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Rosbjerg
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okay this post is 100% confusing, im so totally blonde considering i hav black hair
sorry .. didn't mean to confuse you! (without trying to sound like a show-off)I think this is an interesting discussion, I just wish people would come with more ideas .. I love when you find a deep (or shallow) meaning in literature! or a referance to something, IMO it gives a deeper understanding of the univers ..
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aahh this is where you get your name from .. I just remembered Lao Tzu is sometime refered to as Laozi!
but his "action through inaction" doesn't really apply to SW imo .. or what do you mean exactly?
edit: Just read up on it .. see what you mean! one should follow the will of nature, and not work against it .. such as a Jedi follows the will of the force!
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Star Wars as a whole, with all its cultures is very difficult to pin point
But the ideals around the force and its nature seem to very rooted in Chinese Taoism, mostly the writtings of Lao Tzu
to a degree yes .. do you refer to the Ying-Yang principle because there is alot in Taoism that I can't see fitting very well into SW and Jedis .. but if you meant the nature of The Force then yes! but most old religion have similar "a force of life" that guides every action and connects every living thing .. Even God in christianity borrows this principle .. what the nature of this energy/force/being is differs from love to hate to almost anything .. but the principle is the same..
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you can't really say, cause SW is a mix of almost every culture on Earth.
From ancient Egyptian to Chinese and Japanese.
I would like to live in such a universe where you can visit many other planets...
of course you can say .. I don't expect you to write a thesis here!
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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 ..
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.
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!
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in relation to your first post, i dont know if there are loadsa hidden messages and stuff, first and foremost i reckon this film was entertainment, obviously there will be hidden things like u mention, but only darth gl knows them
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?
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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 ..
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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 ..
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now thats deep, way to deep for me :">
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!?
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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?
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Bastila was very english (read: stuck up) only prequel Obi-Wan is worse (maybe he is some descendant of hers?)
and Carth was very American (read: pathetic whiner) .. (gotta help my overseas friends
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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
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hmm didn't know that .. from now on I will refer to your country as Hellas!
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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 ..
Possible the younger ones don't know about Obsidian.
the padawans you mean ..
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And that would be really annoying.
oh yes it would!! and heated debates forces you to have your best arguments ready .. otherwise people tend to shred your posts apart ..
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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 ..
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hmm people are older than I thought .. not that I think the majority of you are immature!
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but it seems the majority are around 18-20-something or older! -
Why everyone criticises HADES ONE? Because he has a different taste that doesn't mean he is guilty for being what he is. And from info i know he loves RPG
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 .. -
So here we have two sith lords: legendary Exar Kun who lived 4000 years ago
well its a long long time ago + 4000 years ..
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I thought he was extremely funny!
PC: I know, it's depressing..
Inquiry: Shall we go kill something to cheer us up Master?
:D
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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! 
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Look from the looks of this... unarmed is a mandatory feat in the FORCE POWER section. Coooool... it's either for being a guardian/consular/sentinal or one of the 6 prestige classes ( I'm guessing marauder. )
I just think that if there's a class gear towards unarmed I'd love to try it... I'm into the monk/ninja scene. :D
" and it looks like we will be force sensitive again .. like Revan!
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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!
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Something like "Prince Sicksore" .. I would imagine..
sorry .. didn't mean to confuse you! (without trying to sound like a show-off)
just your thoughts, what you noticed .. which cultures you recognized and how they were shown etc.
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but it seems the majority are around 18-20-something or older!
" well had to try cheating just once ..... I'm sorry okay! 
SW and metaphors
in Star Wars: General Discussion
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yeah I just spend a few moments reading up on it .. couldn't remember it fully! like: "Lao Zi believed that violence should be avoided when possible, and that military victory was an occasion to mourn the necessity of using force against another living thing, rather than an occasion for triumphant celebrations. Lao Zi also indicated that codified laws and rules result in society becoming more difficult to manage." (from Wikipidea)
made me think of :
Yoda: Victory? Victory you say? master Obi wan .. not victory, the shroud of the Dark Side has fallen, begun this clone war has ..