My Thoughts During RotS [SPOILERS]

[Welverin]

Yes, it does sound cold, but that's the point. The Jedi are all without strong attachments to loved ones. It's pretty obvious that none of them can relate to Anakin and his strong emotions for his mom and wife. Add in that none of them know he is married or in love. They are simply speaking of the teachings they live by. Bottom line is that Anakin should have never been trained as a Jedi. Obi-wan never wanted to do it. He did it as a last request to his dying master. Which essentially doomed the Jedi.

The Jedi Council did sign off on it, so it's not like you can pin it all on Obi-Wan, and I do believe that could and would have stopped him from training Anakin if they had chosen to do so.

5) Manicure

Um, what's the point? Both arms go chopped off after all.

Now something to take care of that skin condition would make sense, something else he obviously didn't get around too.

 

[wingsandsword]

I wonder at what point Vader realized he had a son?

Well, if you listen to the EU, there was a short comic series (later compiled into a graphic novel) called Vader's Quest. Set right after the Battle of Yavin, he is very interested in finding the Rebel pilot who blew up the Death Star, because he could sense he was using the Force to do so. Eventually he captures a Rebel and under interrogation/torture he finally utters the name "Skywalker". Vader goes ballistic and tries for the first time to track down this pilot named Skywalker, having a pretty good idea of who that pilot is, and fails. In the end, he goes back to the Emperor and lies outright to him, saying he couldn't find the name of the pilot (although a separate informant has told the Emperor about Skywalker, and the Emperor knows he's being lied to by Vader).

 

[nyjm]

Vader's Quest.

this is an excellent little graphic novel/comic series, btw. i'm not too sure when it came out, but a really great glimpse into darth vader's world during episodes IV-VI. the planet where he crash lands provides for a fabulous bit of characterization.

[edit]: i'm confusing my stories. "vader's quest" remains a great story. but the crash landing i was thinking about is in The Savage Heart.

 

[Someone]

What i was thinking:

a) Lightsaber ramdom hit location: roll a d20

1-14: Arm
15-17: Both arms
18: Torso
19: Head
20: Roll twice

b) Why can´t he force push them [the little buzz robots] into space?

c) Wha..? Yoda is going to poop? ah, no, it´s a spaceship.

 

[Vocenoctum]

What i was thinking:

b) Why can´t he force push them [the little buzz robots] into space?

Apparently, Jedi suck.
Dooku force slammed a few times, Palp was tossing objects left and right...

The Jedi stood there and took it.

 

[Vocenoctum]

Well, if you listen to the EU, there was a short comic series (later compiled into a graphic novel) called Vader's Quest. Set right after the Battle of Yavin, he is very interested in finding the Rebel pilot who blew up the Death Star, because he could sense he was using the Force to do so. Eventually he captures a Rebel and under interrogation/torture he finally utters the name "Skywalker". Vader goes ballistic and tries for the first time to track down this pilot named Skywalker, having a pretty good idea of who that pilot is, and fails. In the end, he goes back to the Emperor and lies outright to him, saying he couldn't find the name of the pilot (although a separate informant has told the Emperor about Skywalker, and the Emperor knows he's being lied to by Vader).

That sounds interesting.
Do they ever reconcile the Tattoine/ Stormtroopers Killed My Brother stuff?

 

[Staffan]

b) Why can´t he force push them [the little buzz robots] into space?

Well, there's a covering between him and the droids. I don't think we ever see someone use TK on things they don't have, in D&D terms, line of effect to.

 

[mojo1701]

b) Why can´t he force push them [the little buzz robots] into space?

I was half-expecting that, myself.

 

[wingsandsword]

Do they ever reconcile the Tattoine/ Stormtroopers Killed My Brother stuff?

You mean how Owen and Beru were burned to cinders by Stormtroopers, and what was essentially Vader's only living family (even if by marriage) besides Luke and Leia were killed by the Empire?

He never found out, it was just another routine act of martial law by Stormtroopers that didn't warrant reporting far up the chain of command. By the time that happened, Vader was well on his way to the Death Star and local commanders were in charge of the operation, so blasting a pair of rural farmers who probably obstructed them or resisted (they spent 19 years hiding Luke from the Empire, and they finally come knocking on the door when he's fortunately out in his speeder, they probably weren't polite and helpful to the troops). For all we know, Vader specifically didn't want to have anything to do with a search operation on Tatooine (too many bad memories?) There is no evidence anywhere in the EU that I know that says Vader ever found out about that incident.

 

[Dagger75]

That sounds interesting.
Do they ever reconcile the Tattoine/ Stormtroopers Killed My Brother stuff?

Haven't you ever seen "Troops"?

It clearly shows the Stormtroopers where going to the Lars farm (again) to stop a maritial dispute. Then durning the fight Beru got made, dropped a Thermal Detanantor she had, and killed them both. It happened so fast the Stormtroopers couldn't react. Then they got called away to an incident in Mos Eisley. Some sort of crazy guy was hacking people apart so they couldn't investigate properly.