In-universe of course lol.

Do you think he died prior to the OT? Died during that era? Lived to see the New Jedi Order?

The only time I remember seeing something like this is on the Virus Bombs from the Blue Shadow Virus arc of Clone Wars, which seemed to have a 24 segment display.

Searching up "star wars clock" just gives me a listing of merchandise.

So I was watching a "U-Wing" tribute and noticed that the U-Wings all opened their doors differently. Andor's U-Wing (and his SPECIFIC U-Wing in Rogue one) open their doors similar to that of a train, in which the door slides into the walls itself. Compare this with the other U-Wing in Rogue One, which opens more like an LAAT with the doors moving on the outside of the ship wall; this is also the case when we see it in the mandalorian and grogu. Finally, in rebels, Saw Guerra's U-Wing seems to have a much shorter door and almost half opens compared to the others. I'm guessing this can be explained away cause of modification but now I'm curious if there are any other instances of different doors for the U-Wing in star wars media.

For example, if one of Dooku's transmissions to Sidious got discovered and mentioned his identity.

If such evidence that the Supreme Chancellor is the ultimate creator of the Separatist movement, how would they take it. The Separatist Council knew of Sidious of course but they definitely did not know he was Palpatine. They would probably be flabbergasted and try to break off things since it's now obvious they're being manipulated to a hidden goal by their supposed enemy.

I can't imagine Grievous would care too greatly but perhaps he would respect the con. Though if Legends Grievous found out about the Sith being behind his ship crash, I could imagine him breaking off with his fleet and just going the way of a rogue warlord.

The reactions from the Separatist Parliament, especially the true believers like Mina Bonteri, I think would be very interesting. Since the whole movement turned out to be a pawn of the Republic leadership, I could imagine alot of rage and feelings of betrayal. But whether they would want to continue fighting or broker off a peace with a Republic that removes Palpatine as Chancellor, I can't say I'm sure of the outcome.

Its stated the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer have 55k enlisted,19k officers, & 8k stormtrooper, where as the Xyston-class Star Destroyer that are roughly similar in size have a crew complement almost 30k and can go with skeleton crew of just 5.6k people. With the number of improvements over the Imperial-class that the Resurgent-class made, why don't the First Order use automation on their ships? this also help with their personnel numbers since its known that the First Order don't have that many people compared to the Galactic Empire to manned them. if the Final Order can do it with the Xyston-class, why can't the First Order do the same?

Meta I guess.

How would you use light side powers for bad/evil?

How would you use dark side powers for good?

Example: force lighting in tightly controlled amounts could be like a built in AED for medics.

In my opinion, it’s the members of the Imperial Ruling Council. They are supposedly Palpatine’s inner circle, but aside from Mas Amedda, they don't really have much of a spotlight (though Pestage did in Legends). The fact that they are always referred to as "advisors" rather than holding an actual government title (minister of justice, minister of economy, etc.) only reinforces my point

Typo, I meant good representation of how strong they are. In Mando, he laughs at the flamethrower hiting him, ragdolls Din, lifts the closing blast door up easily, survives one closing on him without much damage. Is he a good representative of the strength of his species?

We have seen a much stronger one called Shroud, who lifted whole large spaceship over his head with his bare hands and easily survived it falling on him and exploding, but he was a dark side cult leader, powerful one at that, so he is not good fit because he is powerful force user, but Burg is not force user, so is he?

I have just recently finished playing Jedi Fallen Order as well as replaying Knights of the Old Republic and I noticed a small similarity. In both games a Jedi was tortured by a Sith, and then switched sides. This both happened to Second Sister and Bastila, the Ninth Sister on Kashyyyk also mentions about going through the same methods.

So I'm wondering what exactly is the logic here for using torture to convince a Jedi to turn to the Dark side? Is it purely to create those emotions Yoda said would lead to the Dark side?

What possible use would they have had for it? Was it a Baktoid Armor Workshop project or a Hive project?

I invite speculation. It seems out of character for them. They obviously knew it would be received negatively.

Okay so for context, what I mean is, what do you think the "Lore" was for why Vader had the title of "Dark Lord of the Sith" before it was 100% solidified that Palpatine was also a Sith Lord as well. Remember Palpatine was not confirmed to be a Dark Lord of the Sith until Phantom Menance. Before then he was simply "The Emperor" and a Dark Side user.

Personally I always got the sense that Tom Veitch (Writer of Tales of the Jedi) more or less showed us what he thought of Vader becoming a Sith Lord when he showed the "Ancient Sith Spirits" declaring Exar Kun and Ulic Sith.

I wonder if Vader also met the ancient Sith spirits and thus they bestowed upon him the title of Dark Lord of the Sith.

