# Darths and Droids **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801 "2011-09-27T20:11:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/41 "2012-03-20T06:18:47Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Except for Annie, but she’s such a consummate roleplayer that she’ll never let it slip. But DOES Annie know? This may be something that the DM is pulling on her, too! Or perhaps Annie will decide later to start playing Vader, and retcon him into being Anakin, and surprising the DM! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/42 "2012-03-20T06:36:49Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > But DOES Annie know? [“I shall be known as… Darth Vader.”](http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0651.html) [“You shall address me as Lord Vader.”](http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0685.html) Jim, Pete or even Sally might forget their own character’s name, but Annie wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/43 "2012-03-20T06:52:58Z")
Pretty [sure](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Prowse) the big reveal in ESB was originally going to be Vader telling Luke that Obi-Wan killed Luke’s father - Obi-Wan says Vader did it in _A New Hope_ and this has to be retconned in _RotJ_ as “true, from a certain point of view”. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/44 "2012-03-20T07:01:42Z")
So how long was it between the third and fourth ‘movies’? Months? Years? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/45 "2012-03-20T08:40:40Z")
And what happened to Ben? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/46 "2012-03-20T14:46:24Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > So how long was it between the third and fourth ‘movies’? Months? Years? “a couple of years” > **[Darths & Droids](https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0681.html)** ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/47 "2012-03-20T20:12:30Z")
> [@](#): > > And what happened to Ben? I’ve been wondering that, as well as how “Adam” is going to become “Luke”. Do we actually have confirmation that Leia is Annie? Unless I’m missing something, nobody’s addressed her as anything other than “Princess” (not even “Leia”, except in the bottom captions). ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/48 "2012-03-20T20:22:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’ve been wondering that, as well as how “Adam” is going to become “Luke”. > > Do we actually have confirmation that Leia is Annie? Unless I’m missing something, nobody’s addressed her as anything other than “Princess” (not even “Leia”, except in the bottom captions). > **[Darths & Droids](https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0673.html)** Jim (as Captain Antilles) calls Leia “Annie”. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/49 "2012-03-20T20:25:02Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > And what happened to Ben? I assume old Ben will show up next “session”. ---
**Author:** ![Kylede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@Kylede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kylede)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/50 "2012-03-21T03:55:00Z")
So we are all in agreement that Ben will probably return as Obi wan, soon, and Pete’s latest character will be everyone’s favorite “scruffy nerf-hearder” (Han Solo). Do you think Sally is gonna play Chewie and C3PO, or will they make Chewie a “henchman” NPC? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/51 "2012-03-21T04:33:20Z")
I’m betting Pete’s next character is the walrus faced guy who gets his arm hacked off in the cantina. His character _after_ that will be Han. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/52 "2012-03-21T15:00:32Z")
> [@Kylede](#): > > So we are all in agreement that Ben will probably return as Obi wan, soon, and Pete’s latest character will be everyone’s favorite “scruffy nerf-hearder” (Han Solo). Do you think Sally is gonna play Chewie and C3PO, or will they make Chewie a “henchman” NPC? > [@Miller](#): > > I’m betting Pete’s next character is the walrus faced guy who gets his arm hacked off in the cantina. His character _after_ that will be Han. Do you guys mean Jim, not Pete? Pete’s R2-D2 and always has been. Jim was Captain Antilles & already died in this campaign and is working on a new character with a “ **really** detailed” backstory. And there’s something strange going on with Ben - from episode [688](http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0688.html) > [@](#): > > C-3PO (Sally): We’re four sessions into a new adventure, Jim’s had four characters killed, Princess has been captured, and now you want us to split up? > R2-D2 (Pete): It’s not my fault if Obi-Wan was too stupid to remember to return my dreadnought. > C-3PO: Don’t you talk about my brother like that! > R2-D2: Whoa… calm down. > C-3PO: You never really liked him! What, are you glad he’s gone?! > R2-D2: No! I never— > C-3PO: You go that way! Find your stupid dreadnought! > GM: Uh… maybe we can stop here for tonight. > C-3PO: No! We keep playing! Ben would have wanted it that way. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/53 "2012-03-21T15:22:58Z")
Yeah. I’m not seeing how Pete would end up with a new character. R2-D2 is around for the long haul and Pete hasn’t expressed any interest in trading him in for something (someone?) new. As for Jim’s next character, [signs point to him being Greedo in the near future](http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0690.html). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/54 "2012-03-21T15:42:32Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Do you guys mean Jim, not Pete? :smack: Yes, I meant Jim. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/55 "2012-03-21T23:56:48Z")
Thanks for turning me on to this. I’m only in the low 300’s so far, but I love the explanations of what something is every time someone doesn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/56 "2012-03-22T03:29:37Z")
I’m pretty sure Jim’s next character is going to be Greedo. ETA: or, you know, what Lord Il Palazzo said. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/57 "2012-09-04T11:43:32Z")
Does anyone know what the inspiration for Jim’s game was in this comic? [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0775.html](http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0775.html) A story with two pilots, a nurse and a doctor who doesn’t want to be a doctor. The English Patient? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/58 "2012-09-04T12:45:22Z")
_Airplane_? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/59 "2012-09-04T14:37:05Z")
No idea. But I totally called the whole Greedo thing. So suck it non-existant and imaginary people who doubted me. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/60 "2012-09-04T15:31:01Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > But I totally called the whole Greedo thing. So suck it non-existant and imaginary people who doubted me. If you had said “Jim’s character is going to look like Han Solo but he’s going to be named Greedo”, I would have been more impressed. I guess “Airplane” does have two pilots and a doctor as main characters, but there’s no nurse in a major role, nor is there any fencing (as far as I know). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801.md?page=4)