Shelly posted:Wow, I'm in awe of her self-flagellation. She doesn't feel guilty that she personally murdered people, that she fought to keep the Empire in power. No, she feels guilty that she survived when many others did not.
Shelly posted:So she prefers the Empire? Well, I suppose she would. She's a selfish person, and she lived the high life under the Empire.
Shelly posted:And in exchange, she received...enough.
Shelly posted:No, she just pines for it, and gushes over Palpatine in front of people whose planets/families he destroyed.
MasterSkywalker86 posted:anyway back to topic at hand. Luke had probably the smallest training experience ever. ANH he probably had an hour or so with Obi-wan guiding him, afterwards in ESB he had a week's training with yoda, then come to ROTJ he defeats his father(look at the Purge cover, even with the suit he still was one of the most powerful sith), turns him to the light and becomes a jedi knight. within a 3 year period. That's pretty impressive, but he's a skywalker it's in his blood or should i say midi-chloridian count ? anywho after that we come to DE a 6 year period i belive after ROTJ luke has a massive leap in power. He first leviates a star destroyer down, then destroys a horde of droids and alien dogs with just the force, then crushes an AT-AT walker and defeats the emeperor. but after that luke started fearing that too much use of the force could lure him back to the darkside. so he holds back his full power, until TUF when he realizes it's ok. Luke has done a huge list of tremendous feats i haven't heard any other jedi done before.(walking on lava anyone ?) I don't think the Eu has depicted him as not powerful or wimpy, on the contrary he's the superman of GFFA. , But I think they like to put him with no action parts, since it wouldn't be a challenge for him and for the new charcaters to have some action. That's why in NJO he we don't see him doing much, but look at the later Del-Rey books TUF,SQ, and TJK. The Big 3 all have awesome parts in it. I think Skywalker-Singh you should look to the future of luke in the EU instead of dwelling in the past, they're improving with his character and giving him some much needed action. Also i noticed Zahn isn't one of your favorite luke writers(i'm not too big of a fan either)but i will say this, Zahn has brought luke as an clever & resourceful individual, showing luke doesn't have to rely on the force to kick butt. I think though Steve Perry, KJA, James Luceno, Kathy Tyers, Zahn(yeah him too), and Troy Denning do a superb job of him.
MasterSkywalker86 posted:skywalker-singh That said toning down is one thing but when you are getting whipped by Kueller well he had an injured leg, which can be too much for for him to handle when he is holding back and is in pain. though can you give me specifics about the duel, it has been a long time. aslo luke was willing to take his life then join the dark side, he was willing to turn force ghost ala ANH in that duel i remeber.
MasterSkywalker86 posted:skywalker-singhmind controlled by Nyax did you also notice that he overcame the mind control after a couple of minutes ? also Mara and Tahiri were struggling alot too. Nyax was enhanced with cyber force training and mutation so he wasn't your average dark jedi. anywho luke still held back, but he held his own in the fight, though i wish luke would leviated himself to fight Nyax instead and also for luke to unleash his true power.
MasterSkywalker86 posted:skywalker-singhor willing to sacrifice yourself to some Blob named Waru- YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TONE DOWN or hold back. well besides TCS to be one of the worst SW books ever, luke possibly felt he could defeat the blob if he sacfrice himself to save his nephew. with probably little more knowledge he would have figure out how to defeat the creature.
MasterSkywalker86 posted:skywalker-singhWe never really saw him do much in his early years, when that is the time to show us well i would say otherwise(SOTE,OT,TaB, SOTEEvolution, TTT, DE, JAT)but i agree with you on that after TaB there is a big gap that Del-rey can fill with possibly luke solo books and other big 3 adventures.