imperialscum said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
imperialscum said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
There are two ways to deal with TOTJ. First, ignore it for the most part like KOTOR did. Second, consider it and make some evolution from it, like SWTOR did.
You're ignoring a third option -- running with what TOTJ set up.
No I am not ignoring it. It is basically the second option without any evolution/development, which is hands down stupid and unacceptable. Thousand years ago in Europe people wore armour and fought with swords... in your version, soldiers in WW2 should wore armour and fought with swords as well.
I fail to see how this has anything to do with Sith aesthetics/characterization.
Well just extend my example... compare today's aesthetics (clothes, buildings, art, cities, transportations, etc) and way of living to medieval aesthetics and way of living.
This analogy doesn't work because the Sith of the Sith Empire and the Sith of TOR are both interstellar civilizations with FTL travel and advanced energy weapons.
As for his pale skin being an effect of Dark Side... that is how I see it too. However that is only our assumption since it is never explained. It the same as assuming emperor in OT was a Sith. Yet you claim the first to be an indisputable fact and the second as something completely false. And this is just one of many cases where you do that. That kind of attitude is quite arrogant and childish if I may say so.
I'm basing my "assumption" that Palpatine's appearance was the result of dark side corruption on Dark Empire, which overtly established that Palpatine's appearance was the result of dark side corruption.
DuracellEnergizer said:
Nothing about what little was revealed about the Sith prior to TOTJ precludes the possibility that the Sith started out as a species/culture before evolving into a religion.
Nothing prior to PT precludes the possibility that Vader was actually a snivelling whiny unlikeable jerk before he turned into one the most awesome characters ever. Do you finally get my point? Just because the concepts are not fully explored it doesn't mean one can crap over them.
(Btw personally I like Sith starting out as a red-skinned species... I am just being objective here)
Making Anakin a snivelling whiny unlikeable jerk tarnishes and undermines the character as he was in the OT. Making the original Sith a race doesn't tarnish or undermine the non-biological Sith.
DuracellEnergizer said:
Why should I? Ever since TPM was released, the Sith have become shallow, one-dimensional, interchangeable clowns who are evil for the sake of being evil, and I for one am sick and tired of see them overrun each and every era and aspect of the EU.
A nice generalisation over much of the stuff you aren't even aware of.
I'm not going to devote time and effort into pouring over every modern EU story in search of Sith who aren't sociopathic social Darwinist assholes. There's better things to do -- better EU to explore -- with my time.