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Killing Anakin Solo because his Name is Similar to Anakin Skywalker
This is the kind of stupid executive decision I can easily imagine George Lucas making. I imagine a bunch of EU writers in a boardroom, casually discussing where to take the story next, when Lucas parachutes in from the sky, jumps through a window, and screams his new orders.

Only a Sith Deals in Absolutes
It's difficult to determine whether "I have the high ground" or "Only a Sith deals in absolutes" is stupider, but my friends and I quoted this line almost as much in high school. There were times when like I'd be eating Chinese food, say "I love orange chicken," and someone would slam his fists on the table and sneer "Only a Sith deals in absolutes!"

I'm willing to just give Obi-Wan a pass on the obvious hypocrisy of the line and just examine it from a purely philosophical perspective, but you can't possibly argue that it makes sense. "Only people who are evil or power-hungry or controlled by their own desires think in absolute terms?" What is that even supposed to mean?

Darth Icky vs Darth Insanius
Speaking of the Apprentice from Soul Calibur! The makers of The Force Unleashed asked Lucas to give a Sith name to their new character, so he threw out Darth Icky and Darth Insanius, and they ended up just dropping it and never giving him a Sith name. I could have come up with better bad guy names when I was five. I realize Lucas sort of stumbled into success and didn't plan to come up with dumb bad guy names for the rest of his life, but come on, dude, you need a better game than Darth Icky. Darth Sanus could have worked, though, so from that perspective, I'll say that Darth Insanius is technically closer to being a better name.

Gray Jedi
Don't like it. Honestly, I think the more details and 'types' of Force-users there are, the less interesting the Force becomes. Like, I envisioned the Dark Side as a corruptive influence, that it's using your ugly desires to achieve your goals immediately rather than working more harmoniously with the Force. I always kind of interpreted the Dark Side as a magical mystical interpretation of the idea of doing what you personally want to do versus thinking about the greater good of the universe, but apparently not. You have things like the Imperial Knights in the Wiki article, who are like "the Force is just a tool, bro, use it but just don't overuse it and you won't go crazy." I think the idea of purposefully being able to balance your usage of the Dark Side so you don't turn crazy is sort of ruinous to the mystical elements of the Force? Remember Yoda's line, "If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice?" Apparently not! You just need balance in your heart or whatever. Blegh.

Luke/Leia Kisses
This is nothing but evidence of Lucas' lies about how much he planned ahead, really.

Force Ghosts
A great idea. It allows Obi-Wan to deliver exposition after he's dead, and it emphasizes the mystical nature of the Force as something that unites the entire universe, even beyond the lines of life and death. The idea that Qui-Gon Jinn invented it is stupid, of course, because it should have just been something that any Jedi could do, but the idea is still really solid.

Of course, there's the famous question of why Darth Vader's ghost turns into Hayden Christiansen when Obi-Wan and Yoda remain old. Don't even try telling me that that's when Anakin was last Anakin instead of Darth Vader, because that implies that Sebastian Shaw Vader isn't really Anakin and is still Vader. Just accept that it makes no sense.

Kal Skirata
Another obscure EU character? Dammit, what am I supposed to say about these guys? This one is a Mandalorian instructor of clone troopers who's annoyed at Jedi shenanigans. Well, sure, okay. Sounds fine, I guess.

Lightsaber Toys
Of course. Every kid wants a lightsaber. In high school (again with the high school stories), I parked once and had some lightsaber toys in my car for various reasons. My friend Thomas saw them, opened up my door, and took a lightsaber to play with before school started. I grabbed another, and without words, without any communication except our eyes meeting, we each just understood that this had to end in an epic swordfight. As other cars parked and other kids watched, we battled through the parking lot, flailing the plastic toys like idiots because we knew nothing about swordfights.

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Started: July 6, 2005