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I never had the original core book, but I did have the "Wheel of Time" book, that had a noble with the same "use-em-and-lose-em" favor ability, which I hated. The favor ability in the revised SWd20 rules was a lot more balanced, in my opinion. "Hey, I've run out of favors, that stormtrooper's...

I'd be satisfied if they just put out a Rise of the Empire Sourcebook. From what I've seen, they actively support three eras, and that one is the only one that doesn't have a sourcebook. We have very little information on it, really, and now that Episode III is out, I don't see why we shouldn't.

Well, I was watching "Return of the Jedi" today just for the heck of it, and I was watching the scene where they're bringing Artoo and Threepio into the droidworks at Jabba's palace, and I was wondering what the droid they were talking to was for. He seemed like an administator droid or...

The way I see it, a Jedi's lightsaber is more than a weapon, it's a symbol. The problem wasn't in the combat situations, but rather in the non-combat ones. You argue that a Jedi needs a lightsaber for the same reasons as a blaster, but a Jedi wouldn't treat a lightsaber like a blaster. After...

Yeah, I wasn't even gonna go into the concept of the size the thing would have to be. But, on the subject of taking lightsabers for granted, I have a friend that I play with, and he has an addiction to playing a bothan Jedi that specializes in the use of two lightsabers. He treats his...

Short lightsabers aren't in the Power of the Jedi Sourcebook, but they do have dual-phase lightsabers in there, IIRC. The dual-phase sabers are essentially large sized lightsabers that could have the blade extended to become a reach weapon or shortened to become a standard lightsaber. Of...

If you ask me, not only would a "saber star" cheapen the relationship of a Jedi to his/her lightsaber, it also just plainly wouldn't work from a technology standpoint. From my recollection, George Lucas was extremely particular about the way the actors used their lightsabers in the classic...

Hehe, what about the CL-O1 Theatrical droid? "After all, I have you to thank for this... UNHOLY... acting talent!"

Thanks for pointing that out, DnDChick. I'm no d20 tactician, so I take any good tips that I can get.

Yeah, I'll buy that. But you'd have to admit that the DNA strains must have really been let go, seeing how absolutely stupid the stormtroopers are compared to the clones.

Nope, stormtroopers are typical recruits, just like any regular army. There are stories in the EU of people, Kyle Katarn for one, who were former stormtroopers. Are you trying to say that Kyle Katarn, who later became a Jedi Knight, was a Jango clone? I don't think so.

A thought just occurred to me. At what point did the Empire stop using the clones and start using the stormtroopers (of which I'm sure the incredibly stupid battle droids were supposed to be a parody)? I suppose that maybe they ran out of clones at some point ("Get that Sarge guy to build me a...

What if you tried to find a way for the Jedi to disappear? You could do a mission or two based entirely around either faking the Jedi's death or leading the Empire so far off his/her trail that it would give up, as they apparently did for Obi-Wan and Yoda.

I don't have any problem with the way Force powers are handled in SWd20. While it's true that you may not have many skill points to use, you have to keep in mind that, even untrained, as long as you have the right feat (which you will get as a bonus feat if you're a force-using class) you can...

My new Star Wars character has a catch phrase: "I am Bender, please insert girder."

Operator, you officially have my respect, and I would allow you to play a B1 in any of my games (if I was any good at GMing, which, based on past experience, is unlikely). Of course, I have a history of altering things in the Star Wars universe just to make things interesting (I once considered...

I recommend checking out the Big Eyes, Small Mouth D20 system. They have a point based system that could be changed from the typical experience advancement to just giving out points per session or something similar. It's not the best idea, but it's an idea. I only played a demo of System...

I'm not sure how old Obi-Wan was in "The Phantom Menace", but Anakin was around 18 or 19 in "Attack of the Clones".

Even if my example isn't the best argument, my point still stands. If you want to really prove to me that the droids absolutely cannot work the way Episode I shows them to, build one yourself and show me every way that remote control would work. Only then would you have proven your point...

First off, to use the deflect action you *MUST* use a move action from your next round. This means you're either moving and deflecting or attacking and deflecting (or whatever you choose to do with your other action). Second, I'd say that you can still take a 2-meter step in the next round, as...