RE: Re: why is everyone so down on Arkat?

From: Matthew & Tracey Cole <matthew_at_...>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 04:59:16 +0100


I like you Graham, you're sick

-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Robinson [mailto:gjr_at_...] Sent: 03 May 2001 10:19
To: HeroWars_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Re: why is everyone so down on Arkat?

On Thu, 3 May 2001 gamartin_at_... wrote:

> He's talking
> > about justifying not telling Luke about his famous father and he
> *was* right
> > to do it in that way. These days we rely on knowing facts. The most
> powerful
> > stories don't deal in those.
>
> No, I disagree - regardless of whether Obi Wan told luke or not,
> Darth Vader WAS actually his father. That was a story factm even if
> unkown or concealed. But the "GM" had no doubt as to the truth of
> this data point; only the characters did (and indeed, in some genres
> the player/audience might even know while the characters do not).

You're gonna be really upset when Episode Three reveals that actually ObiWan was Luke's father...

Cheers,
Graham

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