Jedi or Sith? [Archive]

Alexander the Pretty Good

05-31-2005, 02:26

Which would you be?

I'd be a jedi. I don't think I would like to be evil, especially if it means
chopping up little jedi kids like Anakin does in Ep3

Plus you get to lead clone troopers, even if they do
shoot you in the back

Which path do you guys take?

Big King Sanctaphrax

05-31-2005, 02:30

Jedi forever. I'd be a Guardian of peace and Justice, and a shining beacon of light. Being the good guy is just the best.

May the Force be with you!

You know, it makes me sad, sometimes, that I can't be a Jedi. Really sad...

Kaiser of Arabia

05-31-2005, 02:31

Sith Lord. Imagine it, Darth Kapo...
I should get SW Galaxies and be Darth Kapo...lol

Byzantine Prince

05-31-2005, 02:33

I think I'm already more evil then any Sith so how about GAH!

Only someone who has looked beyond the dark side could ever be GAH!

TheSilverKnight

05-31-2005, 02:34

the dark side entices me...*twitch, grabs red lightsabre*
Muahahaha!

Kaiser of Arabia

05-31-2005, 02:36

You are a powerful foe, Silvernight, but you are not a sith yet
*force choke*

Gregoshi

05-31-2005, 03:04

A Jedi always. May the Force be with you ... unless you are Sith. :bow:

Proletariat

05-31-2005, 03:08

Sith. Because good is dumb.

Papewaio

05-31-2005, 03:11

Neither as they are two flawed parts of a greater whole.

Can't get married? Hmmm denial of love and human emotions? Forsaking the best in each other for a monastic life style is so much in denial.

They remind me of the two species in the dark crystal that need to be reunited to form the greater being.

lars573

05-31-2005, 03:59

Sith cause then I can learn force scream, insanity, and force lightning. Plus I can choke fools who fail me from across the room, always good as it means I don't have to leave my throne. That way I can be nice and rested for when one of my pupils gets uppity and challenges me.

My sith name would be, Dominus Machina Mortis.

PanzerJaeger

05-31-2005, 04:08

Sith definately. The bad guys always seem to have more fun until the very end.

I would trade 115 minutes of fun for 5 minutes of getting chopped up with a lightsaber. :bow:

ichi

05-31-2005, 04:40

Darth Jedi

Bad, but in a good way. Couldn't go through life as a Boy Scout from outer space, but I have no real desire to rule the universe so that I can impose my will upon others.

Papewaio is right, we are all a little from Column A and a little from Column B

so, Gah!

ichi :bow:

TheWingedVictory

05-31-2005, 04:40

JEEEDDDIIIIII, I can never be on a dark side. i would be a christian jedi, lol. :bow:
I like everything clean, holy, catholic choirs, good, and etc.

JAG

05-31-2005, 07:28

Jedi all the way.

Al Khalifah

05-31-2005, 09:18

Sith. Because they seem to have better powers but get let down by their stupidity. I wouldn't make the same mistakes.

doc_bean

05-31-2005, 10:35

Sith, but I wouldn't desire to rule the universe, one planet would suffice.

Do the Sith don't have those cray no relationship/sex rule do they ? Otherwise I'd turn against them too :duel:

Fragony

05-31-2005, 10:45

Well my last name is 'Foeth', so sith Fragony would be 'Darth Foether', how can you pass that one up? But, when I play KOTOR I canot bring myselve to being bad, I always end as an annoying rightious light master.

Al Khalifah

05-31-2005, 11:00

Is it me or are the Sith Protestants and the Jedi Catholics?

tibilicus

05-31-2005, 11:06

Jedis forever!!!!!!!!!!!!

Craterus

05-31-2005, 11:23

I was thinking about making this poll last night. Then, I was tired and thought I'd leave it to the morning. ~D

Anyway, I'd go Sith. You are more likely to win. Especially after Ep 3, there are only 2 Jedi's left. Plus, you get a red lightsaber, which is always cooler than blue, green or purple. Also, you can kill your enemies and not get condemned for it. In fact, you get praise for killing.

BDC

05-31-2005, 13:41

Jedi, but with force grip. I couldn't go without it after Jedi Academy...

