The One Ring in the Star Wars galaxy

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-01-19 07:37pm

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:Assuming he could discover that ability of the Ring's. I'm not sure how he would go about doing that.

How did Bilbo Baggins figure it out?

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:You mean he rivaled Palpatine in Force powers?

Yup.

Smiling Bandit · Post by **Smiling Bandit** » 2004-01-20 10:36am

Vader was/is very strong willed. He is, however, willing to follow someone he believes is much wiser and more powerful than himself. And, truth be told, The Emperor is probably wiser and more adept at turning people against themselves, though Vader had his own methods of the same...

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-01-20 12:36pm

Smiling Bandit wrote:Vader was/is very strong willed. He is, however, willing to follow someone he believes is much wiser and more powerful than himself. And, truth be told, The Emperor is probably wiser and more adept at turning people against themselves, though Vader had his own methods of the same...

Palpatine is clearly stronger in the Force, but that doesn't mean Vader couldn't control the Ring. The Ring's affinity for Sauron would be essentially nil in this scenario; its hold on the wearer grew stronger as he approached Mount Doom, which means (conversely) that it must grow weaker as he moves farther away. With the Ring literally tens of thousands of light years away from Mount Doom, Sauron would be as good as dead to it.

Symmetry · Post by **Symmetry** » 2004-01-20 11:53pm

NecronLord wrote:
Symmetry wrote: As to Palpatine with the ring, I don't doubt that he's extremely powerful, but he's still a mortal,
Is he? He has returned from death on at least one occasion.

He has! Damn. I guess I'm glad I haven't read more of the EU.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2004-01-21 01:42am

Illuminatus Primus wrote:How did Bilbo Baggins figure it out?

Bilbo guarded the Ring like Gollum; he kept it on his person all the time. He probably figured it out after having worn it so long and not aging.

Sothis · Post by **Sothis** » 2004-01-21 02:39pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Smiling Bandit wrote:Vader was/is very strong willed. He is, however, willing to follow someone he believes is much wiser and more powerful than himself. And, truth be told, The Emperor is probably wiser and more adept at turning people against themselves, though Vader had his own methods of the same...
Palpatine is clearly stronger in the Force, but that doesn't mean Vader couldn't control the Ring. The Ring's affinity for Sauron would be essentially nil in this scenario; its hold on the wearer grew stronger as he approached Mount Doom, which means (conversely) that it must grow weaker as he moves farther away. With the Ring literally tens of thousands of light years away from Mount Doom, Sauron would be as good as dead to it.

I'm not so sure about that last point... Smegaol was comparatively far from Mount Doom when he killed his friend after a few minutes of the Ring being found, whereas Frodo wasn't affected to that sort of degree until actually at Mount Doom. Though both distances are of course miniscule compared to the distance of light-years, so who knows? Maybe the Nazgul get given spaceships and lightsabres

Murazor · Post by **Murazor** » 2004-01-21 02:42pm

If we are with movie nazgul its a bad idea to give them lightsabers. They would cut themselves in halves by accident...