The Old Republic - Holy F*cking Crap!

[Jaron]

I hope they don't go the WoW route with tank, damage, healer, but ultimately I think something like that will emerge.

Kids these days.

Sorry.

[The Minsky Moment]

A general star wars question here. Powerful Sith can use force lightning but I don't think I've ever seen a Jedi Knight use it. Is there an ability that a powerful Jedi can use that a Sith lord can't?

Yes -- Awful, cringe-worthy dialogue.

Sith lords can try to use it, but they just don't get enough screen time to be truly effective.

[Drakken]

A general star wars question here. Powerful Sith can use force lightning but I don't think I've ever seen a Jedi Knight use it. Is there an ability that a powerful Jedi can use that a Sith lord can't?

From the movies? None explicitely, although we see Yoda absorb Palpatine's Force Lightning with his two hands. That said:

Obi-Wan gesturing to manipulate a stormtrooper in ANH seems also to be LS only.

Force Ghost seems to be Jedi-only, at least from the movies, although in KoToR the hero gets to meet the Force Ghost of Ajunta Pall inside his tomb on Korriban.

[Sheilbh]

A general star wars question here. Powerful Sith can use force lightning but I don't think I've ever seen a Jedi Knight use it. Is there an ability that a powerful Jedi can use that a Sith lord can't?

Yes -- Awful, cringe-worthy dialogue.

Sith lords can try to use it, but they just don't get enough screen time to be truly effective.

Poor, poor Alec Guinness

[Drakken]

A general star wars question here. Powerful Sith can use force lightning but I don't think I've ever seen a Jedi Knight use it. Is there an ability that a powerful Jedi can use that a Sith lord can't?

Yes -- Awful, cringe-worthy dialogue.

Sith lords can try to use it, but they just don't get enough screen time to be truly effective.

Poor, poor Alec Guinness

With 2% of ANH's profits on his contract sign-up, Sir Alec was far from poor after SW. In fact, it allowed him to cherrypick his future roles without fearing poverty. 

In fact, he is one of the few who thought that SW would become a blockbuster success, hence the 2% clause. What depressed him was the nerdage fanbase who would remember him only for Obi-Wan and who would relentlessly hound him.

[Syt]

With 2% of ANH's profits on his contract sign-up, Sir Alec was far from poor after SW. In fact, it allowed him to cherrypick his future roles without fearing poverty. 

[The Minsky Moment]

Poor, poor Alec Guinness

Really though - that's what classic, Shakespearean Brit actors are for.  Give them the worst dialogue written and they can still say it with conviction.  Patrick Stewart made a living out of that for years.  Ian McKellan just figured out the money to made in that racket a little more recently.

[MadImmortalMan]

I hope they don't go the WoW route with tank, damage, healer, but ultimately I think something like that will emerge.

Kids these days.

The concern is spot on, though. These games have become so formulaic now. They box you into a role so you're both able to complement other players' characters and also dependent on them as well. The problem is that limits your freedom to explore and do what you want. So you get tired of it. Then they have to write seventy bazillion quests to keep you occupied. In the end, it's like a train. You can control how fast or slow it goes, but you can only go where the tracks lead.

The differences between the major MMOs now are mostly just cosmetic.

[viper37]

A general star wars question here. Powerful Sith can use force lightning but I don't think I've ever seen a Jedi Knight use it. Is there an ability that a powerful Jedi can use that a Sith lord can't?

Healing.
And Jedi are not incapable of using force ligthning, but they chose no to kill with the Force.

From the movies? None explicitely, although we see Yoda absorb Palpatine's Force Lightning with his two hands. That said:

Obi-Wan gesturing to manipulate a stormtrooper in ANH seems also to be LS only.

Force Ghost seems to be Jedi-only, at least from the movies, although in KoToR the hero gets to meet the Force Ghost of Ajunta Pall inside his tomb on Korriban.

Darth Vader absorbed the blaster shot with his hand.

And manipulating the mind can be done for anyone with the Force.  Just look at Palpatine from the movies.

[Ed Anger]

Jedi choose to be the secret police of the Republic, using their mind tricks to oppress the citizenry.

They ain't that innocent.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Jedi choose to be the secret police of the Republic, using their mind tricks to oppress the citizenry.

They ain't that innocent.

They are the Republic's high priests, and guard that position jealously.

[Ed Anger]

Jedi choose to be the secret police of the Republic, using their mind tricks to oppress the citizenry.

They ain't that innocent.

They are the Republic's high priests, and guard that position jealously.

The hammer of the proletariat shall smash their oppression.

[Sheilbh]

Poor, poor Alec Guinness

Really though - that's what classic, Shakespearean Brit actors are for.  Give them the worst dialogue written and they can still say it with conviction.  Patrick Stewart made a living out of that for years.  Ian McKellan just figured out the money to made in that racket a little more recently.

That's true

[Neil]

Poor, poor Alec Guinness

Really though - that's what classic, Shakespearean Brit actors are for.  Give them the worst dialogue written and they can still say it with conviction.  Patrick Stewart made a living out of that for years.  Ian McKellan just figured out the money to made in that racket a little more recently.

That's true

I don't see how you can feel bad for him.

[jimmy olsen]

A general star wars question here. Powerful Sith can use force lightning but I don't think I've ever seen a Jedi Knight use it. Is there an ability that a powerful Jedi can use that a Sith lord can't?

Healing.
And Jedi are not incapable of using force ligthning, but they chose no to kill with the Force.

That's bullshit, what's the moral difference between using a lightsaber to kill someone and using force lightning? After all only someone skilled in the use of the force can use a lightsaber correctly.