SwordsMaster

05-31-2005, 13:59

In Kreia´s words: "Maybe I am neither [..] but you need to make such differences to split the galaxy into 2 halves, dont you?"

~D

Seriously though, I would hate to be a monk as the Jedi are. On the other hand I do not always feel like murdering everyone in sight...

Kraxis

05-31-2005, 14:04

GAH!!!

I think I would be a Jedi.

I wouldn't want to let my emotions rule my life, and I wouldn't want to go about and kill everyone I just didn't like of who did something wrong. And killing kids who looked up to you is even worse.

At the same time I wouldn't want to be a 'holier than thou' Jedi that couldn't be allowed to have a relationship with somebody else. But then again as a Sith I wouldn't be able to have that relationship, either because my lover would be afraid of me or because I wouldn't dare to have someone that close to me (what if she killed me in my sleep?).

And being both or none is impossible...

I choose to not be a jedi or sith, and just live my life out as a normal person with really good reflexes.

Lechev

05-31-2005, 18:23

I will be a Sith, bing a Jedi is too....restricted and idealistic.

Peace is a lie
There is only passion
Through passion I gain strength
Through strength I gain power
Through power I gain victory
Through victory my chains are broken
The Force shall set me free

:thinking2:

Laridus Konivaich

05-31-2005, 19:44

Neither, they are both to extreem, too juxtaposed. Reality has a lot more gray, there is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, both are subjective.

Steppe Merc

05-31-2005, 21:00

I'd be neutral. I'm a lightsider at heart, but a lot of Jedi get on my nerve, and I'd never wear that dorky robe. ~;)
And I think to deny passion and love and women is foolish. :bow:

Evil_Maniac From Mars

05-31-2005, 21:07

guess what I want to be.......... ~;) :bow: ~:cool: ~:cheers:

Monk

05-31-2005, 23:00

Grey...

Light side is too zealous about denying their own emotions. They claim to have all the knowledge in the world when in fact they only come off arrogant. Instead of seeking comfort in their emotion they would shut the door on it; Denying the existence of death as well.

Dark Side takes everything to extremes. They embrace hate and anger, in the hopes it makes them stronger. what they fail to realise is they lose their soul in the process. Their identity disappearing in a red haze of misguided hate that has no direction. They would have you walk the path of the force in ignorance to the light side, twisting their words to better suite their own agenda (light side does this as well)

A Grey Jedi has no set code. Instead living their life as they see fit, helping those they can but in no way claiming they know everything (light side). They do not let their anger take control of themselves (dark side) but they do not deny it is there. Instead of walking the path of ignorance or arrogance, they seek their own destiny.

Kaiser of Arabia

05-31-2005, 23:37

My dark powers can fry you all right now.
lol *force lightning*

LittleGrizzly

05-31-2005, 23:48

sith, it just seems so much cooler.

TheSilverKnight

06-01-2005, 00:07

You are a powerful foe, Silvernight, but you are not a sith yet
*force choke*

Bah! When I left you I was but the learner, now I am the master!
*Stronger force choke*

son of spam

06-01-2005, 01:54

Sith, because there's none of that hard Jedi discipline stuff.

Steppe Merc

06-01-2005, 02:00

Are you kidding? The Sith kill off any and all too weak or that are too powerful and get in their way, or ones that look at them funny.
That's a lot harder than the Jedi...

Lehesu

06-01-2005, 02:58

I'd go Sith. But I'd be a happy Sith. ~:)

Laridus Konivaich

06-01-2005, 03:02

The Sith kill off any and all too weak or that are too powerful and get in their way, or ones that look at them funny.
How can we make general statements such as this about sith or Jedi, or whoever? They are all imaginary, and therefore behave only as their CREATOR dictates. ~:cheers:

Spetulhu

06-01-2005, 05:38

How can we make general statements such as this about sith or Jedi, or whoever? They are all imaginary, and therefore behave only as their CREATOR dictates. ~:cheers:

It's obvious you've never been trying to become a Sith Apprentice... Here, look how it's done.

http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/sith_apprentice

Aurelian

06-01-2005, 06:00

Jedi. Fair play and all, wot?