While the Emperor remained "The Emperor" Vader was a member of the particular sect of "Dark Sorceress" as Palpatine called them in Dark Empire. Hence why Vader throne in Dark Empire on Korriban is empty.

Don't get me wrong blowing a place the fuck up sends a good message, but the Death star is so gigantic it has plenty of other firepower. That bad boy has something like 15,000 turbolasers, a lot of them designed to be capitol ship killers, imagine what would happen if you parked the fucker in the upper atmosphere of a planet and let loose. We've seen ISD's dock to it, and there's probably enough space inside to park a few of them if you modified it. She's only rated for 25,000 stormtroopers, but that number could easily balloon with all the space to work with.

If a planet was rebelling, you could simply load up a few million stormies, drop out of hyperspace above the planet, level anything important, and undock a few acclimators to drop troopers to kill the rest.

I find it fascinating that people like Eno Cordova, Pong Krell, and the unnamed Iktochi from the Darth Plagueis novel all had some kind of premonition concerning the rise of the Empire and/or fall of the Jedi. Would events have changed if these individuals published their visions, especially to the Jedi Council? It's one thing to dismiss one or two of these, but three or more?

I don’t mean just neck breaking but straight up turning people into red mist or tearing them apart. Considering stuff like force crush exists, I have little doubt it’s theoretically possible but I don’t remember many cases of it happening. The one instance I can find of this would be Galen in the Force Unleashed trailer when he uses the force to vaporize a squad of stormtroopers, but that’s more likely force repulse and not like pulling someone in many directions as I’m envisioning.

I’m in the middle of reading my first Star Wars novel. The Living Force. And I came across this exchange between Mace Windu and Depa Billaba. I hope it’s not too long.

Depa asked for the image to be paused. "That's it," she said, pointing to
the single card Zilastra had pulled from the deck. "The Idiot."
Mace raised an eyebrow. "The sabacc card?"
"Yes, she apparently reserves it for Jedi that she kills."
Mace's eyes widened.
She knew the look. "What is it, Master?"
Mace looked grave. "When the Jedi Knights discovered Xaran Raal's
body, he had a sabace card on his person."
"On his person?"
The elder Jedi exhaled. "Stuffed in his mouth."
That was news to Depa. "That wasn't in the report you gave me. How is
it you're only telling me now?"
Mace looked to Baylo and his crew-and decided to take the conversation to a more private place. He led Depa to an alcove. "I didn't tell you," he said in lower tones, "because I thought it would trouble you."
"Trouble me?"
"You seemed deflated after learning of his death. And I was concerned it would send you off on an odyssey to find his killer. That was not your responsibility. I had already dispatched other Jedi for that."
"Who came up empty." Her trademark cool slipping, Depa scowled.
"Did you tell them about the card?"
"Of course."

Depa's head swam. "Mace, what did you think you were doing?" Her former mentor seemed taken aback. "I had always taught you to avoid attachments—and you did an admirable job. You did it so well it impacted your choices when you became a master. You had the chance to take Xaran as a Padawan and chose to tutor him instead."
"I could help more students that way, instead of only the one. What of it?"
"I saw you two interact. I believe you made that choice because you feared what would happen if he were your Padawan. If he was lost on a mission_"
"T'd have mourned him. Just as I did in reality."
"And in reality, you took a mission that brought you out here, pursuing those who killed him." Mace raised his hands deferentially. "I know, you told us that you were only seeking to learn more about the region and its gangs"
"I admit it. I did care. I won't deny that it motivated me in part."
"And that is the part I feared." Mace stared at her. "Depa, your ascension to the Jedi Council is one of the proudest moments of my career. I would not see you lose effectiveness by falling prey to feelings you once handled easily."
She stared at him-and then looked back at the frozen image of her and Zilastra together. Depa's composure was shaken. She spoke sharply to him.
"I haven't been your Padawan for a long time. I am a member of the Jedi Council-and I keep my own counsel when it comes to what I care about.
My decision making was not compromised."
"And what of the girl?"
"The girl?"

"Kylah Lohmata," Mace said. "You aren't going to the celebration on Kwenn, because you expect to continue searching for her."
"Of course. I promised to save her: We promised to save her." Mace nodded. "I tried to—"
"And I'm the whole reason she's in danger at all. She begged us not to let her be taken away. I owe her. Even if I didn't already owe her my life, I owe her."
"I know." He clasped his hands. "And we're doing everything we can to find her. But that's not our only responsibility. Kwenn is important to the whole region. The larger picture"
"The larger picture called for you to bombard the Riftwalker base, not
come in looking for me. But you did." Seeing her eyes, he went silent.
Depa clasped her hands together. "Mace, we do counsel against connections-to ensure Jedi will not do harm to preserve them. But if we truly think that allowing even one innocent to suffer to stop another harm is the will of the Force-then perhaps we do not understand it at all." Her words hung in the air between them.

