I like the way you think, but Willy’s brother Heinrich became a grand admiral and by all accounts was quite competent, so unfortunately that plan might not have turned out for the best.
Ranchoth for the win. Very very nicely done.
I think it would be best to assassinate people that were about to be assassinated or otherwise die anyway. You know, Thomas Becket, any number of regicides, some random person that was about to die from disease or natural disaster, that sort of thing. All the fun of killing someone without any pesky worries about the timeline.
Apparently there was a movie where they said Mary Jane Kelly secretly was Jack the Ripper. Talk about blaming the victim.
You’re going to have to recruit a physician for that. You’re complicating things needlessly.
You have a light saber, not the hammer of Thor. Not that you could use Mjolnir anyway.
Let’s see…do I strike with specific purpose, or go chaotic and put History into puree mode? If I choose the latter, I’d probably off Queen Victoria before she could marry and crank out all her vile brood. If I choose the former, then a trip to the very early 19th century is in order, where I can get Metternich, Marx, Bismarck’s dad and the whole Hohenzollern line in one go.
What the hell do I care? 
Margaret Beaufort and Elizabeth Woodville.
Hitler’s mom would be a surer bet, if we’re killing an innocent to probably save millions of people. Though I’d rather leave a copy of “How Things Work” with, I don’t know, Samuel Clemens or George Washington Carver or someone.
ETA: Probably Benjamin Franklin, on reflection.
To murder, or to give the book to?
Karl Marx. So many of the modern world’s problems can be traced to this man. It’s too bad, because he himself seemed like an OK guy. But his ideas were very dangerous.
Rue McClanahan’s great-great grandmother.
To give the book to.
Murder, if I am required to do so, I’d pretty much have to go with Klara Polzl (later Klara Hitler), who was born in 1860.
There is good short story by Alfred Bester called “The Men Who Murdered Mohammed.”
But if you had an actual, working time machine and you were successful in clearing up the people you didn’t want in history, well then, nobody would know who they were or why you wanted them pre-empted.
“I saved a billion lives by going back in time and killing Randy Thomas!” Who? What did he do? You are just plain nuts, no cashews at all.
George Osmond.
Farmers have been neutering animals for centuries, if not millenia. Just pack along a bottle of whiskey for anesthetic and antiseptic.
Get em to join you for some shooters and Bob’s yer uncle, cause he sure won’t be no one’s daddy.
If I could trade the lightsaber for a .50 cal with a thousand rounds of ammo, I’d defend the Alamo. Mainly because I’d want to party with Davy Crockett in my spare time before returning.
Good question. Also a good question is “why would a physician need to be present for me to castrate someone with a lightsabre?”
Except…for something like 10 - 15% of children, their father isn’t who they think it is…so there’s that risk.
Wrong tool, dude. I seriously doubt you can castrate somebody with a light saber without also cutting off at least one leg.
If you’re gonna kill the guy, just kill him. Don’t faff about.