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Actually, they're weren't overly concerned. That's why they initially refused to train him. It wasn't until Maul had killed Qui'Gon that the Council started to take this whole "The Sith might not be gone after all" thing seriously, at which point the 'Chosen One' prophecy gets viewed in a new light. Lo and behold, suddenly Obi-Wan is given permission to take on a new padawan.

It's Thunderbolt Ross.

When Thor kills him, some aliens will resurrect him. He'll mellow. Then go crazy again, and he and Doc Samson will team up with a bad crowd and...

Wait. No. Never mind.

Except this is specifically and explicitly how Star Wars canon is set up. It isn't a hypothetical "Maybe he could do this", it is a definite "He can do this, any time he likes."

Certainly, practical and economic considerations would likely prevent him from wiping out anything not with his official hand on it, but they haven't ever stopped him from stepping in and doing what he wanted in spite of years of EU precedence.

Take the cortosis vibroblades in the KOTOR era, or even Mandalorian iron. Both creations of the EU, and both established in the EU as being at the very least lightsaber resistant. In a recent episode of The Clone Wars, the story called for Obi-Wan to duel a Mandalorian. The creative team intended to use a lightsaber resistant vibroblade for the Mandalorian's weapon. George specifically said "No. A lightsaber can cut through anything except another lightsaber," so they had to have the Mandalorian use a lightsaber.

A similar edict came down regarding Wookie Jedi. He was content to leave the handfull that had already been written, but was explicit that there would be no more.

Or perhaps you'd like the tragic tale of Anakin Solo. He's dead, gone, and unremarked because Lucas said he didn't want there to be two Anakins in Star Wars.

And that doesn't even touch on the ways the prequels stomped all over the EU.

Except...you can. You're reading a book called "Return of the Jedi". You read a chapter where, after the villains are defeated and their superweapon destroyed, people across the galaxy have a huge party and everyone is happy. You turn the last page, and what have you got? The blank inside of the back cover. The End. You might indulge a thought exercise about various things that could have happened after that party, but as far as the story goes, they're meaningless. The story has ended. Everyone is happy. That is the final state of the fictional universe.



Just as Star Wars is a self contained series of movies. I don't need the books or games or any peripheral merchandise to understand what is going on. I don't need Star Wars to reference Star Trek to get a sense of the galaxy as it stands. All I need are the six films.

None of those things matter to the story. What were they doing? They were "getting ready". It's really that easy. No complicated explanation required. I don't need to know how Lando got into Jabba's palace. It happened. I don't need to know how Leia got the bounty hunter costume. She had it. The 'how' of these things is unimportant to the narrative. How did Luke get better at using the Force? Maybe he practiced. Doesn't matter. The story tells us he is better, and we can either accept that as truth, or put the story away.

In the end, you're obviously free to continue to overthink things as they relate to Star Wars. That's certainly your choice to make. But being unable enjoy it without overthinking is your problem, not a flaw with the ending of the story.

From The Mythology of Star Wars with George Lucas and Bill Moyers, Lucas compared the difference between the light and dark sides as being like the difference between a symbiotic relationship and a cancer. A symbiotic relationship is one which benefits both parties and in which neither is harmed, whereas a cancer takes without giving back, eventually causing the death of both parties.

The Force (or Light Side, if you must) is naturally in balance. The presence of the Dark Side creates the imbalance, and so destroying it (by destroying the Sith), returns the natural order. So, by destroying the Emperor and being redeemed (and then dying), Anakin restores the natural balance of the Force, fulfilling the prophesy.

Irrelevant. It's his universe. He created it and is whole and sole owner. His word is the Fundamental Truth, as far as the Star Wars IP is concerned.

If he woke up tomorrow and decided to read all the Star Wars books and came to the conclusion "Wow, this is all garbage, pull all future releases and have this expunged" that would be that. Everything would be N-canon, end of discussion.

Makes perfect sense in the realm of a fairy tale in space. This isn't complicated. It is, literally, a "...and they all lived happily ever after" ending. No need to go beyond that.

What sense needs to be made? You're just overthinking it.

