Emotional video made about Anakin...

No. its just altered. Its much more militaristic, but....

...its more of a cross between the Karen Traviss/Republic Commando Star Wars and Lucas' Star Wars.

Its gritty and dirty, there aren't clear morals and its about war.

However, the main characters are jedi and it has heavy political and philisophical commentary.

Its in many ways true to Lucas' vision and its CLEARLY SW, just intelligent 🙂.

But I thought your whole point about Mace was that there ARE no clear morals in the PT.... So what's the difference? 😛

Well...

I mean more that Lucas has this code set up. He has a defined role for the Jedi. Its clearly obvious in the Saga whcih characters are good and which are bad.

Especially when it comes to the Clone Wars, both sides are right.

In my story, there is little distinction between the light and dark sides. If the Force had a blue side I'd study that one too. This disticntion is something contrived by the Jedi and the sith. The Republic is not always the right side, and loyalty is not garunteed.

Also, war is gritty as it should be...no fancy G-Rated Lucas wars. I try to keep good Military Science Fiction in mind while writing combat. Having friends in the army helps.

Friends in the army stationed abroad? They'd know...

I don't care much for a grey approach to the Force. I like it simple the way it is in SW.

To quote Jessica Atreides "Nothing about religion is simple"

To quote Ushgarak: "SW is simple"

Ushgarak's opinon about the force is in my opinon wrong.

No, it is the same as Lucas's. He always said very clearly: balance of the Force is when there is only a light side. There is light and tehre is dark, nothing in between.

Yes. So? I knwo what Lucas' opinon is, but he didn't do a good job in my opinon and I believe you can interpret the force in different ways.

The Creator of the Force differs with you. Why enter this argument? Oh wait, you can actually.... in EU FORUM!!!!

So, because a guy invents the wheel it can't be changed? You can't think of your own variation?

Do dichotmies adequately describe any concept in the world?

Spoiler:
No.

This is not THE world, it is A fictional world. In that, the Creator of the story defines all its ins and outs because he OWNS it.

Are you implying that fiction has no connection to the real world?

Are you implying that there is only one way to interpret fiction?

No and no. But the rules are set by the Creator.

The real world influences the world of fiction, is inspired by it but only thourgh the channel of the creator of fiction.
You can interpret all you want but to change fact in someone else's fiction is either being deaf/blind (intentional or not) or stealing other people's material for your own variation.

Um...thats why what I write is EU? I'm reinterpreting and analyzing, not reinventing. If Lucas can't follow his own rules...why should I? Besides, Lucas left major gaps in his work?

Heres a perfect example.

QuiGon: "Nothing happens by accident"

Therefore, everything that happens in the movies is predetermined. Therefore, the force shifts from light to dark and back again. The force would not decide to be "unbalanced" and men (Palpatine) do not control the force, the force controls them. THerefore, everything that happens in the movies is the will of the force, including the rise of the darkside.

Lucas attributes this to personal evil (Palpatine), but really, the force has ordained this transition.

Yoda is constantly b*tching that (the darkside clouds everything), but this is the darkside of the [u]force[/i]. This is not ANOTHER force, it is THE force. And since Yoda constantly claims that the darkside is not stronger than the lightside, the Jedi's powers were taken away from them. (Mace: "Our ability to use the force has become diminished"😉. Clearly the force chooses what it does and where it goes, not people. Therefore, darksiders are just as much the will of the force as Jedi.

Even pushing that aside, Lucas presents ONE view of a TWO sided god through ONE religion. The darkside is barely touched on at all, we simply get a corrupted version of the true nature of the force through Yoda...and ANYONE who tells me "Do not question" (As yoda did to Luke in ESB) is not worthy of my respect as a living being. Not only has the true nature of the force been unexplored we only get the perspective of the force from the dogmatic Jedi (and a little Sith). There is a lot to be explored and a perspective from people outside these stupid dogmas hasn't been given. The real nature of god/the force can be found in open-minded people outside dogma.

THAT is the point.
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Errr... no. That's what you make out of it. And EU goes in another forum.

Unless you can refute my claims which are TOTALLY based on the movies themselves, I don't see any reason why my interpretation is less valid than yours.

I know your interpretations are based on the films. But they are your interpretations. Lucas says it's either good or bad, nothing in between. I am not saying he thought things through very well when he wrote the PT, that goes for many things. Nonetheless, the Force-users are either good or bad.

So you're saying that I'm not alowed to re-interpret art because the artist has a contrived "definition" of his art?

Yes you are.... *sigh* of course you can but then it is considered EU and we don't discuss EU in this forum. *sigh*