Re: What if Star Trek were set in Glorantha?

From: Sam Elliot <SamLElliot_at_6pXq662CCq91V9g8wR-dGsbRwJIBVZgwE8uXjyvd0hjxMUdwNJ8lf28jlpusuxJr7>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:35:32 -0300


Presumably, Keith, Carrie Fisher = Kallyr? Or is it Natalie Portman? R2D2 = Beatpot Aelwrin
C3PO = some Yelmie nut
Han Solo = Argrath

Yeah?
Sam.

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Keith Nellist <keithnellist_at_OtdXWP4lW7k-OHzPJL2_61040FhApo9S2OTtK7HdZ8Ky9ssvEpaMydjB_w6lfJWScXDrn5QPSyyxLyeOeVLIWF_cRQ.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> Although I can see the merits of making comparisons between Trek and
> Glorantha, I've got to go for Star Wars and Glorantha. After all, both have
> prequels - Glorantha 2nd Age, all the Sith stuff. Both have goofy races that
> can be a bit embarrassing (ewoks, nasobemes). Both kind of started (as far
> as most people were concerned) in a desert environment (Prax, Tatooine).
> Both had a bad guy with a wheezy voice who had suffered terrible
> injury(Darth Vader, One armed duck bandit - "more duck now than man, twisted
> and evil"). Both have some religious cults with different levels of
> initiation (Jedi Council, Cults of Prax). Both have lots of unusual riding
> beasts (all of them, almost all of them). Both have an evil empire (The
> Empire, The Lunar Empire) but with not much evidence that the rebels are
> much better (The Rebel Alliance, Sartar).
>
> Go on I could.
>
> Now, if I were remaking Revenge of the Sith I would have Anakin coming back
> as a Durulz - Duck Vader, created by Lord Delecti. I would rename it Revenge
> of the Sticher. The Duck Star is clearly the thing that gets destroyed.
> Obi-Wanaryth-Purple the wise old Lhankor Mhy guy. Yoda Toothmaker leads his
> hordes from the wastes, Argrath Deetoo, Handrogeus Solo, IsildianP0.
>
           

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