Star Wars Q&A - Hosted by Jetzt and Bac

[Bralor]

jedimasterbac said:

That scene didn't need more lightsaber action. People had it in their minds, therefor making assumptions, that there would be a lot of the Jedi Purge in Revenge of the Sith. It doesn't need to be there. We get the idea that it happens, and it showed Anakin's story. We got Order 66, but we didn't need to see a lot of action in the Temple. It was not necessary for the overall story.

But that would've added up to a really cool scene watching the Clones and Anakin wipe out all of the Jedi in the temple.

[*~The Snake Shadow~*]

sladeshadowhawk said:

Yeah yeah, I guess...I kind of like the deleted scene death better though. i.e. we actually see it!

That scene was so cool.........Kind of depressing, but then it got funny when Ani and Obi started messing around with their faces. ((Stroking their eyebrows, twirling their mustaches, etc.))

[Jedi Knight Slade Shadowhawk]

Yeah, that code was awesome.

"Rescue Anikan, not mayhem."

"No not that."

"This is no time for argument master."

"How bout this?"

"No, too many of them. How bout this?"

"Perfect."

It was so awesome.

[shadoomoken]

In pre Galactic Empire the light side of the force was weakend due to the Jedi's lack of modesty and loosing perception of the force. When Luke came along could it be that the darkside began to loose strength. And the light side coraled to Mr Skywalker due to the fact that he was solely the only force user in REturn of the Jedi?

BAC: He was not the only Force user in Return of the Jedi. Unless you are referring to the ending, then you will also find Yoda, Darth Sidious and Darth Vader.

Anywho, yes. The Dark Side was clouding the lightside in the Prequels and the Light Side began to shadow over the darkness once again.

Dooku was perhaps one of the greatest Starwars villains of all time. In episode 3 did Christoper Lee did more of his own moves as he's an accomplished real life fencer, or did they use his stunt double aka Episode 2?

BAC: Christopher Lee only did the close up shots where he didn't have to move his feet as much. He openly admits that he cannot move his legs as fast but his arms can move fast. His stuntdouble did everything else.

In your opinion did Obi-wan beat Darth Maul via luck or skill. Since it seems that luck saves Obi-wan's goose seemingly always in the prequel episodes.

BAC: Luck did not save Obi-Wan throughtout the entire trilogy. In Episode I, it was a combination of luck and giving into his anger. In Episode II, he was beaten by Count Dooku and then Yoda saves the day. In Episode III, he is beaten by Dooku again and Anakin saves the day. Then, he beats General Grievous. He was then lucky to not hit the rocks on Utapau when falling. He beat many, many clones. Then, based on experience and NOT luck, he defeated Darth Vader on Mustafar.

He got lucky twice in the trilogy by my count.

Do you like Nathalie Portman as she is now without hair. Due to filming V for Vendetta? I love her better without hair.

BAC: Hair

A friend of mine was arguing about force users and bullets. He was saying bullets could hit 'em. I said no. Since bullets are solid objects and a force wall could slow it down or repel it. What do you think?

BAC: A Jedi would easily be able to stop a bullet with a lightsaber or using a Force push. If a bullet hit a lightsaber, it would desintegrate because it is metal.

Mr Lucas used force speed in episode 1 and hasn't used it since. Why do you think that is? It seems like a grievous plot error that the Jedi never uses it again. Even on Genosis when they're being creamed by droids. What gives?

BAC: Luke Skywalker uses it when he jumps out of the carbon chamber in The Empire Strikes Back. Other than that, it was not needed. Just because Lucas doesn't write something in, in this case because it was not needed, does not make it a "grievous plot error".

Could mechanical Vader beat Yoda? Since Mr Lucas said that Vader was actually 80% of Sidious?

BAC: No, he could not beat Yoda. Darth Vader lost 30% of his power on Mustafar, thus making him weaker than Sidious and Yoda.

[Jedi Master Arlon Kyjar]

Why did the fire not burn Anakin to death, and moreso, why did getting all his limbs chopped to bits not kill him?

BAC: Darth Vader's extreme hatred and lust for vengance against Obi-Wan Kenobi kept him alive long enough to slip into something more comfortable.

[Anton Byrax]

Ok having just bought ROTS on dvd I have come up with a few questions about the sith in general -

1.) Sidious and Maul were not Jedi at any time in their lifes to my knowledge, so how were they recruited? (same as the Jedi recruit?)

BAC: When Palpatine was a young boy on Naboo, Darth Plagueis found him and began to train him. It was believed that Palpatine's parents said no to him being raised by the Jedi so Plagueis kidnapped him. When Palpatine was ready, Plagueis gave him the name Darth Sidious, Lord of the Sith. Palpatine found a young Zabrak named Khameir Sarin and took him and trained him in the ways of the Sith. When the boy was ready, Palpatine gave Khameir Sarin the name Darth Maul, Lord of the Sith.

2.) The Sith enjoy manipulating Jedi into falling to the darkside, but under the "there can only be two" rule exposing themselves to any jedi could could mean their destruction - So is it safe to say that most sith are not fallen Jedi?

BAC: When the Sith were at large with their numbers in the thousands, many of them were fallen Jedi. Many Jedi fell to the Dark Side and served Darth Revan and Darth Malak. After the Battle of Ruusan and the institution of The Rule of Two, most were not fallen Jedi. A few of them were, most notably Count Dooku, Darth Tyranus, and Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader.

3.) In relation to RP here, what is the difference between Dark Jedi and Sith?

BAC: Dark Jedi serve themselves and their direct Master. There is no leader. They train in the ways of the Dark Side, but they incorporate Jedi training as well as Dark Side training. "Sith" is a specific teaching and it can only be taught by the Sith Master, or after the Ruusan it was from the Dark Lord of the Sith. Because it is a specific teaching that cannot actually be self taught (at least, not self taught right. Those who are self taught are not true Sith), that is why the Sith are finally destroyed in Return of the Jedi, never to return.