On one hand, the Empire could vapourize Middle Earth with a super laser. On the other hand, Palpatine was just like, a dude who was skilled at using the Force, whereas Sauron was some kind of demon/angel/demi-god. Not sure how it would go.
The cosmologies are difficult to compare because "power" in middle earth is just kinda ... power. Sauron doesn't need to have a "chain lightning lvl 10, 100.000 damage per second" ability. He can just ... exist, and all the evil (or just lesser willed) creatures around will just fully accept him as their leader and do whatever he says. It a cosmic force or aura that is never quantified in any way. Same with ganfalf. He does very little magic. His power is also mostly in his presence that compels the good guys to do good things.
would Palpatine desire the ring and therefore succumb to it or is he Palpatine bombadill?
Would a space armada capable of destroying planets be a threat to any maiar ?
would the force influence sauron?
To what extent would saurons abilities be present in a 1on1 combat scenario against the ol sithy. same question for big papa palps. ?
In my head, the fight scene would have few words and would be a contest of the power of their respective universes.
In this way we see force lightning and magic both colliding but id expect that since both are weakened in their corpreal states, we wouldn't see grand hand to hand or rather light saber cutting through enchanted sword. If it came to that, palpy wins. but then there's the whole ring thing. I guess. if palpy succumbs to it, sauron wins.
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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 39 pts · 270d
Cuts off Frodos legs and arms anyway
Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 270d
::: spoiler Context In The Lord of The Rings movie, Gollum bites off Frodo's finger ^[1]^. ::: ::: spoiler References
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 270d
Fun fact: they filmed the volcano scenes for LoTR on Mustafar at the same place they filmed Star Wars.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 270d
It's like poetry, it rhymes.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 269d
That wasn't a sound stage? Where is it?
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 269d
On Mustafar, an outer ring planet. It took a bit to get the crew out but there's no denying it was worth the effort.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 269d
Shame that half the crew was killed by that one re-activated protocol droid.
For those not initiated, HK-47 was on Mustafar during the clone wars. The CIS reactivated him, the last mistake they made to say the least.
OpenStars@piefed.social · 14 pts · 270d
Just how high are those grounds?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 269d
25% cannabis, 85% coffee, by weight
d13@programming.dev · 10 pts · 270d
The Music of the Ainur is a pathway to many abilities which some deem to be… unnatural.
teft@piefed.social · 9 pts · 269d
crazycraw@crazypeople.online · 6 pts · 270d
sauron vs Palpatine hmmm
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 269d
On one hand, the Empire could vapourize Middle Earth with a super laser. On the other hand, Palpatine was just like, a dude who was skilled at using the Force, whereas Sauron was some kind of demon/angel/demi-god. Not sure how it would go.
groet@feddit.org · 3 pts · 269d
The cosmologies are difficult to compare because "power" in middle earth is just kinda ... power. Sauron doesn't need to have a "chain lightning lvl 10, 100.000 damage per second" ability. He can just ... exist, and all the evil (or just lesser willed) creatures around will just fully accept him as their leader and do whatever he says. It a cosmic force or aura that is never quantified in any way. Same with ganfalf. He does very little magic. His power is also mostly in his presence that compels the good guys to do good things.
crazycraw@crazypeople.online · 2 pts · 269d
would Palpatine desire the ring and therefore succumb to it or is he Palpatine bombadill?
Would a space armada capable of destroying planets be a threat to any maiar ?
would the force influence sauron?
To what extent would saurons abilities be present in a 1on1 combat scenario against the ol sithy. same question for big papa palps. ?
In my head, the fight scene would have few words and would be a contest of the power of their respective universes. In this way we see force lightning and magic both colliding but id expect that since both are weakened in their corpreal states, we wouldn't see grand hand to hand or rather light saber cutting through enchanted sword. If it came to that, palpy wins. but then there's the whole ring thing. I guess. if palpy succumbs to it, sauron wins.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 269d
Force push him into the lava, it's what the script calls for
marcos@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 270d
That's a looong jump!
ICastFist@programming.dev · 2 pts · 269d
You underestimate his powers!
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 269d
Then Jar Jar swoops in, grabs the Ring, and tumbles into the lava because he's-a clumsy.
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 269d
Better without the third panel imo.