As for Jedi not being able to get jiggy, etc.: In episode II Anakin explains to Padme that it is attachment that is forbidden to a Jedi. Forbidding Jedi to marry is probably a way to ensure that Jedi remain compassionate towards all instead of directing their actions towards the preservation and advancement of their own family.

Imagine a samurai/Buddhist attitude towards life and personal relationships combined with a Catholic priest's denial of marriage so he can serve all. Celibacy is never mentioned as a Jedi requirement, as far as I know.

Hey, maybe the Jedi are Tantric love machines that don't form long-term pair bonds. ~D

Aurelian

06-01-2005, 06:05

Oh, by the way, being a Sith wouldn't be so great. Sure, you get cool force powers and all, but there are only ever two Siths: a master and an apprentice. If you're the master, you know that your apprentice is plotting to kill you in your sleep and become the master. If you're the apprentice, you know that your master is looking for a better apprentice to chop your head off.

Too much stress.

Papewaio

06-01-2005, 06:24

Imagine a samurai/Buddhist attitude towards life and personal relationships combined with a Catholic priest's denial of marriage so he can serve all. Celibacy is never mentioned as a Jedi requirement, as far as I know.

Samurai/Japanese are very family orientated... it was more about what they did for the family that counts not the individual.

Papewaio

06-01-2005, 06:26

Oh, by the way, being a Sith wouldn't be so great. Sure, you get cool force powers and all, but there are only ever two Siths: a master and an apprentice.

I thought that Sith existed in pairs. In Ep I/II they are down to the last pair.

In Ep III Anakin balances the force.

Two Sith and Two Jedi.

xemitg

06-01-2005, 06:34

i'm shocked its so even of a poll. Whats wrong with you guys? Do you want to save people as a jedi? Would you rather be the cop on grand theft auto or the criminal? The sith life is for me.

lars573

06-01-2005, 06:35

LOL that was hi-larious. ~D

"The first on of you who is not dead wins." :duel:

doc_bean

06-01-2005, 10:45

http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/sith_apprentice

Very funny ~:)

I thought that Sith existed in pairs. In Ep I/II they are down to the last pair.

Does Dooku count as a Sith ? Then there would have been three, unless he got 'turned' somewhere between ep I/ep II

Drisos

06-01-2005, 10:50

GAH!

Ronin

06-01-2005, 11:22

sith....but i wouldn´t make those dumb mistakes.....

no speeches explaining my evil plan....no dumb "duels".....just catch the guy off-guard and chop is head off.

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

ShadesPanther

06-01-2005, 12:10

Very funny ~:)

The lines were good but some of the actors were just bad. Jar Jar for instance if he sounded like he did in the films or a parody of that it would have been very funny.

Steppe Merc

06-01-2005, 12:48

How can we make general statements such as this about sith or Jedi, or whoever? They are all imaginary, and therefore behave only as their CREATOR dictates
Nope. Books and even video games (well just the KOTORs) are just as important if not more so than the movie. I enjoy a lot of the books more, anyway...
Lucas is not all powerful, he just started it. A lot of other people have added a lot more, and they are just as important.

dessa14

06-01-2005, 13:09

Sith, there would be no frowning when you kill half a million people.
thanks,
dizzy

Steppe Merc

06-01-2005, 13:18

Does Dooku count as a Sith ? Then there would have been three, unless he got 'turned' somewhere between ep I/ep II
He got recruited after Maul's death. He was a Jedi, and had already left the Order by that time, but he wasn't a dark siders untill Sidious recruited him.
However, he was never really truly on the Dark side I believe... He never had the yellow eyes, which show the total corruption of a Sith to the dark side, and he truly believed that the Senate and the Jedi were corrupt, from what I understand. He was certaintly a Dark Jedi, but possibely not a true Sith.

Kraxis

06-01-2005, 15:39

He got recruited after Maul's death. He was a Jedi, and had already left the Order by that time, but he wasn't a dark siders untill Sidious recruited him.
However, he was never really truly on the Dark side I believe... He never had the yellow eyes, which show the total corruption of a Sith to the dark side, and he truly believed that the Senate and the Jedi were corrupt, from what I understand. He was certaintly a Dark Jedi, but possibely not a true Sith.
Yes, it does seem as if he had an ulterior motive, and that he believed he knew the right way. As a true Sith he 'only' used Palpatine to further his own agenda. Just like Palpatine only used him for as long as it would take to convert Anakin.

