User:Jedi Master 76

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Quote of the Month
"Then we will fight in the shade."

- Stelios

Recommended Reading/Viewing
My de facto rating board of our Featured Articles.

News and Updates


All right, school has started, and I will still contribute here around this time, 23:00 UTC for about three or four hours, maybe later. However, I shall try to be on more often because I am now a System Operator of this site.

2nd Wiki Awards
These are my articles that I hope to nominate and finish by the time the SWA come around. As you can see, I've got some work to do!


 * Best Planet- Srefrot (100%)
 * Best Conflict- Second Galactic Civil War- TBA
 * Best Battle- TBA
 * Best Species- Dolucian (100%)
 * Best Government- Vancita Alliance (60% done- history, redlinks and pictures)
 * Best Sith Org.- Sith Quinquervirate?
 * Best Jedi Org.- N/A
 * Best Republic Character- TBA
 * Best Imperial Character- Admiral Rio (95% done-add end notes, pictures)
 * Best Rebel Character- TBA
 * Best Mandalorian Character- N/A
 * Best Overall Character- Zack Fayne (100%)
 * Best Sith Character- Darth Ankeaurho (98%- redlinks)
 * Best Jedi Character- Zack Fayne (100%)
 * Best Location- N/A
 * Best Joke- N/A
 * Best Vehicle- N/A
 * Best Weapon- Saberscythe (100%)
 * Best Spacecraft- TBA
 * Best Technology- TBA
 * Best Language- Vancitis (100%)

Minor News
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, my brother is in the school band, so I will not get home until about 00:00 UTC.

* Just a list to remind me of what to work on when I'm bored.*


 * 1) Vancita Alliance-Make it FA quality.
 * 2) Faust-Expand his LONG life.
 * 3) Zack Fayne-Finally do the final touches. DONE
 * 4) Doluc II-Continue the history
 * 5) Doluc Holy Knights-Dunno if I'll ever get to this, but...
 * 6) other minor edits

Wanted pages

 * 1) Alina Fayne

Sysop stuff
Need help with something? My goal is to be on IRC chat more often. You'll find me there as JM76, even when I'm not on SWF directly. Even if has nothing to do with SWF, tell me something, it gets borin' over there!!!

Real Info
I have been here a while and have reverted most of the ISV vandals. I love Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, the Inkheart series and the Inheritance series. I am a proud citizen of the U.S. and I believe I'm either the 4 or 5 largest contributor on this site. My favorite video games are Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, Tales of Symphonia (For previous 2 I hope they make more games in the US), Star Wars, and Legend of Zelda.

Though not as significant as the 1000th, 2000th, 666th, or 100th article, I did create the 2222 article! Duke Semislee of Ryloth is the article. On August 26th, 2006, I created my 200th Article, the Sixth Battle of Srefrot XX. I created the 11,800 article! See it here.

Fanon Info

 * I support the light side greatly but believe in gray jedi and using dark side force powers.
 * I am a Jedi Master.
 * I support both Republics(Old/New), not the Empire, CIS etc.
 * I survived Order 66.
 * I created the article with the most categories and some of the longest articles on the site. Here They Are. Zack Fayne was the longest article on the site. Of course, with this guy STILL around, you can see how long that lasted.

Best of Star Wars
Favorite Character- Revan: He is Revan. Need I say more?

Favorite Jedi- Luke Skywalker: He in my opinion, is the best Jedi ever. He beat Palpatine in a duel!! Not even Yoda could do that.

Favorite Sith- Exar Kun: He invented the doublesaber, was one of the most powerful Sith, and learned about Sith alchemy!

Favorite Bounty Hunter- Boba Fett: Ah, the classic bounty hunter. His armor is awesome and so is he. Too bad he sounds like a whiny brat in Episode II.

Favorite Droid- HK-47: Who doesn't like a droid who has a sense of humor? Sometimes I play KoTOR over again just to hear his comments on just about everything.

Favorite Fanon Jedi (that's not mine)- Nathaniel Kenobi: Well written, all around good article.

Favorite Fanon Sith (that's not mine)- Jasca Ducato: This article inspired me. It's well written and well put together.

Favorite World- Harun Kaal- An entire civilization of Force Sensitives? Bend them to your will. Now!

Favorite Battle- Battle of Geonosis: Who doesn't like milions of troops dishing it out?

