From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!eisx!whuxlb!ech
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: Another other - (nf)
Article-I.D.: whuxlb.892
Posted: Tue Jan 25 01:44:36 1983
Received: Thu Jan 27 19:47:45 1983

#N:whuxlb:9100011:000:1575
whuxlb!ech    Jan 25 01:07:00 1983

Yet another 2 cents worth: "the other" is nobody you've ever heard of.  From
a practical point of view, "the other" gives Lucas tremendous plot leverage:
he can kill off "Wimp" Skywalker anytime without blowing all hope for the
good guys.  Given that Lucas will reportedly lay off ST production for a few
years, he's going to need that freedom.

Within the ST mythos, it's nobody Obiwan has ever been close to, since his
sensitivity to the force would have revealed "the other" as a good prospective
recruit.  Yoda, the perfect master, could presumably feel the existence of "the
other" at the other end of the galaxy, perhaps even one yet unborn.

On the other burning issue of TESB, I for one have no doubt that Darth is
Luke's father: Luke is sensitive enough to the force that he "feels" the truth
of the statement.  The relationship may not be classical -- e.g. Luke may be
Vader's clone -- but it's real.  Watch Luke's reaction, after his rescue,
when Vader "calls" to him: the response is immediate: "Father?"

OK, now I'll go out on a limb and tie all this nonsense together: the last
great battles were during the "clone wars," which occured during Obi's
(and Vader's) lifetime.  During that war Vader, a mighty Jedi, was captured
and made a prisoner of war. His dastardly captors, in addition to giving him
such a hard time that he turned toward the dark side of the force, also
grew some duplicates from tissue samples.  At the war's end, Vader was
freed and, humanely, his clones -- Skywalker and "the other" -- were placed
with foster parents.

Flame on!

=Ned=