while it is true that jar^2 is the tool that sets palpy up for his takeover, i've always wondered if that happened because of the fans' reaction to jar^2 in episode 1. maybe lucas had other plans, then changed his mind because of the outcry over how terrible a character jar^2 was, so he made him into the scapegoat. i suppose it's possible it was planned that way all along, and lucas expected that reaction knowing we'd be mollified when it turned out he was responsible for the empire. if that's true, then jar^2 was really the best developed character of episodes 1 and 2.
i played autoduel, windwalker, space rogue (flying through those ring tunnels to get to other sectors was kinda hard as i recall) on the c64, then later origin games on ibm compatibles. one particularly enjoyable game was called the omega project (or something similar).
that was a great game: you started with a tank chassis and some money with which you could buy various parts for it such as scanners, weapons, etc. then you wrote code that automated it, dropped it in an arena against other automated tanks, and watched while it kicked butt or got toasted. if you won the tourney you got more money to buy better scanners/weapons/whatnot, upgraded the tank, wrote new code to take advantage of the new systems, tried a new arena with tougher opponents. if you lost you went back to your code and tried to make it perform better.
now that was entertainment! use your brain to make your hunk of metal prevail against similar hunks of metal. and it taught rudimentary programming as well. somebody make me an updated version and i'll pay $50 for it...
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while it is true that jar^2 is the tool that sets palpy up for his takeover, i've always wondered if that happened because of the fans' reaction to jar^2 in episode 1. maybe lucas had other plans, then changed his mind because of the outcry over how terrible a character jar^2 was, so he made him into the scapegoat.
i suppose it's possible it was planned that way all along, and lucas expected that reaction knowing we'd be mollified when it turned out he was responsible for the empire. if that's true, then jar^2 was really the best developed character of episodes 1 and 2.
i played autoduel, windwalker, space rogue (flying through those ring tunnels to get to other sectors was kinda hard as i recall) on the c64, then later origin games on ibm compatibles. one particularly enjoyable game was called the omega project (or something similar).
that was a great game: you started with a tank chassis and some money with which you could buy various parts for it such as scanners, weapons, etc. then you wrote code that automated it, dropped it in an arena against other automated tanks, and watched while it kicked butt or got toasted. if you won the tourney you got more money to buy better scanners/weapons/whatnot, upgraded the tank, wrote new code to take advantage of the new systems, tried a new arena with tougher opponents. if you lost you went back to your code and tried to make it perform better.
now that was entertainment! use your brain to make your hunk of metal prevail against similar hunks of metal. and it taught rudimentary programming as well. somebody make me an updated version and i'll pay $50 for it...