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I remember seeing a list of like...the names of the different moves Jedi do that remove a hand, or a limb, or decapitate, and, like, the meaning associated with each (like, removal of a hand during a fight is a sign of respect or some crazy shit like that and it's had some kind of wacky name for the move, too. like teeshaw'nakpa or someshit.)

am I insane, or does such a list/webpage exist?

No, you aren't insane

Just go down to the section that says Techniques, though they aren't all included in one easy access page.

You're talking about the Marks of contact.

Yup, there it is. Dont bother with my link, IP's is better, all in one page.

You show respect by slicing off an opponent's hand?

Swindle1984 wrote:You show respect by slicing off an opponent's hand?

"I respect you too much to kill you outright, I'm good enough to disable you without killing you outright, and I also am willing to let you sit and suffer in agony after having a limb lopped off. Yeah, I'm a prick when you get down to it. But better your hand than your dick!"

Swindle1984 wrote:You show respect by slicing off an opponent's hand?

Would you rather have your hand or your head cut off?

See. Respecting your bodily integrity as much as possible.

NecronLord wrote:

Swindle1984 wrote:You show respect by slicing off an opponent's hand?

Would you rather have your hand or your head cut off?

See. Respecting your bodily integrity as much as possible.

Especially when the hand can be replaced.

A long time ago, I had the idea for an action figure line with limb removals as the centerpeice. They would come in two packs, and one of the toys would have a removable limb. Like, Obi Wan in his desert robes would come with a Ponda Baba whose arm comes off. Or,Vader and Luke in his Bespin costume with a removable hand. Honestly, I would still buy those toys today.

Silver Jedi wrote:A long time ago, I had the idea for an action figure line with limb removals as the centerpeice. They would come in two packs, and one of the toys would have a removable limb. Like, Obi Wan in his desert robes would come with a Ponda Baba whose arm comes off. Or,Vader and Luke in his Bespin costume with a removable hand. Honestly, I would still buy those toys today.

You could easily recreate that experience with regular action figures.

Step 1. Buy Obi-Wan and Ponda Boba action figures.
Step 2. Cut off Ponda Boba's hand.
Step 3. Enjoy!

(In all seriousness that would be a cool combo idea.)

They already have a Luke figure that has a detatchable hand. I have one.

Silver Jedi wrote:A long time ago, I had the idea for an action figure line with limb removals as the centerpeice. They would come in two packs, and one of the toys would have a removable limb. Like, Obi Wan in his desert robes would come with a Ponda Baba whose arm comes off. Or,Vader and Luke in his Bespin costume with a removable hand. Honestly, I would still buy those toys today.

The old Jurassic Park toys had something like that - "realistic wounds", where a piece of skin came off where, presumably, the dinosaur had been bitten.

The stegosaurus one had ribs showing. Kinda creepy, really.

Molyneux wrote:

Silver Jedi wrote:A long time ago, I had the idea for an action figure line with limb removals as the centerpeice. They would come in two packs, and one of the toys would have a removable limb. Like, Obi Wan in his desert robes would come with a Ponda Baba whose arm comes off. Or,Vader and Luke in his Bespin costume with a removable hand. Honestly, I would still buy those toys today.

The old Jurassic Park toys had something like that - "realistic wounds", where a piece of skin came off where, presumably, the dinosaur had been bitten.

The stegosaurus one had ribs showing. Kinda creepy, really.

Yep, i owned these. They were pretty cool. They were always eating my beanie babies though.

On-topic: So where do the names for all the styles of lightsaber combat, and the move names come from? Some seemed to come from the KOTOR II game. Are the rest from other games, or just a conglomeration of labels taken from novels and comics? I can't remember reading a novel and it containing any specific style names.

Edit for grammar.

I know that several of the lightsaber forms are talked about in the ROTS novelization, but I don't know if those were copied from somewhere else.

Molyneux wrote:

Silver Jedi wrote:A long time ago, I had the idea for an action figure line with limb removals as the centerpeice. They would come in two packs, and one of the toys would have a removable limb. Like, Obi Wan in his desert robes would come with a Ponda Baba whose arm comes off. Or,Vader and Luke in his Bespin costume with a removable hand. Honestly, I would still buy those toys today.

The old Jurassic Park toys had something like that - "realistic wounds", where a piece of skin came off where, presumably, the dinosaur had been bitten.

The stegosaurus one had ribs showing. Kinda creepy, really.

Ah yes.... "Dino Damage!" I never had those toys, but I remember my brother and I thought up something similar to that idea, but figured it would be too gruesome for a kid's toy. Then a few years later these things come along...!

If I remember correctly I think the act of cutting of a limb was to show superiority and humiliate whoever got cut. (Kinda like what Dooku did in Episode 2).