Steppe Merc

06-01-2005, 21:30

I may be mistaken, but that was my impression from the books I've read... Which are just as important as the movies. ~;)

Lazul

06-01-2005, 22:04

If im not wrong all Dark Jedi are not Sith.

Even before the Jedi fought the Sith for the first time, Dark Jedi's went Rogue i think.

Since im to free-spirited and self-centered in many ways, I could never be a Jedi. My guess is that I would start out as a Jedi (very powerfull ofcourse ~;) ) and then go Rogue and become a Dark Jedi, roaming freely, but I would not bend my life on political power like the Sith. :bow:

*Mindtrick on kapo* you are a rabbit.

zelda12

06-01-2005, 22:11

I'd be a gray Jedi, much like Luke Skywalker. One of the problems with the Light and Darksides was it promoted death and mistrust. Originally Jedi learnt both the light and the dark. Then they split in two and all hell broke loose.

Steppe Merc

06-01-2005, 23:03

If im not wrong all Dark Jedi are not Sith.
True.

I think I wouldn't mind being a Jedi under Luke Skywalker's Academy as much as the original Jedi Temple. His rules are obviously more lax, you graduate faster, you don't have to start out at younger than 2, and since he's married, he can't prevent his Jedi from romatic involments, etiher. ~;)

Laridus Konivaich

06-04-2005, 00:54

Yes, lighten up the rules a bit, and balance the dark and light. MODERATION is very important! Extremes only benefit a few people, a moderate position helps many (more).

The Stranger

06-06-2005, 14:53

Yes, lighten up the rules a bit, and balance the dark and light. MODERATION is very important! Extremes only benefit a few people, a moderate position helps many (more).

spammer

Shadow

06-07-2005, 17:10

GAh!!!

Can I have the funny parts from both of them?

AggonyKing

06-07-2005, 17:16

Jedi, green lightsabers rules

Arrowhead

06-07-2005, 17:24

Don Corleone

06-09-2005, 00:14

I just saw Episode III, and I hate to say it but I was disappointed. Not as much as by Episodes I & II, but still... I guess when I was a kid, I never realized how utterly simplistic Lucasworld morality is. There's no nuance, no shades of gray. It's a world of bipolar opposites, screaming for some Lithium.

Anyway, if I had to be one, it'd be Jedi, but I'm not too fond of them. Very arrogant, very smug, not much respect for the Republic they claim to serve.

Crazed Rabbit

06-09-2005, 05:48

Steppe Merc

06-09-2005, 13:25

And Steppe Merc, since you seem to be an expert on star wars books, what ones would you recommend for reading?
What era do you want? There are a whole bunch... There's a bunch right before the latest movies, theres ones a few years after Jedi, and some 20 years later.

I really like Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire trilogy. It takes place 5 years after Jedi.
Also the New Jedi Order is quite good, but it's a whole bunch of books in it. It takes place 20 years after Jedi, when an alien race from another galaxy invades, and kicks both the Empire and the Republic's ass. The first is by RA Salvatore, called Vector Prime. Its a bit sad, cause a character I really like dies... :embarassed:
Have you read any before? What sort of stories do you like? What characters do you like? I got almost all of em, so it's a bit hard to just pinpoint one book. ~D

SITH! And if you are General Greivous you can get 4 lightsabers at once.
He's not a Sith. He was just a normal dude, but he got in a crash, and he got rebuilt with droid parts. Those droid parts allow him to fight Jedi and he was trained by Dooku, but he can't use the Force.

Arrowhead

06-09-2005, 17:12

What era do you want? There are a whole bunch... There's a bunch right before the latest movies, theres ones a few years after Jedi, and some 20 years later.

