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Yesterday, 04:42 PMHis drive isn't diminished, exactly, rather it has been redirected. Once he acquired control over the galaxy, his goals shifted from temporal power...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 08:22 PMThe absence of records is less helpful, actually, since that ought to increase suspicion rather than defray it. What ought to be in the canon (but as...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 05:04 PMThe Heterodyne lineage has been referred to as 'the House of Heterodyne' on more than one occasion, suggesting the family has some level of official...1363 replies | 119953 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 04:51 PMSo, really important point here regarding the overall structure of the Star Wars galaxy and why the Clone Wars happens: one planet can build a large...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 02:40 AMThis might work out better, but there are a lot of contingencies. In this scenario Palpatine will immediately turn on Anakin following killing...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-23, 08:34 PMThis error by the Jedi Order is one that I feel is among the easier ones to justify. The Jedi clearly believe they should defend democracy - Obi-Wan...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-23, 04:31 AMThe Internet in 2002-2004 was nothing like what it became. That's pre-youtube, pre-social media, and before modern Google. It was impossible to hear...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-23, 12:41 AMIt would only be morally superior for the Jedi to command the clones if that choice was the best option for winning the war with a minimum of clone...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 11:31 PMSure, the operational space in which the Jedi Order has to operate post-Geonosis is highly constrained, but it's not like they have no options at...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 05:22 PMIn this case it's also of dubious accuracy. The Star Wars franchise has always referred to the destruction of the Jedi as a purge - ie. Great Jedi...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 06:07 AMWhile I would not say there has been anyone claiming the Jedi Order was perfect there have been claims advanced that the Jedi Order has no...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-20, 09:21 PMRight. Many, many fantasy series go quite in-depth into their own politics. So do traditional adventure sagas from real world history. Heck, there's...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-20, 07:17 PMThe funny thing is that he did that, under the Empire, and it didn't work. This strongly suggests that while the Republic still functioned and the...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-20, 06:02 PMI don't actually think Palpatine could save the Republic effortlessly, the structural problems go too deep. Also, if he suddenly pulled a 180 many of...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-20, 04:35 PMThere does seem to be a lot of trouble accepting a multi-casual explanation for the fall of the Republic and rise of the Empire. I identify at least...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 02:42 PMNo. Obi-Wan is on the Council and holds the rank of master. Obi-Wan was placed on the Council immediately following AotC. He replaced Coleman...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-18, 05:17 PMBy the end of the Clone Wars Palpatine had been in office for years beyond legally mandated term limits under the guise of a 'galactic emergency.' He...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 09:41 PMAnyone who serves in a leadership role needs to know their subordinates and to assign them positions and tasks that are appropriate to their skill...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 07:55 PMThere's a very bad tendency in Star Wars media to make Jedi characters Jedi Masters rather than Jedi Knights to make them seem important. This is...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 05:42 PMBroadly I agree, and there's the additional and highly salient point that the Jedi Council is obligated to push back against Palpatine attempting to...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 08:00 PMExactly, fictional narratives are biased towards statistical outliers, whether those are events, characters, or really any other element. A really...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 06:56 PM'Abducts' is inaccurate and pejorative. Children who become Jedi Initiates are not illegally taken from their parents by force. They are willingly...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 10:38 PMThey should have divided their efforts, which, based on what we know, would actually have been more effective. The Jedi are, with few exceptions,...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 08:25 PMThey can lose less badly. If the Jedi refuse leadership of the Clone Army, it still fights - it's far too large to conceal once brought off Kamino...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 06:47 PMThe Jedi Order created an exception to the rules in choosing to train Anakin. Their failure, following this, was not recognizing that he would need...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 04:51 PMConsidering how dangerous Thotep 'a simple vozzler' manages to be, and how the Dreen seem to be similar high-dimensional entities only with a...1363 replies | 119953 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 04:41 PMThe Republic has no army. More than that, it specifically has a law forbidding it from having an army. The opening scene in AotC is of Padme arriving...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-14, 09:49 PMI only got as far as Light of the Jedi (the first book) when it came to the High Republic, but it was very, very clear from the start that the people...606 replies | 21585 view(s)
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2024-04-13, 06:02 AMWar of the Worlds does operate with the conceit that the aliens are from Mars, making it an interplanetary rather than interstellar war, and...843 replies | 98182 view(s)
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2024-04-11, 06:44 AMMechalich replied to a thread Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life) in Gaming (Other)Okay, but by that standard the Empire has no leash on anyone operating in their territory. Skyrim is absolutely bursting will all kinds of hostile...619 replies | 16350 view(s)
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