Sith Lord

Darth Vader (Anakin Skywalker)

Darth Sidious

Now I am a Doctor Who fan in addition to a Star Wars fan, so about two or three weeks back I thought about what Sutekh would look like if he was a Sith Lord. So I drew him as a Sith and did two versions, one where Sutekh is textured (second image) and one where he isn't (first image). Not the greatest piece of art, but drawing has been a recent hobby, and I don't think it is too shabby, especially compared to some of my earlier works. (The ridiculously disproportionate body parts still haunt me to this day.)

I set this on Korriban alongside having him entering a tomb. It was unintentional, but the coincidence is quite fitting considering he was trapped inside a tomb in Pyramids of Mars.

For his lightsaber I based it on Plagueis's lightsaber pike on his black series figure where it can be detached from the staff. The actual hilt design is a bit of a hodge podge of hilts. The pommel is from Plagueis, the switch box is from Obi-Wan and Luke's hilts, the opening is similar to Palpatine, while the emitter is based on the ball cap on Sutekh's helmet.

Quite luckily, the lore given for Sutekh in the prologue for the Pyramids of Mars novelisaiton is pretty much entirely transferable to the Star Wars lore with almost no rewrites. I don't think Pyramids of Mars could work though, nor could the Legend of Ruby Sunday or Empire of Death, at least not without absolutely massive rewrites that I'm not all that interested in doing.

Okay…

…hear me out…

…a Star Wars movie directed by Tim Burton. DON’T CLICK OFF, I’m not crazy. I think this is what Star Wars needs right now; variety. You wanna make the Star Wars cinematic universe as big as the MCU, Disney? Add some new flavors! Maybe it’s just me but, with the exception of Andor and Skeleton Crew, most modern Star Wars content feels like the same tone and vibe. And if Disney wants to expand the Star Wars franchise as big as the MCU, do what the MCU did; add some new ingredients to the gumbo. Bring in different people with different styles with the same creative spirit George had. Look at what Star Wars Visions was able to accomplish; All these different animation Studios coming together to give Star Wars the variety it desperately needs. Now, bring that to canon, to the mainstream, that would be awesome! Now, I personally think a standalone film would work best for Burton. As a big fan of Star Wars and Burton, if he’s given the opportunity to let his creativity thrive, think of what he could do in the Star Wars universe! But, since Disney is, well, Disney, they’d probably only let this happen if it focused around pre-established characters so if that the only way a Burton Star Wars film could happen, I say continue the Anthology Films and make a Palpatine origin story BUT keep him pure evil. But, maybe I’m crazy, what do ya’ll think?

You know something that gets me angry just thinking about it? Bode. I'm not even joking when I say that, either. Now, I might not have yellow Sith eyes, but I am angry, yea verily. Believe me when I say that no other fictional character has ever made me this angry, this ab-so-lute-ly disgusted, in my memory. Its not because he so easily Bode-trayed the pal Kestis. He betrayed me. Me, I say! I thought he was just another Jedi who was wronged by the empire, just like Cal was. I thought that he was trying to make the Galaxy a batter place, just like Cal was. The very first mission, bam! That shleaze ball, himself, wastes no time in showing me a hologram image: (4-K resolution, I might add) of his daughter just so that I would (oh and yes I would) feel sorry for him. But, lo and Bode-hold, it was all for himself. I don't care if he says he was doing any of it for Kata. The sucka clearly didn't care enough about her to stop him from making the floor crumble right underneath her feet! Not only is he a shleaze ball! He is a shleaze ball with no morals! A moraless shleaze ball! When that camera panned around to Bode holding Cordova at gun point and slipping that map that I just busted Dagan's back-meat up for into his khaki pants' pocket: oh. Oh you should have seen my face. I should have seen my face, for goodness' sake! I couldn't believe my eyes. Bode? The guy that battled it out with me for his daughter, related to Cal's pain and joked around with him? You could have told me my house was on fire, and I would have stayed there in front of the TV. Little did I know that he was a faker the whole dad-gum time. Being Cal's friend was all a big ol' act for him and his slick-back haircut to get their own private paradise. It's interesting to me that both Cal and Bode were both tempted by the same thing: using Tanalor selfishly. But at least Cal didn't end up calling in Darth Vader to clean house. Oh when I got on that speeder bike, it was on. I was all too eager to blast him into an oblivion. When we got on that big cliff, and I found out he was force sensitive? I knew it was time to end it right there. I had had enough. It was time to put an end to this nonsense and put Akuna-matata back in his side-character lookin' seat. This, as far as I was concerned, was not happening. So, as I pictured Cere and Merrin all getting royally swatted by the Empire, you best believe I took that lightsaber out and went to work on Bode. The only problem was that I was missing the homie BD. No BD = no stimulus checks which means no health regen. They nerfed me. So, needless to say, my health bar dwindled down to a twilight, and I failed. I failed! I couldn't believe it. I one shot Dagan, but lost to Bode? BODE? You had to have been kidding me. I don't think I will ever forgive myself for not whooping Bode in that first boss fight. He beat me. I was beat by the by the guy to betrayed me. Some good ol' fashion revenge was what I was looking for. I wanted to show Bode-the toad that he was way in over his oily head. I wanted to show him, bodefore he had done anything, that this was not going anywhere spectacular. I wanted to show him that he was, most certainly, without a shadow of a doubt, not "that guy" in the slightest. The only thing that made me angrier than Bode's face was that my failure turned him into a real villain who was a real threat. My failure meant that his betrayal was a success. For the rest of the play through, I had a sick feeling in my emotions. While I thought it was pretty light hearted before that climactic reveal, it was anything but after. I proceeded to sped-run playing as Cere and flew through that Imperial outpost. Nothing else mattered, (except for my boy Vader of course) I just knew that I wanted- needed redemption. I needed to make this right and, by jove, I did. I had BD the second time and, let's be honest, Beyblade-Bode didn't stand a chance against my 9-12 stimies that I was packin', lol! It would have to do, but it felt too easy, too cheap. It was just sad. It was sad that Kata is now an orphan because I remorselessly killed her father in front of her... It was sad that Cal embraced the dark side, and that I let this game make me feel ill with disgust from what happened. It was truly an immersive experience that Cal and I seemed to share in some way, and I find that really interesting. I really don't want to see Cal go down a dark path and myself also having to be the catalyst to it, seeing as I would be controlling his journey to some extent, but all I can say is that this game made me feel what Cal felt.

Anyways, one would be right to note that this was pretty random and unnecessary rambling of mine, but I guess what is necessary here when you think about it? I've just been having a nice (Bode-less) time in Survivor lately taking some pics and also ya, that art book for Survivor that was in the last MMC reminded me even more of Bode, lol. That whole sequence is one of my favorites in Star Wars, and it has always stuck with me: Cal embracing darkness or whatever it was and Bode turning on me, lol. I love the Jedi game series we've got going on, and I'm pretty invested in Cal and where he is headed.

I guess I'll end by asking what was your experience with Bode? Do you despise him as much as I do? Did you somehow see his Bodetrayal coming? What are your thoughts on the matter?

What do you rate General Hux in SW Force Awakens?

It can be from any era

Why do the Sith enjoy enjoy shopping?

Everything at the maul is half-off.