Fantasy-inspired content in the SW universe

[Ellie Mors]

[member="Cyrus Tregessar"] The only way you could consider the force as magic is if you consider modern day science as magic. And a knight going to save a kingdom from a dark power isn't fantasy. It might be cliche, but it's not fantasy.

Actually, as far as the force goes, the very people who use it call it supernatural, as it is not a science. Darth Plageuis the Wise referred to it only as a science in reference to Sith alchemy.

 

[H3xle]

[member="Lurcano Car'dann"], Um Katana's are not in star wars canon?

Force-imbued blades look alot like Katanas from the picture

So why are you saying they are not canon? Oh and here is this lovely picture from the same link.

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Looks like the guy on the right is wearing very much a Samurai Styled armor? I mean even the idea of the lightsaber fighting in the orginal trillogy was done in the traditional sense of Samurai fighting style. (as said by george lucas himself, though not all of him can be trusted... cus you know.... Jar-jar.)

I just want to point out that Jar-Jar may have looked like a bumbling idiot, but if you think about it, he could have been the most insidious Sith Lord ever. How else do you explain anyone taking him seriously enough to make him a Senator and then to go along with his suggestion to give Palpatine emergency powers...

I say that he was Palpatine's true apprentice. Jar-Jar was from Palpatine's homeworld, was instrumental in his rise to power, and doesn't die despite acting like the most Darwin prone life-form ever.

I apologize for this tangent from the topic of the thread.

 

[H3xle]

Also, Star Wars is a Disney product now. Therefore, the Force is likely to be defined as Magic-ish anyway.

 

[Ignatius]

I just want to point out that Jar-Jar may have looked like a bumbling idiot, but if you think about it, he could have been the most insidious Sith Lord ever. How else do you explain anyone taking him seriously enough to make him a Senator and then to go along with his suggestion to give Palpatine emergency powers... I say that he was Palpatine's true apprentice. Jar-Jar was from Palpatine's homeworld, was instrumental in his rise to power, and doesn't die despite acting like the most Darwin prone life-form ever. I apologize for this tangent from the topic of the thread.

Yeah there are many theories about that, that I really don't feel like bringing up. Cus every time I do, my writer shrivles up just by thinking of his name.

 

[huggin_munnin]

I swear to God, I am tempted to make a talking duck, just because 'muh freedoms'. He will be called Hugh Janus and ride a shark with a jet engine. He will fart Force Lightning. He will subjugate the Galaxy to his will!

 

[Darth Carnifex]

I tend to mix fantasy overtones into my writing.

 

[Trenchcoat Man]

Star Wars isn't pure Sci-Fi. It's always been very receptive to different genre. Lando Calrissian was deliberately Blaxploitation (wasn't there a popular article that went around about this -- how the character was supposed to be an homage to a sci-fi flick that came before?). Imagine Quentin Tarantino directing Empire Strikes Back...because it's fair game.

Hell, if David Lynch wasn't doing Dune, he would've done Return of the Jedi. What a different trilogy we would have had.

Edit: Point being...There's no reason to discriminate against Fantasy elements.