• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    671·
    1 year ago

    On the other hand, he didn’t get two of his limbs chopped off and end up thrown into a pit of lava a short time later, requiring him to spend the rest of his life in an armored suit. So maybe the incest was worth it?

      • Zellith@kbin.social
        7·
        1 year ago

        That just activated a long supressed and forgotten part of gaming history. At one point in Final Fantasy XI, you could get a really powerful sword from a dragon. Someone once asked “Would you fuck your sister for a Ridill”. Not everyone said no… I might be getting the phrasing of the question wrong since it was 10+ years ago. I tried googling but nothing came up.

    • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      I could be wrong, but I read someone else’s comment years ago that said the suit was like that on purpose and it was a way for the emperor to control him or something.

      Anyway, that might not even be canon even if it’s in some book or game.

      • Gabu@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        It’s canon. The suit was purposefully made in a very flawed way, so that Vader would have a difficult time winning a battle against Sidious. Even in his crippled state, Vader was a major threat. Also, it’s not entirely clear why it happens in-universe, but Vader’s burnt body was supposed to heal over time, yet it never did - not until Luke brought back a spark of goodness in his heart.

        • zalgotext@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          18·
          1 year ago

          The Death Star was huge, I’m sure people fucked and made babies on it. I doubt they would just let people leave the Death Star to go raise their kids. That either means kids were just ejected into space, or they were raised on the Death Star.

          Given Darth Vader’s history with children, it’s not unlikely that he just said “fuck them kids” and had them yeeted, but it’s funnier to imagine a Death Star Day Care, so imma go with that as my head canon.

          Edit: you guys are coming up with some valid counterpoints, but my head canon is still funnier, so I’m sticking with it.

            • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
              8·
              1 year ago

              I was in a band called Death Star Daycare.

              That’s, actually, not bad, at all.

              Although I’m sure the Disney attorneys would probably have some issues with that name, potentially.

          • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            1 year ago

            I mean, he was also a Jedi, so separating kids from their parents is pretty par for the course. Maybe they were simply sent off to Empire training camp boarding school.

          • 22decembre@lemmy.worldEnglish
            31·
            1 year ago

            You can bet genetic engineering has reached a level where you can sterilize your whole army without a concern.

            So soldiers fucking like rabbits ? Maybe. All genders ? Maybe, we have no idea whether there were women onboard. BUt did they get pregnant ? Why bother ?

    • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      “Master Skywalker, there are too many of them. What are we going to do?”

      “We’re gonna SIIING!”

    • Jinn@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      I think he was 19 when he blew up the Death Star. 22 when he kissed Leia in ESB which I believe takes place 2 years after A New Hope.

  • TheSlad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    474·
    1 year ago

    Guys can we please not make comparisons like this? Everybody is on their own life journey at their own pace. Anakin was taken in to be the apprentice of a great Jedi master when he was but a wee lad, luke had no opportunities beyond farming dirt and constructing additional pylons with his aunt and uncle well into adulthood.

    These types of comparisons are unfair and unhealthy and promote unrealistic expectations on young impressionable minds.

    • gibmiser@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      1 year ago

      Did the death star have a daycare? If so, he got anakin beat on younglings slaughtered too.

      • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        1 year ago

        I don’t think so. The Death Star was a military vessel, and spouses/children don’t usually don’t get to come along on those sorts of things. Having said that, maybe there would be some children on if there was some sort of christening celebration or school field trip on board at the time of the attack.

        • DaGeek247@kbin.social
          13·
          1 year ago

          It’s an installation - a miltary base. Guarantee the workers had family spaces / on base housing in it. Considering the size of it, whole cities worth of people.

          • teft@startrek.websiteEnglish
            5·
            1 year ago

            Bode from Jedi Survivor keeps his kid at an ISB base so it’s not outside the realm of reason.

          • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            Is it an installation or a ship? Couldn’t it move around the galaxy to attack different planets? If so, I think it’s more of a ship than a base. Only analog I can think of in our world would be aircraft carriers or battleships, which are commonly referred to as floating cities, yet they don’t have children or spouses living on board.

            • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Only analog I can think of in our world would be aircraft carriers or battleships, which are commonly referred to as floating cities, yet they don’t have children or spouses living on board.

              From what I’ve heard, one of the darker secrets though is tbat there is sex and sometimes childbirth that goes on.

              Not something the Navy usually likes to talk about.

              • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                Yeah, I’m sure that’s happened way more than they’d like to admit.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      He lost because he was arrogant, not because he was weak. That’s the entire point of the “it’s over Anakin, I have the high ground” thing.

        • embed_me@programming.devEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Why wouldn’t you include mental character as part of your performance? It matters quite a lot in competitive sports, but what do i know I didn’t watch star wars

    • Gabu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      1 year ago

      You’ve just signaled you don’t understand Star Wars’ plot, prepare for a deluge of explanations.

      In short, Anakin was emotionally unstable during his battle against Obi-Wan. Under normal circumstances, he’d wipe the floor with his master. In the making of accounts and Star War History books, both George Lucas and Nick Gillard (choreographer for all fights before Disneyfication) confirm that Anakin was an equal to Yoda and Sidious at the end of RotS, far surpassing Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
      As a fun aside, in the animated series The Clone Wars, we get a glimpse at Anakin’s full potential - the ability to control all of the force at once, even swapping day for night on a whim.

      • Lionel@endlesstalk.orgEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Mace windu was actually strong as fuck though. Like he genuinely bested sidious in saber combat. It wasn’t an act.

        Also, I read once that obi wan and anakin were so used to sparring together that the difference in power didn’t matter.

        • Gabu@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          Mace windu was actually strong as fuck though. Like he genuinely bested sidious in saber combat. It wasn’t an act.

          The advantage of Vaapad, using Sidious own dark side powers against him.

          I read once that obi wan and anakin were so used to sparring together that the difference in power didn’t matter.

          It certainly did matter, as seen in their final (RotS) duel; Obi-Wan is on his back foot, running the entire time. It’s true that they had sparred so much, they could predict each other’s movements as if it was telepathy, though.

      • One_Honest_Dude@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        Anakin was emotionally unstable during his battle against Obi-Wan

        Surely being emotionally unstable is a major sign of a bad Jedi. Obi-wan had as much reason to be emotionally unstable but maintained control and won the day, thus is the stronger Jedi.

        • Gabu@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          That doesn’t follow at all. At that point Anakin had already abandoned the Jedi Order, he was just learning how to tap into the Dark Side, and even then Obi-Wan was kept on his back foot for the entire time, until Anakin decided that killing his master with a move created by him was a good idea.

          • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Yeah they mean his power comes mostly from anger and anger is a dark side power so not a Jedi. He could have been the most powerful grey Jedi of all time but he will not ever be the most powerful light Jedi.

        • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Not to mention being so easily manipulated into turning and then immediately diving in to his new role to the point of killing younglings and force choking his wife. He was very weak mentally and incredibly immature. He was powerful but wasn’t a master for a very good reason.

  • MissJinx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    1 year ago

    I had a friend that “trained” french kissing on her brother. She told me this when we were +25 like it was super nornal and one of the pluses of having a brother (he was 1 year young only, so he wasn’t being abused. They were just like this)

  • brothershamus@kbin.social
    182·
    1 year ago

    Kids - listen to me. There’s only ONE star wars movie. The rest are fan-made films that are fun but meaningless. Don’t get confused.