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Yes indeed. Sorry, Fun-We, I wasn't having a go at you, I was debating the finer points of astromech designation with Fosh.

So, Obi-Wan Kenobi's faithful astromech droid from the prequels, R4-P17, is a massive mistake?

Exactly! We need a strong Conservative government that retracts from foreign policy, backs away from Europe and makes sure that respect in schools, treatment in hospitals and better all-round social conditions are enforced.

Since the Sith Lords also need stealth controls as well as lightsaber combat controls, I'd probably use the lightsaber combat engine from "Episode III" because that way there would be a couple of buttons on the controller free for pressing up against walls and the suchlike. But then, you probably play most of your games on the PC Fosh, yes? You see, I can't play PC games: I can run them and everything, but using a keyboard and mouse to control a game? That's just wrong. I can't control them. I tried playing some of the Jedi Knight series the other day, gave up and went to find my good old PlayStation2 controller. Keyboard and Mouse? No thanks, DualShock2 anyday.

1: I'm annoyed at the kid for stealing the Xbox 360. While I'm not an Xbox fan, I have no idea where young people these days get ideas like stealing classified material to make themselves look "cool" on the internet. I hope he gets arrested, charged and sent to prison. 2: I'm also annoyed and angered at the computer game promoting the growth, production and sale of illegal substances. This really is disgusting, and anyone willing to produce or develop such a game should also be arrested and charged with inciting illegal activity. 3: I'm very pleased, however, with the news about Grand Theft Auto. If it were up to me, I wouldn't stop there and work to get all Grand Theft Auto games, and similar titles, banned from ever being released again. Games that promote sex, drugs, gang warfare, murder and crime should not even be sold to adults. They're disgusting filth and should be destroyed.

Sorry, Fun-We, but I have to answer just this once. JediIgor: I haven't played "Shadows of the Empire" recently. I sold my Nintendo64 years ago, because game technology has moved on since then. I have now a PlayStation2, and to argue my side of this debate I'm going to use "James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing", a game where the player has complete control over James Bond for every single moment and yet still enjoys many different types of gameplay: running and shooting, sneaking, driving an armoured SUV, riding a motorbike, flying a helicopter, shooting from a moving tank and walking up and down walls with a rappelling chord. That's more than "Shadows of the Empire"... but, hang on, games like that end up crap, do they? Then why has "James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing" been recognised as possibly the most successful James Bond game to date? Why did it top the charts for almost two months? Why is the new James Bond game, "From Russia With Love" in exactly the same format? New technology means more can be fitted into games than ever before, and using a Nintendo64 game from whey-back-when to argue your point here, in 2005, on the eve of the PlayStation3 and Next Next Generation console war, falls flat, I'm sorry to say. Games like this are more diverse, more entertaining, require more skill to play and still allow complete control of the character. Thanks Fun-We. I'm sorry about making a mess: from now on, only discuss Fun-We's excellent game idea!

In that case, you would have: - Qui-Gon Jinn (desert) - Qui-Gon Jinn (Naboo power core) - Obi-Wan Kenobi (Naboo power core) - Yoda - Obi-Wan Kenobi (Geonosis) - Anakin Skywalker (Geonosis) - Obi-Wan Kenobi (Episode III gear) - Anakin Skywalker (Jedi Knight) - Mace Windu (Chancellor's office) - "Old Ben" Kenobi - Luke Skywalker (Bespin duel) - Luke Skywalker (Jedi Knight) That's a heck of a lot of duellists, but could be done on, say, PS3?

That's exactly what I think, along with the Cane in schools to beat senseless those rude, arrogant, self-obsessed little shits that consider themselves better than everyone else... if you don't know what I'm talking about, watch Catherine Tate, Thursday nights, BBC 2.

I'll do a short story, I don't have time to finish Resurgence of the Sith before then. I'll knock something together in about a week or so.

The attacks went wrong. The devices used today in the second attempt to attack London were wired incorrectly: only the detonators exploded with a force similar to a small firework. One of the "suicide bombers", wearing the bomb in a backpack, didn't even receive injury from the detonation, instead ditching the backpack and running as it caught fire. This was another terrorist attack, but thankfully it was rushed and poorly executed and equipped. Due to the huge feeling of defiance spread by the 7/7 bombins, instead of the intended feelings of fear and terror, the bombers decided more action was needed. Unfortunately for them, this was more of a practical joke than a terror attack. Some men were even strip-searched in the middle of the street. The British media is split: the BBC, an educated and unbiased broadcast station, has reported the facts and openly admitted that this is nothing to worry about. ITV, a commercial mainstream channel, has been making people scared all day, using words like "nightmare bombings return" and "London's Burning" (just by chance, the title of one of their entertainment shows... funny, that). If you are a British citizen reading this, I urge you to switch off ITV and ignore the hype and fear. They're bowing to the terrorists: they're spreading the fear that is wanted. The BBC is the voice of reason that really stands up to the bombers. Please, stay calm Britain!

That's only a bonus mission... have you played the "Episode III" videogame? At the very end, there is a standalone bonus mission where you play as Anakin Skywalker fighting Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mustafar. You kill Obi-Wan Kenobi, kill Darth Sidious and become Emperor of the Galaxy yourself... now, that wasn't in the film, but with a new alternate ending, it's a mission in the "Episode III" videogame. With the example you gave, I'll describe what would happen: you would select "Alternate Missions" from the menu and select the Darth Maul mission. You would have a cutscene, rendered in graphics instead of lifted from the film, of Darth Maul approaching the Royal Starship and attacking Qui-Gon Jinn. You'd then play the mission: you kill Qui-Gon, board the ship, kill everyone else and capture Queen Amidala. Then there would be another graphics cutscene of Darth Maul returning the Queen to Naboo, her signing the treaty and the Trade Federation looking all smug. Screen goes dark with a dramatic drumroll and you're returned to the main menu. Same process with all other bonus "Alternate Missions". It's just for laughs, to see what might happen. As I said, if the "Episode III" videogame can do it, why can't I?

Okay, I'm not taking this personally, but: 1: The ability to kill innocents and turn to the Dark Side has already been used in multiple Star Wars games including "Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight", and therefore would provide nothing new. 2: If you don't like the idea of playing like a Sith Lord, then why do you want the ability to turn to the Dark Side anyway? Surely you're asking for something you'd never use, which is slightly pointless. 3: "Those type of games"? What, games based on lightsaber combat? Vehicle games? Stealth games? Games that let you play as a villain, something you seem to be endorsing here with the above post? What? But as I said, I'm not taking this personally...

Judging by your username, I suspect it's not the only thing we agree on.

As far as China goes, it's not the stolen nuclear weapons I'm worried about... moreover the ones still held by the government.

I must have been hibernating or something back in 1996 to have missed an entire war. 25 years until a nuclear holocaust, eh? Meh, I've had a good run...