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Lewisgil

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  1. There were actually two kisses. Once on the cheek for luck when escaping the Death Star I and the second was in the recovery room in the Hoth Base to make Han jealous. At the time, it hadn't even been decided that Luke and Leia were siblings and both Han and Luke were competing for the affections of Leia.
  2. Not all Sith are extremists. Saying all Sith are extremists is like saying all Jedi are pacifists. If it were true, there would be no Jedi that turn to the Dark Side. If all Sith were extremists, the Sith would have died out long before the Rule of Two came to an end. While it may have been a result of the Great Hyperspace War, that act is what spurred on the war going on during TOR. Also, the first two Great Schisms are not attributed to the Dark Jedi, which became the Sith, so the SIth have not started all of the wars, making your statement false. The Sith Philosophy does not tell one to start wars. It tells one to learn from adversity and become stronger for it. The SIth Culture is one of the strong surviving and ruling over the weak which is how nature selects the ruling class. It seems only natural, not evil. There are evil Sith individuals. To say the entire Order is inherently evil is a fallacy of biased sampling.
  3. Actually, nobody knows who started the First Great Schism. The Second Great Schism was started by escalating arguments regarding their opposing views. It was the Republic that chased the Sith out of the Galaxy nearly causing their extinction which instigated the current war being waged in TOR. So, your statement that the Sith started all the wars is not true. The Sith Code does not end peace, it says peace is detrimental to one's progress. Only extremists would take it to mean war is the path to strength. Conflict can be overcoming any adversity.
  4. Who said they cause it? They just don't avoid it. If the Jedi had their way, conflict and strife would be avoided altogether.
  5. Sorry I've been gone for a couple days moving. But, I do. Back to your question about the Sith Code being evil or not. Peace is a lie, there is only passion. What this means to the Sith is Peace brings stagnation and from stagnation weakness. Passion brings conflict and strife which must be endured to become more than you currently are. Through passion I gain strength. As stated before, passion brings conflict and strife. It is only by facing conflict and strife that we test our limits and boundaries. By testing these limits, we learn to adapt or we die. Through strength I gain power. By adapting and overcoming our limitations, we gain mastery over ourselves. Mastery over one's self is the path to true power. Through power I gain victory. For this, it is best described by one of the axioms of Darth Plagueis. Through victory my chains are broken. You transcend the slavery of mediocrity and become something more. The Force shall free me. This is the path of the Dark SIde of the Force. While it may be very self-serving, there is nothing inherently evil with how the Sith interpret the Code. It is a big F U to the Jedi Code because it is the exact opposite sentiment. The Jedi Code advocates pacifism while the Sith Code advocates activism. The Jedi Code leads to improvement of the whole while the Sith Code leads to improvement of the self. Seems to me they both have their merits. Maybe a hybridization of the two is actually best.
  6. That is avoiding the question entirely. You're going the route of listening to what the author wants. Why not take a look at what you see in the Sith society and formulate your own opinion. Look at the Sith Ambassadors in the novel Deceived. Or even Malgus, they are examples of Sith born in the Empire that know nothing else. They do not see how things should be any different than what they were raised to believe. They view the Jedi as heretics that pervert the Force just as the Jedi see the Sith. I hate using this as a reference because I really don't like the franchise but, it is like the Alliance and Horde of Warcraft. Neither side is more good or evil than the other. There are just the beliefs that each hold to.
  7. In Sith Society, the Imperials are the peasants to working class. Some may even hold high enough rank to equate to Middle-Class. The Sith are the top 1%. They are the Ruling Class. The Imperials are the infrastructure. While it may be true the Imperials monitor themselves, the Sith do not just "Come and Go" they are an ever present, work-at-home parent. While the lower ranking Sith are off fighting wars and such, the upper echelons of the Sith ensure the laws of the Emperor are conveyed to the Imperials.
  8. How about this? Is it evil for the Beta Wolf to challenge and kill the Alpha male to become the new Alpha? Is it evil when a male lion challenges and kills the head of the pride to become the new head? If you answered no to either of those, why is it evil for a Lesser Sith to challenge and kill a higher ranking Sith to take his position? Because Sith have the ability to speak? In all three scenarios there is a build up of tensions and there is a planning phase. All three challengers intend to kill the defender. If you would like to say they murder people when they conquer planets, people die in war. Nobody is going to give up their home without a fight, some will not give up until you kill them. Conquering planets is essential to establishing an empire. If you would like to say they murder their subordinates, Sith are the authority, therefore they are judge, jury, and executioner when it comes to meting out disciplinary actions for failures. The Sith act within the bounds of the laws of the Empire. If the Imperials did not want to suffer such fates, they could have chosen a different profession.
  9. I think instead of saying right and wrong, as those are closely linked to good and evil, you should say Just and Unjust. Is it just to allow a murderer to go on living and have more opportunities to kill? Is it unjust to let one's strength and desire to live be his only saving grace?
  10. I'm not saying that Obi-Wan picked Soresu to be the future answer to Maul's Juyo. I'm saying that Obi-Wan saw that Ataru's flourishes and emphasis on wide open attacks left gaping holes in your defense, therefore he opted for the much more defense oriented Soresu. Quoted from the Wookieepedia page for Form III: Soresu.
  11. Let me see if I can break it down for you even further. Padme was an elected official. She did not inherit the throne from her mother or father. She ran for office and was elected by way of gaining the most votes. There was no usurper to her throne as her term was finished and she decided not to run for office again, instead becoming a senator. The person we see in Episode II was the new elected queen, she did not take the throne away from Padme. Therefore, neither Luke nor Leia have any claim at all to the Throne of Naboo. Would they be welcome as citizens in full, I'm sure, given the throne just because their mother used to be queen, no.
  12. The fight against Maul is actually the reason Obi-Wan adopted and mastered the Soresu Form. He was able to see in retrospect all of the failings of Ataru and decided to utilize Soresu instead. Don't get me wrong, Ataru is great if you have ample room to maneuver. It is why Yoda was one of the fiercest lightsaber duelists of the Order, his small size allowed him to capitalize on even the smallest of open spaces, turning a confined space into his biggest advantage against his larger opponents.
  13. The only reason he won is because he knew how hot tempered his former Padawan was. He used his superior experience and his knowledge to his advantage. Anakin was also well versed in Soresu, he just favored Djem-So more. If you know the history of Djem-So, you would know that it was developed by Soresu practitioners who wanted to add offense. They married Soresu's defense with Makashi's aggressive style. So the solid defense was not what won him the fight. Anakin had a solid defense as well. The fight could have gone either way until Obi-Wan goaded Anakin into making that near fatal mistake. Neither one had a clear advantage over the other. They seemed to be evenly matched in nearly every way up to that point when Obi-Wan capitalized on Anakin's belief that he should be the more powerful and therefore able to overtake any perceived advantage Obi-Wan had.
  14. Sith do scheme and plot against one another constantly. There are constant power plays as the Sith Culture is driven by the Dark Side which naturally fosters an innate sense of competition. You have to be strong to stay in power, once someone thinks himself stronger he will go after your position, if you are not able to defend this position, you were not worthy of this position.
  15. Actually, being the "Master of Soresu" had very little to do with the win. Obi-Wan goaded him and Anakin fell for it, literally. He did exactly what Obi-Wan expected him to do and Obi-Wan capitalized. It came down to which one was able to keep their head in the game.
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