Rosbjerg

of course you can say .. I don't expect you to write a thesis here! just your thoughts, what you noticed .. which cultures you recognized and how they were shown etc.

You seem to forget that Samurai had absolutely no respect for the lifes of anyone of an inferior caste... which was pretty much everyone around them since they were feudal lords. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> well yes in reality .. but the honour code they followed call for respect even to the classes beneath them! although everyone should know their place .. it was, as you say, a feudal society .. I was merly talking about the ideology!

well they're not hidden .. every story borrows from stories before them! its all about knowing them! and I don't know the complete history and lore of this planet .. unfortunatly! :D But with the variaty of people here I thought perhaps we could get some interesting ideas out to discuss .. there were some history students, they must be able to see some paralles?

You want to be called Dart Vader? just write you name like: Name: Th(something) Dar(something) Mothers maiden name: Va(something) Hometown: Der(something) and then the drug is which planet your from .. so its not that hard to construct a name out of this "random" name generator ..

Yeah I had the same idea .. to a degree they follow the same warrior/honour code, to excel yourself, be honest and gentle acquire new knowledge and skills.. In the end however the Samurai were a little more focused on the glory of the sword than the glory of wisdom .. so here the parallels stop and they become more similar to Sith ..

okay .. well pick another topic .. the tempels on Yavin 4 seems to be inspired by Mayan architecture! or the Jedis seems like Samurais or something .. anything .. An answer to a question you would like to know!?

This is a more general discussion of SW .. Any idead/thoughts on what SW is based on? which old mythical characters are used and reinvented? (Anakin/Vader for example - borrowed from an old story?) What are the underlying metaphors of SW? and from a philosophical point of view what seems to be the point of SW? I would like to hear some ideas of what some of the cultures and races are based on .. or simply thoughts on what SW borrows from early or modern stories and/or myths .. or anything else that comes to mind! feel free to strecth your imagination and reach for crazy (but plausible) conclusions .. an example: most of the cultures and races are probably based on some Earth myths .. the Cathar : Cathar is a gnostic movement (from Hellinistic/greek "Pure ones") that originated in the 10th century (and was under the belief that the world was evil and created by evil) for instance, although I don't think there are any parrallels to the Cathars of SW .. since they don't have anything to do with cats in particular .. Perhaps the race is based on a very old egyptian believe that cats were equal to man and was associated with the god of Bast (also god of fertility), the penalty for killing a cat was death .. similar to the penalty for killing another human! Cats were given human properties, and possibly the other way around, in ancient stories/lore of Bast.. Maybe this is where the idea of Cat-like humans came from?

and Carth was very American (read: pathetic whiner) .. (gotta help my overseas friends )

yeah .. notice they were taking alot of dmg? so they probably made a couple of very strong characters to show off some of the force powers .. against weaker opponnents

hmm didn't know that .. from now on I will refer to your country as Hellas!

Possible the younger ones don't know about Obsidian. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> the padawans you mean ..

oh yes it would!! and heated debates forces you to have your best arguments ready .. otherwise people tend to shred your posts apart ..

yeah 20-something means 20-30 years old .. but yes it does seem people are older .. I started out at Lucasart forum and people around there seems to be 12-13 .. so I much appreciate the more serious tone of this forum ..

hmm people are older than I thought .. not that I think the majority of you are immature! " but it seems the majority are around 18-20-something or older!

gulity for being what he is!? ehh .. of course he is what he is, how can anyone not be what they are? I would personally like to extend my thanks to anyone (not just Hades_One) who always point out the negative sides of every aspect .. without them this forum would be nothing but praises! so thank you oh people of different opinions, for making these forums worth debating in ..

well its a long long time ago + 4000 years ..

I thought he was extremely funny! PC: I know, it's depressing.. Inquiry: Shall we go kill something to cheer us up Master? :D

played through about 10 times now .. and in this last one i tried cheating so I have 40 in each attribute .. its so unbelievably easy now! " well had to try cheating just once ..... I'm sorry okay!

and it looks like we will be force sensitive again .. like Revan!

yeah in "Engrish" were you speak english with an asian (often japanese) accent .. X tends to be pronunced as Z, true .. I didn't know where the name was from so I assumed it from an english source!

Something like "Prince Sicksore" .. I would imagine..

couldn't agree more!

no ..

sound DS to me .. But somehow they always win in the end? remember this is all written stories by other people, the jedi are exactly as strong as the writer wants them to .. and it's common practice to make the bad guy alot stronger than anyone else, so the hero needs to develop his skilled to face him! everyone stagnates (from a strenght perspective) in times of peace because you can't always train for a war you don't know will come .. its better to meditate on the matters at hand! so I think the Jedi-order is fine, because when the need arises some hero will take up the challenge and ultimately save the galaxy .. that's the way it is! because thats how the stories are ..

no I don't count .. I just play by my intuition and upgrade what I feel will be important .. and focus on what my character would develop and need..