Region or C: Little Nicky.
Foam man, you truly are teh subtle man, lol!
Onto current events, it was nice that the "Clone Wars" staff paid attention to one little detail some people would never even think of:
Anakin's Padawan-saber was squished on Geonosis, so he built a new one (the one Luke will eventually inherit) before the Clone Wars Mini-series started. At first I wasn't sure he had switched, the saber he wielded in the opening episode of "Clone Wars" was never seen close up. But from Chapter 17, lo and behold;
You can tell because it has the gunsight thingie on the muzzle, and the muzzle itself has a curved shape, instead of the straight angle of the AOTC-saber;
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One could of course argue that, since Luke's saber doesn't switch on with the button Anakin's cyborg hand is seen pushing (that should be the blade length adjuster) but with the wide button on the middle, this "Clone Wars" saber could be another one entirely.
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Well, the hilt looks about the same and its blade is white, so I can live with a button doing something that it's not supposed to do. B)
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: Fantasizing about your sister isn't that uncommon in real life?
Where do you live, again?
As a sometime-student of psychology, my understanding is that fantasy involving the immediate family/household members is integral to an individual's development of a sexual identity. What's more, the preponderance of "sibling slash" erotic stories would indicate that it is not an uncommon secret fantasy to have had.
Note that I'm only talking about fantasy here, not actually acting on such ideas. Though early sensual experimentation between siblings ("playing doctor," as Deckard put it) is also not uncommon. Developmental psychologists are quite well aware of it as a documented phenomenon.
In any case, this is not the phenomenon occuring in Luke's case. He simply found himself aroused by an attractive woman with which he felt a connection with. He had no idea she was in any way related to her, and I might point out that readers of SotME had none either, when the book was originally released.
I'm sure Luke looks back on such events with a chagrin that equals your own upon reading the account after you know all the facts.
Oh, and I live in California, btw.
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"Actually, that line really only does make sense if Amidala *DID* marry Organa, because if she died in labor as I've heard is supposed to happen in EpIII, Leia shouldn't remember her any better than Luke."
Well, if she dies in childbirth, that's a different matter. I was suggesting that Leia knew she was adopted, and that she had known her real mother, Amidala, who died when Leia was young.
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Ah. I see. But I might add that it always seemed to me (just from the films themselves, not counting any EU elaboration) that Leia believed Organa to be her real father. Just my impression.
Oh, and how 'bout those spoiler warnings?
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But Padme isn't the only mother Leia was to 'know'. Luke asks her if he remembers her mother - her REAL mother (Luke stresses). This points to the fact that Padme didn't marry Organa - or maybe she did, died young and then Organa married again.
Who named Luke and Leia? They don't sound like very Nabooian names. Luke is very Tatooine settler... Lars, Beru, Luke.
Leia sounds more Aleraanian... Bail etc.
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Andrew, how do you possibly know what would sound "Aleraanian" if we only have one other name to compare with?
I think "Leia" sounds like something the Caminoloids would use, so Leia must be a clone of her mom and... oh never mind, I'll let Lucas fuck up his own characters.
MIM, I cant say that I've ever had a fantasy about anyone in my immeadeate family. That just aint right. ....although I once looked at my cousin's butt at a party and was a bit shocked when she turned around and said "hi!".
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Any fantasy occurring in one's mind should be accepted and not chastized. When you start judging yourself and punishing "sinful" thoughts, you'll only make the need to think about them stronger. Any urge and fantasy is there for a reason. You can accept it and even try and get to the bottom of it, with outside help of course, but don't whip it.
I added some spoiler-warnings to the thread-title, it has grown to contain some impressive amount of information, this thread.
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