That sure would be a lot better than “No Anakin, I have the higher ground!” WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT??? They’ve been through this long dangerous battle jumping on floating islands of rock in molten lava and shit, and now suddenly higher ground is important? Still ticks me off.
He was pushing Anakin into doing something extremely stupid. Which he did - to the cost of an arm and two legs.
-Joe
Ah ha! The disgusted collaborator I mentioned earlier was Gary Kurtz.
For what it’s worth, in AD&D you get a +1 modifier to your initiative for having the higher ground. 
I didn’t see it that way. Obi Wan didn’t want to hurt Anakin, he was genuinely warning him not to try it. But why was higher ground so important? I think that conclusion was illogical and badly done.
If you read the Kurtz article I linked, you’ll see the that the Lucas Philosophy of filmmaking post-Empire Strikes Back is “whatever, audiences don’t care anyway”. “I have the high ground”? Why not? Make up whatever silly shit you like, all the viewers want to see is Anakin get his extremities removed.
Which, sadly, given the profits the prequels earned, appears to be the predominant case.
Given the time frame of the movies, “A long time ago…” does that mean you’re using the original D&D rules from the staple-bound “Dungeons and Dragons” guides?
Or do we use the rules in play at the time Episode 1, 2, 3 were introduced theatrically?
If we use the staple-bound revision, which character-level-segregated book? What levels would Anakin and Obi-Wan be?
I was using 2nd edition rules, since I’ve not played in 3rd edition enough. I would guess that Obi Wan has a higher level than Anakin, but Anakin has higher ability scores. Also, the abrupt alignment switch means it’ll take Anakin that much longer to level up.
I am SUCH a geek.
I definitely remember from one of the novels that Darth Vader was injured in a pit of lava. I don’t remember whether the volcano part was specific, or whether it was inferred from the presence of lava: where else, after all, does one get lava? There was a reference to Vader recalling the pain of “lava crawling up his back,” but I don’t recall in which book that was.
I also remember the Emperor being identified as Senator Palpatine, but little else specific.
I read the novels from 4, 5, and 6, plus “Splinter of the Mind’s Eye.” Haven’t read any other of the novels with Vader in them, so it’d have to be from one of those four books.
Knowing what we know because of the prequels, I’d say not that Boba Fett is a clone, but rather all the clones are Boba Fett.
You are correct, devilsknew. I still have some of my old Marvel Star Wars comics, and this is one of two that survived mostly intact.
Han and Chewie hook up with a band of mercenaries and end up battling a flock of Harpy-like aliens in the desert. In addition to the giant green rabbit-man, there was the porcupinish Hedji - “one of the last remaining Spiners” - a robot named Evee, the young “Star-Killer Kid”, a rambling old fool with a lightsaber (possibly the inspiration for the “Quixotic Jedi”), and the obligatory sexy pirate/scoundrel woman.
I also managed to hold on to “The Sound of Armageddon”, in which Han’s pirate nemesis, Red Jack Ryan, is developing a machine on a water world with which to snatch passing ships from hyperspace. Trouble is, the vibrations the machine gives off are audible to the planet’s native wildlife - a race of seagoing dragons - and this has unsettling effects on the human population that already lives there and enjoys a beneficial relationship with the sea dragons.
Or maybe they’re Jango Fett even. Sheesh! :smack:
I seem to recall a novel (or comic) that heavily implied that the Luke looking people were indeed our forebears, yhat they left that galaxy a long long time ago and came to ours, becoming our prehistory. Like BSG-TOS but involving a lot more time and distance.
Anyone?
C-3PO refers to Han, Leia, et al as “human.” in Empire.
And really, aren’t we ALL just a little bit Boba Fett, deep down inside?
Well, his main job is human-cyborg relations, IIRC. The mostly-hairless bipedal folks running around running most of the galaxy are collectively known as “Human”, with different home planets being what apparantly passes for ethnic or cultural backgrounds.
And let us never forget A Very Star Wars Christmas. Featuring the very first appearance of Christopher Lee as Darth Tyranus, AVSWC also includes the first mention of the Galactic capital planet Coruscant; moreover, its thrilling plot about a lost baby Wampa named “Christmas” clearly anticipated the taut scriptwriting of the prequel movies.
Obviously, it is impossible for Christopher Lee’s pornstached Christmas Special character to be the same guy as Count Dooku from the prequels. On the other hand, when one takes into account the existence of cloning technology, it suddenly becomes clear that both the prequels and the Christmas Special can and should be considered canonical. Or else they should all be considered noncanonical and forgotten immediately. In any case, you can’t have one without the other. I can’t stress that strongly enough.
Wow, that article was written six years ago to the day! What a coincidence.
That is a little weird, I grant you.
Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy, right? That was a pretty funny one looking back now - “Hey, I know who your mother is - ohnowaitIwaslying”.
What actually occurred in the prequel trilogy has only just recently been revealed to the main characters in the current books, as it happens (R2 has memory files). Mostly for forshadowing purposes, though they pretty much had to address it at some point.
There was some talk in another Star Wars thread about “Han Solo shot first”.
I’ve never heard this before, what is it reffering to?