Did you watch/read Sleeping Beauty and think "But how could the regional economy recover from the overnight loss of trade that an entire, and obviously prosperous, kingdom provided? What were the social and political ramifications of that kingdom's sudden disappearance, and then reappearance after 100 years? How did the people of that kingdom deal with being living anachronisms when they woke up?" I didn't, because they don't matter. In the family friendly version, the princess and her kingdom are saved, true love triumphs, and everything works out in the end.

Star Wars is exactly the same. It is a contained story with a clear beginning, middle, and end. There are a few tidbits thrown out to give it a passing semblance of history before the movies, but nothing more than is absolutely necessary, and never dwelled upon.

Ahh. I see.

"This guy owns an awesome sandbox, and I love it, but I don't have to listen to his rules because I don't like them."

Got it.

Feel free to extrapolate all the 'What If...'s you like, and try to inject realism into a space fantasy about wizards with lightswords in a galaxy far, far away. Plenty of authors have, with decreasing degrees of quality. However, at the end of the day, the movies and Lucas' statements define truth for the franchise.

When the credits roll in Return of the Jedi, the Empire is finished, the Dark Side is destroyed, and everyone lives happily ever after. The End.

You don't have to like it, but that's the way it is.

None of which should prevent you from enjoying the post RotJ novels. Lots of folks do. I don't, personally, for the most part, but these days that just saves me money on books I don't have to read.

Fortunately, I can watch the films, get to the end of RotJ, and turn off the film knowing the story is finished.

In this case, she's right. At the end of Star Wars, according to Lucas, Good triumphs over Evil and everyone lives happily ever after. There isn't anything after Jedi. The Dark Side is gone, the Empire is gone, Anakin is redeemed and that's it. No Solo/Organa brats, Luke doesn't get married, Boba Fett is dead in the Sarlacc, and everything is better than it was before.

End of Story, that's a wrap, last page of the storybook.

Sure, there's a lot of officially licensed and published 'What If...?' fan fiction out there, most of it worse than what you'd find even in a cesspit like Fanfiction.net, but as far as Lucas is concerned, none of it happens. Now, clearly he thinks there are some stories to tell before the end of Jedi, which is why we get the prequels, The Clone Wars animated series, and the potential live action series, but that's about as far as it goes.

This is one of those extremely rare cases when I generally agree with GG.

Which isn't to say that there hasn't been some decent or even good official fanfiction out there, such as BioWare's KotOR. But when push comes to shove, the movies are the final word for me.

He could have her on ignore.

Be that as it may, Activision/Blizzard does have a legal department. Assuming the Legal Department didn't burst into flame, killing everyone inside and leaving just a mostly burned scrap of paper saying "This is ... a good idea", then at some point, legal counsel following the CYA principle had to say "While you can technically claim the forums are optional, this might not be worth the trouble it could cause, legally speaking."

And even if legal all died in a fire, any marketing department worth the name should have stood up and said "Err...this has the potential to go wrong in so many different directions, it probably isn't worth it."

Given the fact that not only has the official post reached something like 1700 pages, but that game sites net-wide are aghast, and even international news agencies like BBC have picked up on it, Activision/Blizzard now strides with the giants alongside the likes of EA with their "Sexually Harass a Booth Babe" campaign.

I'm betting on the redhead as a borrowed body.

Actually, I was just coming back to nominate you as best poster, Sam.

After countless posts by you about how broadswords aren't big enough, and you just never had hands giant enough to fit your "petite character with giants gauntlets" motif until the Valkyrie set, and so on and so forth, to see you here arguing against someone with the exact same problem of visuals interfering with a character concept, only in a set you like at the moment, well, that's pure comedy gold.

Five stars, sir. Would read again.

If you've seen the movie Equilibrium, then combine that with the effect animations from the Archery powerset already in game and you've got pretty much all we've seen of Dual Pistols so far.

If you haven't seen the movie Equilibrium, you haven't missed anything worth seeing.

Crap. Why didn't I think of that?!

Some sort of mini-shotgun shell for the cone, and a mini-explosive round for the AoE.

I thought that and the shot with the Rikti in it to be the two least impressive screenshots available.

The Resistance and Mother Mayhem's fortunata, err minions were tied for third.

No, but feel free to share them.