"The Duchess of Mandalore" was another great episode of The Clone Wars featuring the Duchess Satine, a woman of power and strong convictions.
Normally, I'm not a fan of pacifists, but the Duchess does see fit to defend herself and her home planet if necessary, so I'll cut her a little slack. She is committed to peace and neutrality, and I admire those who stand up for their beliefs, as long as they aren't too stupid. She seems willing to fight the Death Watch if need be in order to maintain their peaceful way of life.
Peace and freedom don't come without a cost!
Perhaps she sees the corruptness of the Republic government, and refuses their "help" out of fear for her homewold's independence.
There's a nice bit of further interaction between her and her old flame Obi-Wan. They really make an attractive couple, but sadly they cannot be together. It's too bad; they could have had Force sensitive children with Satine's strong will... those children might have saved the Jedi Order!
I'm not sure if I was Obi-Wan I would have worn my armor while trying to sneak around Coruscant. "Nice disguise," he tells Satine, but his wasn't so great. LOL
All in all it was a good episode, I hope we see more of Satine in the future!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Another Side of a Favorite Jedi Master
Thanks to last night's TCW episode, we now know that Obi-Wan has a past that he's never spoken of, one that perhaps gave him a different view of Anakin and Padme.
Yes, Obi-Wan had a girlfriend. A lover. The Duchess Satine. A beautiful woman of power, someone he both protected and loved when he was much younger.
The entire episode is amazingly entertaining, with both fun and action. A re-do of the elevator scene from AOTC, only this time it's Anakin sensing Obi-Wan's tension was so funny.
And Anakin's question to him, "were you and Satine ever..." was easily answered, "yes" without the word being spoken.
But the true heartening moments come near the end, when Satine thinks they're about to die and tells Obi-Wan that she's always loved him, and he says that if she'd only said the words back then he would have left the Jedi for her.
Amazing... although I can't imagine Obi-Wan as anything but a Jedi Knight, it is finally shown that perhaps he does understand Anakin all too well.
Satine. A lovely lady with a lovely name. Did Obi-Wan think of her every time he saw a beautiful woman?
And some wonder why he was so blind about Anakin and Padme... perhaps that blindness was fueled by own memories? Memories of a love and a passion that he passed by in order to be a Jedi.
"You've made a commitment to the Jedi Order," he tells Anakin in AOTC. And now we know he's speaking from experience. The experience of loving someone he should not have.
I think it's more likely he was not blind to Anakin and Padme, but rather compassionate. Having had his own love end in heartbreak, we assume, could he simply not bear to put his Padawan through the same pain?
Or did he assume that Anakin, too, would do the right thing and walk away from his love, and uphold his commitment to the Jedi Order rather than do the wrong thing and then live a lie.
Poor Obi-Wan! Even when he does right, he doesn't come out ahead. But he does come out with his honor.
Yes, Obi-Wan had a girlfriend. A lover. The Duchess Satine. A beautiful woman of power, someone he both protected and loved when he was much younger.
The entire episode is amazingly entertaining, with both fun and action. A re-do of the elevator scene from AOTC, only this time it's Anakin sensing Obi-Wan's tension was so funny.
And Anakin's question to him, "were you and Satine ever..." was easily answered, "yes" without the word being spoken.
But the true heartening moments come near the end, when Satine thinks they're about to die and tells Obi-Wan that she's always loved him, and he says that if she'd only said the words back then he would have left the Jedi for her.
Amazing... although I can't imagine Obi-Wan as anything but a Jedi Knight, it is finally shown that perhaps he does understand Anakin all too well.
Satine. A lovely lady with a lovely name. Did Obi-Wan think of her every time he saw a beautiful woman?
And some wonder why he was so blind about Anakin and Padme... perhaps that blindness was fueled by own memories? Memories of a love and a passion that he passed by in order to be a Jedi.
"You've made a commitment to the Jedi Order," he tells Anakin in AOTC. And now we know he's speaking from experience. The experience of loving someone he should not have.
I think it's more likely he was not blind to Anakin and Padme, but rather compassionate. Having had his own love end in heartbreak, we assume, could he simply not bear to put his Padawan through the same pain?
Or did he assume that Anakin, too, would do the right thing and walk away from his love, and uphold his commitment to the Jedi Order rather than do the wrong thing and then live a lie.
Poor Obi-Wan! Even when he does right, he doesn't come out ahead. But he does come out with his honor.
Friday, February 5, 2010
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MY MASTER
The first time I saw Obi-Wan on Mustafar in Star Wars Galaxies, he led me on a mission that tested my resolve as a Jedi Knight.
Later I went back and tried to summon him again, just to see how he was doing, and I got the message "What has been done cannot be undone," and he did not appear.
So imagine my surprise, while roaming the burning plains, he appeared to me out of nowhere. "Good to see you again, Gidrea Lightsky," he said. "You are a hero unlike any other, my young friend."
Wow, Obi-Wan came out of hiding and spoke to me! Woo hoo! I don't know about the "young" part, but I suppose after the millions of years he's been hanging out there I probably do seem young to him.
Mustafar. The place where Obi-Wan suffered his greatest failure. Not the failure of Anakin's training, for I think he did the best he could with that. But his failure to destroy him, his failure to kill him and destroy the evil monster he had become. His failure that cost the galaxy dearly over the next 19 years.
Would it be any wonder that he'd haunt Mustafar?
In the game, in the background of the cantina at the mining facility, there are Mustafarian miners chatting, and one of them says that he saw that ghost fellow again the other day. His friend tells him he's crazy, of course, but he insists that he's seen him. And he says that the ghost doesn't seem mean or anything, and in fact he gives him a peaceful feeling.
Going to Mustafar to find peace. And he spends his afterlife helping young Jedi like me. Only a Jedi would do something so selfless.
A true Jedi, one with a good heart and a conscience. Obi-Wan.
Later I went back and tried to summon him again, just to see how he was doing, and I got the message "What has been done cannot be undone," and he did not appear.
So imagine my surprise, while roaming the burning plains, he appeared to me out of nowhere. "Good to see you again, Gidrea Lightsky," he said. "You are a hero unlike any other, my young friend."
Wow, Obi-Wan came out of hiding and spoke to me! Woo hoo! I don't know about the "young" part, but I suppose after the millions of years he's been hanging out there I probably do seem young to him.
Mustafar. The place where Obi-Wan suffered his greatest failure. Not the failure of Anakin's training, for I think he did the best he could with that. But his failure to destroy him, his failure to kill him and destroy the evil monster he had become. His failure that cost the galaxy dearly over the next 19 years.
Would it be any wonder that he'd haunt Mustafar?
In the game, in the background of the cantina at the mining facility, there are Mustafarian miners chatting, and one of them says that he saw that ghost fellow again the other day. His friend tells him he's crazy, of course, but he insists that he's seen him. And he says that the ghost doesn't seem mean or anything, and in fact he gives him a peaceful feeling.
Going to Mustafar to find peace. And he spends his afterlife helping young Jedi like me. Only a Jedi would do something so selfless.
A true Jedi, one with a good heart and a conscience. Obi-Wan.
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