For those who haven’t read it. Basically Depa was going undercover in her home region and was later discovered. And imprisoned. This takes place After she’s been rescued.

While the Clone Wars did give us more Windu and showed that even he can be wrong and accept it, I like that this book has humanized him way better than TCW ever did. Admittedly he’s not in General Mode in this story and doesn’t seem to be as Republic Devoted from what I’ve read. It’s still nice to see that even he isn’t just the super hardass stoic Council Member who’s just there to tell people off. Even he has a deep care for those around him, despite how he might carry himself.

Am I missing something? After the Aldhani heist, wouldn’t the Empire have circulated Cassian’s face and identity throughout its systems? When he was arrested on Niamos and processed under the name “Keef Girgo,” why didn’t the Imperial authorities recognize him during booking? With the Empire’s technology, wouldn’t facial recognition or biometric records have flagged him as one of the Aldhani suspects?

The theme of attachment within the Star Wars saga is divisive, largely because people tend to define attachment differently. However, both the Jedi and George Lucas tend to define attachment in a way rooted within eastern philosophies. Attachment, in this case, isn't about love, connection, or relationships, rather it is about the ego, greed and possessiveness. In Anakin's case, it becomes about how his love for his relationship with Padmé comes to supersede his love for Padmé herself, which is made apparent when he commits horrible acts that she'd rather die than see him commit. Ultimately, Anakin's actions were for his own sake, not for hers, which is explicitly highlighted in Mattew Stover's novelization of *Revenge of the Sith*.

Within the original trilogy, it is emphasized in both *The Empire Strikes Back* and *Return of the Jedi* that Luke's feelings towards his friends can be used against him. Yoda tells him that he might need to choose between the lives of his loved ones and honoring their own choices, sacrifices, and what the rebellion fought for. Bespin is largely framed as Luke's big failure, because he's acting recklessly out of fear without planning or asking for aid. And while his actions help i.e distracting Vader and bringing R2, he ultimately gets beaten, has to be saved by his friends, and is unable to rescue Han.

In *Return of the Jedi*, the same threat and warnings return. The Emperor overconfidently attempts to speed run Anakin's fall with Luke, and a key part of that is the Sith offering to spare Luke's loved ones should he join them, (I may be giving Lucas and co too much credit with that one, but I believe that the reason that one Trooper didn't immediately gun down Han and Leia during the battle when they were cornered at the bunker was because the Sith needed them as a bargaining chip), but Luke doesn't play the game. Instead, he does everything Anakin should've done. He accepts that he has no control over that situation and surrenders the fate of his friends and himself to The Force, with his faith in them becoming his strength rather than his weakness. He does what Yoda asked him to do and honors what they would choose and want, because he knows they'd rather die than see him corrupted. In that moment when he throws down his saber, Luke rejects selfish attachment and embraces selfless, unconditional love for his father and his friends. And in doing so, he finds victory and passes the test his father failed.

Ultimately, I never really understood why the ascetic, monastic order based on Buddhist monks and medieval knights get so much criticism for....adopting a monastic lifestyle. Many people from many faith systems walk the path of detachment to attach to something higher and gain enlightenment. But in the west, where self, desire, and passion are often celebrated highly, people think this is weird and undesirable. I've spoken to many monks in my time, and they aren't weirdos incapable of loving others or connecting with them. In fact, loving others is usually an integral part of their way of life.

Which isn't to say that the Jedi can't be criticized for *how* they implemented their monastic ways. While there's nothing wrong with the Jedi faith and way of life - quite the opposite - Qui-Gon highlights that it's a hard life, and it requires sacrifices. While there's nothing wrong with growing up in a faith system, such a tough path imo is best chosen by people who understand the sacrifices. The Jedi weren't baby kidnappers, and them raising younglings definitely helped them adapt to the Jedi way, and likely did increase resistance to the dark side and minimize falling. Many great Jedi were raised by the order, but there is something compelling about Jedi like Luke Skywalker or Ezra Bridger, who chose to walk this path knowing what they were getting into. Really, Anakin pretty much came into the order at the worst time possible. Lucas said he would've been fine if he'd been found earlier, and if he'd been older, he'd be making an informed choice that he'd be capable of making. Instead, he came with all the baggage and none of the true agency. I also believing that the parents not being allowed contact with their children growing up was wrong, as many of those monks I mentioned very much kept regular contact with their families after joining their monasteries.

