Ulicus posted:Zekk = Angel and Jag = Riley. Kyp = ... Spike?
Charlemagne19 posted:Ulicus posted:Zekk = Angel and Jag = Riley. Kyp = ... Spike? No, no. Angel= Zekk Jag=Spike. Up to and including the subtext. "Only that one time!"
Ulicus posted: Are you referring to a certain quote from AtS Season 5?
Ulicus posted:I still prefer the idea of him having been a creation of Darth Vader. Or a kid into whom Darth Vader spliced parts of himself into so as to make him stronger. That would be a way of increasing Vader's "awesome factor" even if he does end up going down to his own creation. I am sad that this isn't going to be the case.
Jmacq1 posted: Remember folks, this game is for comparative "Star Wars Noobs" as for anyone else. Start tossing out things like "Sith Alchemy" and whatnot and the vast majority of casual fans aren't going to say, "Whoa, that's cool." They're going to say, "Uh...what?" Keep it simple. The guy's just got a lot of talent/potential. That's all there is to it. Trying to come up with convoluted explanations just to avoid debate over Vader's power and place in the universe isn't worth the trouble. Besides, debate and controversy are good publicity. Just look at Marvel's "Civil War" crossover.
Ulicus posted:Jmacq1 posted: Remember folks, this game is for comparative "Star Wars Noobs" as for anyone else. Start tossing out things like "Sith Alchemy" and whatnot and the vast majority of casual fans aren't going to say, "Whoa, that's cool." They're going to say, "Uh...what?" Keep it simple. The guy's just got a lot of talent/potential. That's all there is to it. Trying to come up with convoluted explanations just to avoid debate over Vader's power and place in the universe isn't worth the trouble. Besides, debate and controversy are good publicity. Just look at Marvel's "Civil War" crossover. I think even the casual fan could understand: "Vader created him" Genetic experiments and the like are a staple of Sci-Fi. It's not exactly "convoluted". You don't even have to mention "Sith Alchemy" in game.
Jmacq1 posted: Yeah, except now instead of people being a little bit upset over the "two Jedi parents equals uber-power" bit, you've got 5 times as many people frothing at the mouth that gene-splicing can create an uber-Force User
Jmacq1 posted: bringing up the oh-so-obvious question of: Why didn't Palpatine just clone Anakin
Jmacq1 posted: or splice his genes with himself, for that matter?
Jmacq1 posted: Your "solution" creates as many problems as it solves, in other words.
Ulicus posted:Jmacq1 posted: Yeah, except now instead of people being a little bit upset over the "two Jedi parents equals uber-power" bit, you've got 5 times as many people frothing at the mouth that gene-splicing can create an uber-Force User The idea of "midi-chlorian manipulation to create life" has already been thrown about in canon. Why not manipulating the midi-chlorians of a being already living, via Alchemy? I'm not saying it would make him Skywalker-class. *Shrug* Or that just anyone would be able to pull it off.
Ulicus posted:Jmacq1 posted: bringing up the oh-so-obvious question of: Why didn't Palpatine just clone Anakin That's already an "oh-so-obvious" question. Why didn't he just clone Anakin? There's clone madness, sure, if he accelerates the growth... but I still don't understand why he didn't have a clone growing up in the background that he could have raised from birth. If clone madness still applies then, well, we have our answer whatever.
Ulicus posted:I still prefer the idea of him having been a creation of Darth Vader. Or a kid into whom Darth Vader spliced parts of himself into so as to make him stronger.
Corusca_One posted: Another point is that he is a Force user with lots of potential, trained in the dark side from his toddler years by none other than Darth Vader himself. Force potential + 10 years of dark side training under one of the most powerful of the era = pretty awesome no?
Corusca_One posted: As to genetic splices and cloning: No thanks.
Ulicus posted:Corusca_One posted: Another point is that he is a Force user with lots of potential, trained in the dark side from his toddler years by none other than Darth Vader himself. Force potential + 10 years of dark side training under one of the most powerful of the era = pretty awesome no? Pretty awesome sure. I start to quibble when that becomes: "better than Darth Vader" unless there's some other factor at play.
BobaMatt posted:Ulicus posted:Corusca_One posted: Another point is that he is a Force user with lots of potential, trained in the dark side from his toddler years by none other than Darth Vader himself. Force potential + 10 years of dark side training under one of the most powerful of the era = pretty awesome no? Pretty awesome sure. I start to quibble when that becomes: "better than Darth Vader" unless there's some other factor at play. Is there anyone actually advocating that the SA should be considered more powerful than Vader?