# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [September 4, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/61 "2012-09-04T17:06:31Z")
Jim’s original description “fencing, fighting, revenge, escapes, true love, miracles” has to be “The Princess Bride” - no idea on the character descriptions. ---
**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, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/62 "2012-09-04T17:18:02Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Jim’s original description “fencing, fighting, revenge, escapes, true love, miracles” has to be “The Princess Bride” - no idea on the character descriptions. That’s part of the joke – they’ve already had another (different) campaign based on The Princess Bride! > **[Darths & Droids](https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0406.html)** > [@](#): > > R2-D2: I’ve missed the whole ending of the adventure? Again? This is just like the fantasy campaign! > GM: Yes, it’s your own fault again. > {beat} > R2-D2: It was never my fault the first time. My analysis of that logic puzzle was flawless. > Obi-Wan: So how come you died? > R2-D2: See this? This is the chapter on poisons. > R2-D2: I know every page of this backwards, and I’m telling you, there is no such thing as immunity to iocane powder! ---
**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:** [September 4, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/63 "2012-09-04T17:24:34Z")
I wonder if the character descriptions are supposed to refer to “The Dam Busters” - main character was a non-medical doctor, 2 pilots, one of whom had completed 170 missions by the time of the movie. No idea on the nurse though. And it would definitely explain Ben’s “Mmm. Very subtle”, since of course the entire Death Star attack is based on that movie. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/64 "2012-09-04T20:59:57Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I wonder if the character descriptions are supposed to refer to “The Dam Busters” - main character was a non-medical doctor, 2 pilots, one of whom had completed 170 missions by the time of the movie. No idea on the nurse though. And it would definitely explain Ben’s “Mmm. Very subtle”, since of course the entire Death Star attack is based on that movie. Ben can’t be referring to the Death Star attack, since that hasn’t happened in their campaign yet. Rather, he’s referring to the fights he and Sally (his younger sister) had over him being in medical school just to make his parents happy, even though he didn’t really want to be a doctor. ---
**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 5, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/65 "2012-09-05T13:18:54Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Ben can’t be referring to the Death Star attack, since that hasn’t happened in their campaign yet. Rather, he’s referring to the fights he and Sally (his younger sister) had over him being in medical school just to make his parents happy, even though he didn’t really want to be a doctor. Now that you point that out, it’s obvious, but it managed to go over my head when I was reading it. I thought he was just saying having two pilots and two medics was a not very subtle commentary on Jim’s GMing style. ---
**Author:** ![Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynhildr_Budladottir)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darths-and-droids/597801/66 "2014-04-22T05:55:11Z")
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