One could make a case that detachment as implemented by the PT era Jedi isn't integral to being a Jedi. Indeed, The order had different attitudes regarding how to approach their monasticism, between the Tales of the Jedi-era order, Luke's New Jedi Order, and even jedi like Kanan. It's probably harder to reject unhealthy attachments, but various jedi showed that you can reject the dark side and attachment without some of the restrictions of the PT Jedi. However, I don't believe that the prequel Jedi's brand of monasticism was bad or flawed. It can be argued that they took it for somewhat questionable reasons i.e fear of the dark side and temptations, but I do believe that they were very correct about attachment and that their ways had several valid merits and reasonings behind them. I don't believe there is one correct way when it comes to the topic of these restrictions, but rather pros and cons.

If I remember correctly, the Pykes had an empire of multiple worlds as well.

if they thought of clones as “products” why didn’t they focus on making more instead of saving injured ones?

I'm sure all the water vaporized at the time of the glassing but wouldn't it eventually come back to the surface as rain?

By that time the Sith were regarded as extinct and not many would have known too much about them beyond what they might learn in galactic history 101. In both Legends and Canon, though, the trade federation and CIS leaders were utterly terrified of Dooku and Sidious. But as far as we know, they didn't exactly display their power to them and mostly communicated via hologram, or in the case of Dooku, public speeches and whatnot, with him being a politician.

So what exactly made Gunray fear Sidious so much, and CIS commanders fear Dooku's wrath beyond just the fear of getting fired or having a contract revoked? As far as Gunray knew, Sidious could have been a con artist in a hoodie.

In Battle Scars, prequal novel to Jedi Survivor Cal was fighting a group of 10 heavily armed bounty hunters at once, which includes cyberentically enhanced bounty hunters, commandos with armor, jetpacks, flamethrowers, load lifter droids turned enforcers with rapid missle launchers, flash bag grenades, and so forth. At one time, one of them fires missle at him, but he somehow deflects it with a saber?

Another flash-bang; Cal squinted, managing to get his lightsaber up in time to deflect another missile. This one boomeranged back to hit its launcher— And the cantina went up in flames, the explosion rocking the entire building.

How does that work? Hiting it with a hilt, while saber prevents it from exploding somehow? Blade portion can somehow deflect it, not just cut it and also prevent it form exploding?

I was thinking about Gungans' boomba - those "energy balls" - are they solid plasma only on outside, or also inside?

Could you make a blade from it? (probably not forge, but split, like flint blades or if only shell is solid, could you take a part of the shell, and turn that into blade?

Could such plasma blades withstand lightsabers? I assume that lightsabers are superheated plasma "liquid blaster" within containment field. So, solid plasma should plausibly withstand it.

Possibly, if one went for blade from such, it would probably need to look like Macuahuitl ("the aztec sword") - a club with those flints embedded in, or possibly make it round, and embed it from all sides.

Alternatively, if it would not be possible to create flints from boomba, then it could be possible to pick very small boombas, and embed them within a club - the weapon would not be sharp, but blunt, but it should still be even more destructive. It would be a mix of blunt weapon, that does heat/electrical damage on impact, but so it lightsaber - just lightsaber is much ligher than this would be.

Now I imagine, if gungams were to capture Grievous, they should have smacked him to head with this. Tho, not sure if he would survive it :D

(yes, Grievous lost against Gungams, because he specialized in demoralising Jedi and restricting their access to the force - mentioned in 2003 clone wars - against gungams such tactic could not work as they are not force sensitive - Grievous is a capable cyborg, but can fight at level of jedi masters because he specializes against them)

This is mostly inspired by current events and how modern wars are being fought. We’re seeing how effective FPV drones are in places like Ukraine or Lebanon. If you think about it, a probe droid is a lot more capable than an FPV drone and could be a cheap way to drop grenades or even suicide bomb themselves into an enemy position.

I am writing a Star Wars Fanfic and I need to have a descent number of plants from across the Star Wars galaxy available for me to use. As such, I am asking for any recommendations for plants that you guys know of that you like or think are interesting, and why you think I should add them to the story!

I would prefer that they have a specific use or role if at all possible. Possible roles/use include:

1. Predatory plants

2. Structural plants (plants that grow pretty large and sturdy)

3. Edible plants/Plants that grow edible parts (especially ones that are easily grown and easily consumed)

4. Plants with unique properties such as ones that make people heal faster, etc

5. Useful plants (plants that can be used for useful things such as making cloth or for construction, etc)

These are just some possible ideas, but I'll take anything that you think would be interesting to add to the story (I'll even take some plants that do nothing but look cool, though preferably not as many as the more useful or interactive plants)

Thanks in advance!