I really like Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire trilogy. It takes place 5 years after Jedi.
Also the New Jedi Order is quite good, but it's a whole bunch of books in it. It takes place 20 years after Jedi, when an alien race from another galaxy invades, and kicks both the Empire and the Republic's ass. The first is by RA Salvatore, called Vector Prime. Its a bit sad, cause a character I really like dies... :embarassed:
Have you read any before? What sort of stories do you like? What characters do you like? I got almost all of em, so it's a bit hard to just pinpoint one book. ~D

He's not a Sith. He was just a normal dude, but he got in a crash, and he got rebuilt with droid parts. Those droid parts allow him to fight Jedi and he was trained by Dooku, but he can't use the Force.

He is essentially(sp?) dark though isn't he?

Big King Sanctaphrax

06-09-2005, 20:39

I guess I didn't notice the morality, or the amount of respect the Jedi had for the Republic (though it was clear they thought it needed fixing), as much as the lightsabers. What makes you say that? Just wondering.

And Steppe Merc, since you seem to be an expert on star wars books, what ones would you recommend for reading?

As to the question, I'd have to go Jedi. I'm just a nice, non Vader type of guy.

Crazed Rabbit

As Steppe Merc said, get the Thrawn trilogy-it's really rather excellent, and extremely Star-Warsy. I also really like the X-Wing series, which are interesting because they take a minor character from the films (Wedge Antilles) and expand his back story massively. He's also the only character from the films who has a major role. The space combat is described exceedingly well too, and the later books in the series, by Aaron Allston, are very funny as well.

Shadows of the Empire is great too-it's set betwenn Empire and Jedi, and takes a looks at Black Sun, the major Star Wars organised crime syndicate.

Steppe Merc

06-09-2005, 20:54

He is essentially(sp?) dark though isn't he?
Yeah. But he's just dark the way Grand Moff Tarkin was. Neither could use the force, but they were still evil.

edit: BKS' suggestions are quite good. I also enjoyed the X wing series.

t1master

06-09-2005, 21:25

Sith. Because good is dumb.

lmao!

i woulda been jedi till the new movies came out and we were introduced to the circus and freak show that is the jedi counsel. the sith are just much cooler, as was the empire in the orginal trilogy.

Lehesu

06-09-2005, 21:51

The problem with Star Wars books is the sheer volume of dangerous situations/firefights/space battles that all the main characters (Luke, Leia, Han, etc) are involved in. It almost gets silly. I am actually glad that they finally started killing off characters in the New Jedi Order series.
But yes, the X-Wing series is decent, even though I don't particularly like all facets of Stackpole's writing. The Zahn trilogy is also pretty good.

kiwitt

06-09-2005, 22:06

A Jedi. A bit like a Samurai. A bit like what I would like to be.

Steppe Merc

06-11-2005, 14:21

Lehesu, I wouldn't call it silly, but I agree. Once the body count really starts to pile up in NJO, it makes it seem a lot more realistic. Heck, at the end of the first book, I wanted to cry... :embarassed:

The Panda Centurion

06-16-2005, 02:57

There is always a middle-ground, and i'm standing on it right now.

The Force would be my guide, but it would also be my servant, to be obeyed and controlled in equal measure.

Big King Sanctaphrax

06-16-2005, 02:58

IrishMike

06-16-2005, 03:00

There is always a middle-ground, and i'm standing on it right now.

The Force would be my guide, but it would also be my servant, to be obeyed and controlled in equal measure.

Let me tell you, thats some way deep stuff right there. But thats what I would be as well.

Samurai Waki

06-16-2005, 03:37

Hmmmm.... can't go a day without feeling like killing someone... Sith it is.

IrishMike

06-16-2005, 03:39

You must have really good control, or you just haven't been caught by the police yet. ~D

Samurai Waki

06-16-2005, 04:47

I have relatively good control, although my bite is much worse than my bark. Most of my employees know that I'm a good guy, some employees like to strike my nerves on occasion, and I'm okay with that most of the time, but they know not to push me too far, because I don't have the patience to lecture, I'll just fire them.

*note to self... next New Years resolution- Stop being such a hardass*

*thinks* This will never happen... I have no will-power... I'm obsessive compulsive. ~D

Sasaki Kojiro

06-18-2005, 01:18

Honestly I think their both a little lame...I hate it when movies have just black and white. That was the problem with lord of the rings too. Humans are gray, making them black or white leads to really shallow characters, as soon as you hear "jedi" you know who they are.