Star Wars Poll

[learnin to learn]

so that is why he owed jaba all that money! ok! I really need to go back and watch these movies! (its been awhile)

[Loricybin]

vader, of course.

 

when i was little, i remember seeing return of the jedi, and the part where vader dies made me cry.

"luke lost his daddy!"

(granted he had problems:lol:)

[Spiked Blood]

Leia has no votes? I'm appalled.

 

Does the fact that she has no votes have any relation to the poll being on a science forum?

 

Darth Vader was my childhood hero.. Gone, but not forgotten!:)

[TheBigDog]

Yep spice was a drug, and if I can remember an incredibly powerful one at that. Han dumped a load of spice before being boarded by imperials and that is what got him in trouble with Jaba.

 

That was before his work with the rebellion though. He only became a member of the rebellion after he met Luke and Leia

You could jump to that conclusion, but it is not specified in the films. And I don't remember it in the books. As I recall spice was just that, spice. But it was smuggled to avoid taxes by the Imperials. The Imperials wanted their cut, they were not trying to prevent transport of something illegal.

 

It would seem to me that in a univese like that one there would be some planets that lacked some of the basics needed for survival. Spice was something that I always thought of as being one of those basic needs, and the Imperials flexed their power by regulating it. The black market developed to bypasss that central control that didn't meet market demands.

 

I don't believe Han was a drug dealer.

 

Bill

[Spiked Blood]

Nah, spice was a narcotic of sorts. I remember reading it in a Star Wars novel based around Kessel. The spice gives the 'user' enhanced abilties.

[learnin to learn]

so is Han a drug dealer? or is he just smuggling spices?

[TheBigDog]

I stand corrected.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_(Star_Wars)

 

Bill

[cwes99_03]

We forgive you BD because you went and looked for the answer. :hammer: Cheers.

 

BTW you didn't include the closing paranthesis in your URL link, so it is broken.

 

And since I saw it while checking out BD's article. Here's a reference we should all enjoy.

 

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

[Tarantism]

haha cwes thats a really cool link! certainly satisfying to my inner nerd. i wish i would have had that during my nerdier days...all i had was those "essential giudes"...though they were sufficient for all of my technical star wars needs. haha.

[learnin to learn]

OK, I think I get this now! Han smuggled spices to bypass the imperial tax. hehehehe I am no longer confused!:)

 

I love the link! talkin bout freakin awesome!

[cwes99_03]

Nope. Please try again.

 

Spice was illegal (as cocaine is today). However, the Imperials allowed one spice merchant to make huge sums of money providing spice to Imperials only. Since the effects of spice heightened ones abilities, many others wanted spice as well (and once taken were addicts) others smuggled spice to fatten their pocket books by selling an illegal product on the black market.

Imperials didn't want their enemies having spice, nor did they want their own profits to be eaten into by smugglers.

 

If you have ever played the KOTOR games, you take stims (spice) to boost your speed, reflexes etc. but they don't call it spice.

[learnin to learn]

lol so han did smuggle drugs. :)

[Jay-qu]

ahh thats what those crazy stims are :)

 

gotta love the Wookiepedia!

[Southtown]

Mace Windu, coulda beaten Palpatine early on if it weren't for Anakin. He's my second fav, inbetween Darth and Yoda. P.S. Mace owns in the Clone Wars series.

 

[Jay-qu]

Yeah mace is defintely one of my favs, pitty he was taken out by such a 'cheap shot' by anakin

[Tarantism]

seriously that was terrible. he went out almost as bad as haldir in the two towers (who wasnt even supposed to be there) :( :doh: :rant: :)

[Jay-qu]

lol, I hated how they made all the little changes.. though some where necessary :)