Thanks, Peach, I was forgetting what the series was called: New Jedi Order. That's where I gave up. I collected the entire series and already had a few dozen books before that. I still have a soft spot for some of the earlier stuff, especially the Han Solo Trilogy (the original, not the one with his kids). Killing Chewbaca was bad enough the justification was shakey at best. But all the way to the end of the NJO I kept looking for a justification for killing off Anakin and I never found it. All that build-up they did for his character throughout the series, and he gets hit by a random spear and goes down. It wasn't even an epic death, which was the least he deserved. Now I hear Jacen went Dark and killed Mara Jade in recent books, and was himself killed by his sister. That's absolute soap-opera crap.
Wow, I must have been struck in a sensitive nerve today or something... Anyhow, mentioning background on Lightsaber techniques reminded me of something. I've noticed in rules discussions since I've joined that Ush has a specific scene in mind for most or all of the blade schticks/powers and that attention to detail has always impressed me. I seem to remember the Bodyguard ability stemming from that stray bolt Qui-Gon reached out and swatted that evidently would have hit Obi-Wan on the Federation ship. I never even noticed that part until it was brought up here. Sorry, but that fascinated me and I had to share.
Originally posted by Jazzman_78Wow, I must have been struck in a sensitive nerve today or something... Anyhow, mentioning background on Lightsaber techniques reminded me of something. I've noticed in rules discussions since I've joined that Ush has a specific scene in mind for most or all of the blade schticks/powers and that attention to detail has always impressed me. I seem to remember the Bodyguard ability stemming from that stray bolt Qui-Gon reached out and swatted that evidently would have hit Obi-Wan on the Federation ship. I never even noticed that part until it was brought up here. Sorry, but that fascinated me and I had to share.
This reminded me of Ush's hatred of Obi-Wans saber technique in TPM... Which, while justified, always amuses me.
Okay, I have to ask, are any of you guys familiar with the webcomic Darths & Droids?
Originally posted by Tptmanno1
This reminded me of Ush's hatred of Obi-Wans saber technique in TPM... Which, while justified, always amuses me.
Originally posted by Tptmanno1
This reminded me of Ush's hatred of Obi-Wans saber technique in TPM... Which, while justified, always amuses me.
Literally I was just reporting Bob Brown's disgust. Sadly his site (the most comprehensive and, frankly, sad analysis of lightsabres ever seen) no longer exists but I still have it all saved.
Originally posted by XanatosForever
Okay, I have to ask, are any of you guys familiar with the webcomic Darths & Droids?Hatred? 🤨 Was it not well done or something?
I'm quite sure Darths and Droids is what got half of us into this gig.
Originally posted by Jazzman_78
Thanks, Peach, I was forgetting what the series was called: New Jedi Order. That's where I gave up. I collected the entire series and already had a few dozen books before that. I still have a soft spot for some of the earlier stuff, especially the Han Solo Trilogy (the original, not the one with his kids). Killing Chewbaca was bad enough the justification was shakey at best. But all the way to the end of the NJO I kept looking for a justification for killing off Anakin and I never found it. All that build-up they did for his character throughout the series, and he gets hit by a random spear and goes down. It wasn't even an epic death, which was the least he deserved. Now I hear Jacen went Dark and killed Mara Jade in recent books, and was himself killed by his sister. That's absolute soap-opera crap.
Yeah, I read...just about all of the NJO series. Because I was determined to stick it out, even though I wasn't much of a fan of it from the start.
And I kind of like to pretend that the stuff that takes place after that doesn't exist at all, because yeah, as you said. Cheesy soap opera crap. I haven't actually read any of it, though. What I've read about it on wookieepedia is more than enough to keep me far far away.
Plus the EU, and NJO in particular, is so very fond of Ush's favorite thing ever, the revolving door policy with regards to the Force.
Also, Darths and Droids is awesome, though yeah, been in this longer than that comic has been around 😛
Alright, well my original plan was to belt out a small bio for Aurel here, as it's been on my mind for a bit. Wouldn't you know, once I started writing, I didn't want to stop, and now I have more or less a full on biography, worked on for the last three days. 😆
If any of you guys see something that doesn't make sense, I'd appreciate it a bunch if you could let me know. Or just critique in general, I usually do my best to listen and make corrections.
Aurel Sing was born in the lower levels of Coruscant. His parents, Beldor Sing and Eris Moonsong, did their best for the young boy, despite their circumstances. Beldor was indebted to the local crime lord, Junipero, forced to borrow credits to tend to Eris during her pregnancy and then the child. Once or twice the new father was close to paying the crime boss off, only to fall victim to an inopportune mugging. The couple often said they'd given all their luck to Aurel when he was born. It should have come to no surprise, then, when Aurel was brought home one day by a Jedi.
After the expected moment of fear and worry, Beldor and Eris were informed of how the Jedi had seen Aurel manage to escape from his less than friendly peers and avoid detection in some rather ingenious ways. The Jedi, who introduced himself as Lor-An Relm felt the Force was strong with Aurel, and so disbanded the mini-mob and sent the children home to their parents. Aurel came out of hiding once the last child was gone, and Lor-An realized that the boy had not been hiding out of fear, but to simply avoid unnecessary conflict. This impressed him, and with the boy's potential, he felt that a proper training by the Jedi was in order. Beldor and Eris knew this was a once in a lifetime opportunity for Aurel; so with tears in his eyes, Aurel left his home to enter the Jedi Temple with Lor-An Relm.
His early training progressed nominally, discovering that his "gut" feelings were really his connection to the Force. When not overwhelmed with exhaustion, Aurel would traverse the archives, scanning over datapads in search of subjects that piqued his interest. He found mild satisfaction with the extensive medical procedures and other healing lore. Then came the day the younglings were given their first training sabers; the boy had found his calling. He then devoted all his attention, including his development in the Force, towards swordsmanship, with one exception. He vowed that lest he be in a time and place where his lightsaber would be necessary, he would hold no other weapon. So Aurel Sing took greater pride in his physical training, and through it became adept at confronting opponents unarmed.
He spent what little time not devoted to the saber or the fist poring through the archives, absorbing the recounts of past Jedi and the history of the lightsaber itself. Through these studies and the memory of lessons taught to him by his parents, Aurel developed his own personal mantra that began to color his actions with a saber. The lightsaber was a power weapon of destruction, but it could also be used as a beacon of defense.
He, Aurel Sing, would do everything in his power to defend those he could, and let no being stand in his way, lest they be stuck down for their own folly to the vision of light and the sound of a hum....
At first I was gonna do something exotic like Tatooine, but then I realized just how obscure places like those are. Anakin and Luke were lucky (and plot-induced, but we're not going there) to have been found and trained. Besides, I know for a fact that the lower levels of Coruscant are a little bit seedy, thanks to Mr. Death Sticks. haermm