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Complete Empire's Son by blank 101 - Star Wars - T

Discussion in 'Star Wars' started by Skeletaure, Feb 11, 2011.

  1. biloly

    biloly First Year

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    I'm wondering why Luke identifies so strongly as a Sith but also is completely loyal to Palpatine. I can understand why he is loyal to Palpatine, but is he not aware of the history of betrayals in the Sith order? It seems he would want to distance himself from that somewhat, instead of being the official Sith apprentice. Then again, Palpatine might have just never told him about the betrayals. Great story overall, I'm really enjoying it so far.
     
  2. Quiddity

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    He doesn't identify as "a Sith", he identifies as "Palpatine's Sith". As Luke's path in the first third of this showed, he has no separate identity as Sith, it is all tied into what Palpatine wants and has trained him to be.

    That personal (messed-up) loyalty means he can't countenance betraying Palpatine, despite everything, although he is painfully aware of the ways his Master can and will punish him.


    (I think there is far too much emphasis placed on Sith as a label, there. Sith have behaved very differently throughout history, and Palpatine's Sith, especially as portrayed by blank, are very different from Bane's and others.)
     
  3. DerHesse

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    Puzzled High Inquisitor

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    Chapter 14

    Upon reading the chapter I kind of want Luke to reach his limit and decisively break with the Empire. His personal loyalty to the Emperor is one thing, but I'm waiting for it to snap.
     
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  5. DerHesse

    DerHesse Unspeakable

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    What? Fucking? Did Palpatine impregnate her? I honestly don't get this part.
     
  6. CrackedMind

    CrackedMind Minister of Magic

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    Not impregnate. Presumably, he had sex with her. Conquest is a word that's rather commonly used to refer to someone a person had sex with, by douchey people. Palpatine certainly falls into that category.
     
  7. DerHesse

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    Yes, but would Palpatine have sex for the sheer pleasure?
     
  8. Jarik

    Jarik Chief Warlock

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    He's in a younger body now, and it seems like he's clearly manipulating Shira into thinking she's something special. A way of keeping her loyal? Or maybe he plans to play her against Luke at some point?
     
  9. Quiddity

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    He's already playing her against Luke. Note her reaction when Luke is given command of the Moffs forces. There'll also be an element of what Luke did to Shira earlier - making her think she can control him.
     
  10. chiefnewo

    chiefnewo Second Year DLP Supporter

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    Exactly, Shira has already shown that she thinks sex with her puts her in a commanding position. Palpatine will no doubt find it amusing to disabuse her of the notion.
     
  11. DerHesse

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    Chapter 15 is up.

    A whole lot of nothing and some spice.

    It honestly starts to feel stale.
     
  12. Cxjenious

    Cxjenious Dark Lord

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    Par the course for a blank101 story. A whole lot of beautifully written nothing and flawed characters talking about stuff. I liked it though. Luke is slowly - very slowly - working himself up to something, and maybe Mara will start to realize that Palpatine is a pretty vile dude.
     
  13. omnipotentatus

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    Yes, I liked it as well, even if nothing really happened. Even though it was annoying that spice had a prominent part in this chapter, thankfully it was used decently in this chapter, compared to previous ones.
    And I agree that it's good to see Luke finally working himself up to something, finally trying to gain some independence. Now if Blank continues to build on Luke's character in the coming chapters, then I think that would be good.
     
  14. Ferdiad

    Ferdiad Unspeakable

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    I'm just waiting for something to happen tbh. He's been stuck in a limbo for a while at this point
     
  15. klauth

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    Chapter 16

    Good stuff, the story finally seems to be moving forward.
     
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  16. Ferdiad

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    Pleasantly surprised, I thought there'd be another 5 chapters of him waking the line before he pissed off Palpatine enough for him to take action.
     
  17. Zvohunter

    Zvohunter Third Year

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    Oh no, he didn't! Fucking finally. I loved the last few chapters. Well, I did get bored and was fed up with the angst, but the masochist in me was overjoyed. Right now, however, I really want Luke to do some outrageous shit.
     
  18. Erandil

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    Huh, I found this chapter to be weak - Luke is once again running away from his problems, is still taking drugs and showing little to no free will/agency/sign of being pro-active for once. (And when he does so it is because of his strange connection to his sister whose presence Palpatine has somehow overseen in the last battle (and the same seems to be true of her noticing the emperor). At this point I have given up hope of ever coming to like Luke as a character...

    And am I the only one who thinks that the logic behind his escape is extremely stupid - running away didn't really remove him from the equation and instead he just left Palpatine in total control of Mara after making it clear that he (Luke) values her more than anything else...
     
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  19. DerHesse

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    I still harbour the small hope, that he actually took Mara with him.
    Otherwise those parts would be completely meaningless.

    If that's not the case, well...harming your wife seems to run in the family.

    Luke decides to go, because Palpatine threatened Mara and (apparently) leaves her behind. Who does he think will have to bear the brunt of Palpatine's rage? :facepalm

    The chapter overall felt lukewarm.
     
  20. Cxjenious

    Cxjenious Dark Lord

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    I don't understand it either, but of Luke thought logically when it comes to Palpatine, their would be no story. It's just about as painful as reading Ned Stark's easily avoided demise.

    I just want to see what happens next.
     
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