1. Becomes the first human to win the Boonta Eve Pod-Race.
2. Becomes the first Jedi to begin a family.
3. Becomes the first Sith to eradicate the Jedi (well, almost).
4. Becomes the first Jedi to eradicate the Sith (what duality!).
To Anakin Skywalker, dux of the school, king of the over-achievers.
If only he would have taken down Yoda, then number 3 would work...
But was he not the first Jedi to return to the light side after joining the Sith order?
Perhaps that could be number 5.
__________________ "The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant, next to the power of the force."
Indeed! So it kind of backs up that there needn't be any more Star Wars films- who could ever rise above the huge (and plentiful) achievements of Man of the Year in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...- Anakin Skywalker?
I must have missed that part of the movie. I know, I know... EU. I love the EU. I really do. I've bought every adult Star Wars novel they've made (only continuing the story from ROTJ though). At times I get very defensive and claim "it's Lucas endorsed!", and to a degree it is. But the man isn't getting down to the nitty gritty character development. He may, at the most, read a brief outline- but truth be told, he rarely reads any of it. There was a moment there with the books, before they began the New Jedi Order series, that I was beginning to think that the only word from the George Lucas department to the Bantam/Spectra department was: "Just don't mention the (clone) war".
Luke Skywalker is the only person I seeing as being able to achieve more than Anakin did. Luke, to my knowledge, is the most powerful force-user in the history of the galaxy, and it would be no surprise to see him do something like defeating all of the dark-side users in the galaxy. Something to reflect Anakin's genocidal purge, but in a good way.
__________________ "The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant, next to the power of the force."
Mist, I was merely pointing out that I was trying to evoke discussion that uses 'what everyone sees'. I wasn't taking the piss when I said that I love the EU. I think it's great. It's just hard to create discussion that can go anywhere when someone may not have read Comic #23 of the Trandoshan War...
It's pretty fair to say that the most enduring Star Wars *thing* will be the 6 films. So just basing any knowledge on the films helps to evoke discussion between all people. Even those who just happen across this message board, want to discuss Star Wars, and not have to suffer being flamed as a newbie just because their Registration date was last Tuesday.
Nov 15th, 2004 06:09 AM
