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I have two problems with the Vorlon Motivations 1: After reading Darkness and Light and Wars of the Ancients and watching the tv show and reading most of the Technomage books...I still don't understand the Vorlon actions during the show up to Sheridan's attack on Z'Ha'Dum. The Shadows are murderous...

Yoda successfully made the Jedi Order in his own image, insofar as it wasn't already like that: a bunch of dried-up, wrinkled old muppets. That had a lot to do with Anakin's fall: the very fact that he was forced to conceal his relationship to Padme made it hard to seek help for her. And made Jedi ...

I believe that JMS is on record as saying that Vorlons are sort of crystalline entities, not that we ever got a good look, even in the episode the Shadows killed Kosh which I think is the only time we really see him out of the environment suit without putting on a humanoid seeming. In the episode w...

Vorlons aren't made out of flesh.

In some ways, they are less vulnerable to falling to the dark side than the Jedi, since they don't bother as much with deep philosophy and introspection that can lead in dangerous directions. But on the other hand, being such an authoritarian order would discourage the free spirits who have been th...

Thanas wrote:

Havok wrote:Yeah, let us all oversimplify things. I hear that is all the rage now.

That's actually not a bad idea, considering that the more Cade's behavior and actions are analyzed, the bigger of a douchbag he looks.

Battlestars get sniped from ten thousand kilometers away from MACs.

Well, I'm sorry you have such a heavy burden to bear, knowing that the world is an ugly place while religious people are ignorant retards who know nothing and are obviously inferior to yourself since they cannot comprehend the world as you can. Don't try that sarcasm with me, little boy. You're not...

You don't sound particularly happy to me. :D People are getting machine-gunned in Iran, Uganda is about to pogrom Homosexuals, the third world is being a usual festering shithole of misery, the TSA has implemented the most retarded security restrictions ever (which would have the grand result of ma...

I fully believe that stupid, religious people will always be happier than intelligent people without any religious faith. To me that seems straightforward. The former can raise their hands skyward and praise god that little Sally is in heaven after they couldn't afford any private medical treatment...

Drooling Iguana wrote:(although their windshields seem needlessly large and are shown in the movie to be easily broken)

If their windshields aren't large, how can they get a clear field of vision of everything around them? This is like arguing that a aircraft's canopy is too large.

Weren't they already premeditatedly planning on killing the Jedi before Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson could get to Naboo, hence the poison gas and droidekas? Ummm, no. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgcNHS1gISA The Nemoidians' would presumably know a lot about the Jedi since they're from the same v...

The best in terms of averages that come to mind are: Most Jedi should have some limited TK, short range precog, and some form of empathy. TK wise they ought to be able to shove several individuals (or battle droids) off their feat, make jumps several times their height (the Padawan from Darth Maul ...

Dun, Dun, Dun, Dun-Da-Dun, Dun-Da-Dunnnnnnn!

I have a strange feeling that the intended audience couldn't give a damn about this "minimalism" and neither do the people making it.

Yes because a significant percentage of the population isn't religious :roll: Seriously it's a bunch of modern people about to die of course a bunch get together to pray.. A bunch of modern people on a million year old spaceship in a universe where virtually every major Earth deity has been proven ...

Imperial Overlord wrote:I'm not surprised by the BSG influence. It was a popular, critically acclaimed show and it is going to influence the genre. An stronger emphasis on characterization and realistic instead of technobabble problem solving is good.

Four seasons is hardly a success story.

Crossroads Inc. wrote:INteresting, I have not heard a single peep of this in American news, not on CNN nor MSNBC. Of course I turned on NPR 5min ago and they were naturally discussing it.

Two words. Michael Jackson.

Commander 598 wrote:It's not a coincidence that just about all the good SW games basically have no Jedi in them.

Delta Squad already has perfect motivation for shooting Jedi led Rebels too...

Then you haven't played enough SW games.

Oh yes, God knows the world need more named "John Smith". :roll: I don't quite see how the use of the Latin alphabet translates into English names. Considering the fact that Chinese words can have the same spelling translated into the Latin alphabet and have different definitions dependin...

This is why, if I ever was Totalitarian ruler of the Earth, I'd make every nation, country and culture adopt the Latin alphabet. :lol: Seriously though I have to support the Chinese government's action here. 55,000 Chinese characters and growing is a bit much to deal with. Oh yes, God knows the wor...

Once they figure out that the only way to get out is to buy the casino, a trio of Jedi could do this easily. They make a killing at the craps tables and out they go.

Oh please. The only thing dark is the total lack of music in most of the scene, creating a grim atmosphere. It's still Clone Wars. They've even brought out that stupid Hutt.

"Our exit strategy is taking more time to implement."

LOL