User:Laureilie

Laureilie is, obviously, an avid fan of Star Wars.

She is a Star Wars "traditionalist" (ie: Jedi are good, Sith are bad, and no Palpatine did not secretly have the best interests of the galaxy at heart.)

Her views on the Force are a blend of the Unifying Force theory (that the Force has no light and no dark) and the traditional light/dark view. The Force has no light side or dark side in and of itself; however, Force-users do. Since Force-users are not perfect creatures or Gods, they are subject to the same flaws, weaknesses, and biases as all mortal creatures. Thus, because the Force-user has a light-side and a dark-side already within themselves, the Force takes on whatever shade the Force-user is channeling it through. For example, if the Force-user channels the Force through anger, fear, or vengeance - the Force becomes "tainted" with those emotions and becomes dark. If the Force-user channels the Force through love, peace, or a desire to protect, the Force becomes light. Because the Force is so powerful and potent, whenever a Force-user channels the Force - be it in a light or a dark way - the Force magnifies the emotions through which it is being channeled; thus making it easier for the Force-user to do so again and more difficult to break from such habits. This is why it is difficult for Force-users who have "fallen to the dark side" to be redeemed from their ways of viewing and using the Force. The Force-user acts as a "corrupting" agent to tint the otherwise pure Force energy with light or dark stains, and - in return - the Force acts as a corruptiong agent back on the Force-user by magnifying such dispositions. This is the reason some extremely powerful Force-users become to far embedded in their ways for change to ever be possible: Palpatine could never have been redeemed, just as Luke Skywalker (in his later years) could never again fall to the dark side.

Her favorite characters are Luke Skywalker, Ben Skywalker, Jaina Solo, Zekk, Tenel Ka, Han Solo and Lando Calrissian when paired, and Kyp Durron. Hew favorite villain was Palpatine just because he relished being evil and was just so fricking good at it.

Her favorite SW author is Troy Denning because of how well he captures characters and his ability to respond positively to the desires/constructive criticisms of the fan-base without letting their "demands" jeapordize the story he's trying to tell.

Her favorite SW movie is Return of the Jedi, but her favorite SW scene is at the end of Attack of the Clones when Palpatine is observing the Old Republic clone troopers that look very much like Storm Troopers boarding Old Republic craft that look very much like Star Destoryers and the Republic music changes into the Imperial Theme. No words were spoken, but that scene told you exactly how everything was going to play out... damn.