In Memoriam: The fallen of Geonosis

Gunner · Post by **Gunner** » 2002-12-24 07:51am

Charge of the Jedi:

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the arena of Death
Ran the two hundred.
'Forward, the Jedi Knights!
This party's over!' he said:
Into the arena of Death
Leapt the two hundred.

'Forward, the Jedi Order!'
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the Jedi knew
Some one had blundered:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the arena of Death
Ran the two hundred.

Super Battledroid to right of them,
Droideka to left of them,
Battledroid in front of them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with plasma bolt,
Boldly they rushed and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of the Dark Side
Plunged the two hundred

Flashed all their sabres bare,
Flashed as they tuned in air
Sabring the wardroids there,
Charging an army, while
Nute Gunray raged:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Before the line they broke;
But Fett and Genosian
Reeled from the sabre-stroke
Shattered and sundered.
Then they flew out, but not
Not the two hundred.

Post by **Vympel** » 2002-12-24 08:38am

Hey, that's a pretty good variation on a classic

meNNis · Post by **meNNis** » 2002-12-24 02:52pm

not bad

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-12-25 03:15am

Pretty good. I doubt more then ten people here know or could guess what its based off of.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2002-12-25 08:40am

Sea Skimmer wrote:Pretty good. I doubt more then ten people here know or could guess what its based off of.

Charge of the Light Brigade?

Post by **Vympel** » 2002-12-25 09:00am

Oberleutnant wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:Pretty good. I doubt more then ten people here know or could guess what its based off of.
Charge of the Light Brigade?

Ack now see why did you have to go and do that for! Now everybody knows!

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2002-12-25 09:25am

I have no clue about English poems, but I remembered that in DS9 O'Brien was often speaking lines from Charge of the Light Brigade and they sounded vaguely similar to this one. Gunner, did you write this yourself? It's pretty nice.

Gunner · Post by **Gunner** » 2002-12-25 09:50am

I altered the words somewhat to fit the scenario, but the actual base poem is the Charge of the Light Brigade, by Lord Alfred Tennyson:

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!" he said;
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die;
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them,
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well;
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell,
Rode the six hundred.

Flashed all their sabres bare,
Flashed as they turned in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wondered:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right through the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reeled from the sabre-stroke,
Shattered and sundered.
Then they rode back, but not-
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them,
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came through the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honour the charge they made,
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2002-12-25 11:05am

Sea Skimmer wrote:Pretty good. I doubt more then ten people here know or could guess what its based off of.

I guess more know. Have faith!

Post by **NecronLord** » 2002-12-25 11:48am

Sea Skimmer wrote:Pretty good. I doubt more then ten people here know or could guess what its based off of.

?

You are joking there aren't you?

Aren't you

Laughing Mechanicus · Post by **Laughing Mechanicus** » 2002-12-25 12:03pm

What about the poor clones, no mention for them? the lines:

Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die;

Are pretty meanigful for them, I mean we see Jedi like Qui Gon question the council and get away with it, but could you imagine what would happen to a clone if he questioned an order?

And I think Charge of the Light Brigade is well known enough that most people would have got the link (although I'm in Britain, maybe it's not so well known in the states - it might have been pushed out of the school curriculum in favor of creationism or something

).

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2002-12-25 12:21pm

Aaron Ash wrote:What about the poor clones, no mention for them? the lines:

Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die;

Are pretty meanigful for them, I mean we see Jedi like Qui Gon question the council and get away with it, but could you imagine what would happen to a clone if he questioned an order?

And I think Charge of the Light Brigade is well known enough that most people would have got the link (although I'm in Britain, maybe it's not so well known in the states - it might have been pushed out of the school curriculum in favor of creationism or something ).

Yep why not a Clonetrooper/Stormie poem?
Okay they did win the battle of Geonosis, but surely there are examples of honorable Stormie defeats?

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-12-25 03:35pm

NecronLord wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:Pretty good. I doubt more then ten people here know or could guess what its based off of.
?

You are joking there aren't you?

Aren't you

No, the ignorance of such things is quite strong on this Earth. In any case ten people have yet to indicate that they did know before Oberleutnant ruined any chance of acutally finding out.

mollusk · Post by **mollusk** » 2002-12-25 03:40pm

great work, very inventive although i must admit that "charge of the light brigade" is one of my favorite works. I think being a brit it instils fierce patriotism in oneself, even if it is about a complete fuckup.

Laughing Mechanicus · Post by **Laughing Mechanicus** » 2002-12-25 08:02pm

mollusk wrote:I think being a brit it instils fierce patriotism in oneself, even if it is about a complete fuckup.

Yes, odd that isn't it? lol.

D.Turtle · Post by **D.Turtle** » 2002-12-26 06:25am

I knew it was from the Charge of the light Brigade - but only because it was in Wongs Fan fic.

Setzer · Post by **Setzer** » 2002-12-26 02:37pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:Pretty good. I doubt more then ten people here know or could guess what its based off of.

Hold on, I know what it's based off of, just gimme a minute.... Is it... something by Emily Dickingson?

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2002-12-26 08:52pm

So how many people here actually knew that this was based off Charge of the Light Brigade? Let's be honest, ok?

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2002-12-26 08:58pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:
NecronLord wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:Pretty good. I doubt more then ten people here know or could guess what its based off of.
?

You are joking there aren't you?

Aren't you
No, the ignorance of such things is quite strong on this Earth. In any case ten people have yet to indicate that they did know before Oberleutnant ruined any chance of acutally finding out.

Riiiiiight. So nobody can be trusted to tell the truth?

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-12-26 10:34pm

Setzer wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:Pretty good. I doubt more then ten people here know or could guess what its based off of.
Hold on, I know what it's based off of, just gimme a minute.... Is it... something by Emily Dickingson?

No, Sir Arthur Tennison.