Favorite Space Battle- Battle of Endor: Excuse the cliché but...It's a trap!

Favorite Capital Ship- Venator class Star Destroyers: They look awesome. Plus they were the predecessors of the classic Star Destroyers!

Favorite SW Video Games- Star Wars: KOToR or Battlefront games.

Scene that should be put into a SW game: Arena Battle on Geononsis. Wouldn't it be fun to fight as a jedi you create, with jedi, and against millions of droids? I think so. Or for all you evil people, you could create a jedi bodyguard for Dooku then fight against the jedi in the arena.

Favorite SWQ (Star Wars Quotes)
"Expletive: Damn it, master, I am an assasination droid... not a dictionary!"

- HK-47

"Wrong! It's a trick question! A true Sith NEVER dies!"

- Jorak Uln

"For one as limited as you, perhaps. To have fallen so far and learned nothing, that is your failure."

- Darth Traya

"Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering."

- Yoda

"For a mechanic, you do an excessive amount of thinking."

- C3PO

"Wait, how did this happen? We're smarter than this!"

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Master Yoda. You survived." "Surprised?" "Your arrogance blinds you, Master Yoda. Now you will experience the full power of the dark side."

- Palpatine and Yoda

"Who's the more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him?"

- Ben Kenobi

"He's no good to me dead."

- Boba Fett

"The blast came from the Death Star! That thing's operational!"

- Lando Calrissian

"NOOOOO!!!!"

- Star Wars

Favorite OUQ (Out of Universe Quotes)
"They obey you, why?" "Oh, because they've chosen me as their leader. And because I'm a very good knife-thrower."

- Resa and the Black Prince: Inkspell

"The Star of Eärendil shone bright in the West as a token that all was made ready, and as a guide over the sea; and Men marvelled to see that silver flame in the paths of the Sun."

- J.R.R. Tolkien: The Simarillion

"It takes a smart guy to play dumb."

- Mr.T

"For by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors."

- Proverbs 24:6

"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."

- C. S. Lewis

"What an ass! He was grinning like an idiot the whole time."

- Genis Sage-Tales of Symphonia

"Not that I'm correcting you, but I am only in my thirties. I would think "ill-hearted gentleman" more appropriate... Now, I must be off."

- Oswin-Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword

"Say...you want to make a bet? I bet that you're gonna fall for me, sooner or later. I'm betting yes, personally."

- Joshua-Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones

"You there, in the bushes. You have until the count of five to show yourself before I start throwing sharp objects. One... two... four..."

- Volke-Fire Emblem:Path of Radiance

"You really don't rember, do you? It's me ya know (takes off the hood) Axel." "Axel?" "Talk about blank with a capital B." "(later)You really do remember me this time? I'm SO FLATTERED! You won't forget THIS!"

- Axel and Roxas

"Tell me what you cherish most. Give me the pleasure of taking it away..." "I pity you. You just don't get it at all. There's not a thing I don't cherish!"

- Sephiroth and Cloud

"Wait... You guys can't be...? Yer not "Fullmetal Alchemist" Edward Elric, are you?" "Gosh, Brother, you're a celebrity!" "What's it to you? Do you want me to sign your forehead or something?"

- Genz Bresslau, Alphonse Elric, and Edward Elric-Full Metal Alchemist

Things that irritate me about SW

 * Vandals- They think they can just ruin a website by posting random junk on a few dozen pages. End of discussion.
 * Spam- Just, just, no, don't do it, it gets on EVERYBODY's nerves.
 * The Exile=Female- The Jedi Exile will now, and forever more, be female. Anybody who will vandalize on Wookieepedia just to put... THE EXILE IS MALE is pretty sad.
 * HAN SHOT FIRST-'nuff said.
 * Jacen Solo (Post NJO)- I miss the old Jacen Solo... Anyway, I really dislike his character as of late, with Jacen trying to justify his turning to a Sith and being the cold-hearted wacko that he is.
 * Legacy Era comics- Ugh, could start an essay 'bout all the things I hate about it, but I'll refrain from talking all your ears off.
 * People who think that Eps. 1 was completely horrible and shouldn't be in the Star Wars saga- So what? It wasn't a great movie, but it wasn't particularly bad. The fighting was good, the scenes with the Jedi were good, Palpy's scenes were good, its just a few things - Cough-*Padme* *Jar-Jar* *other bad acting* -Cough- but besides that, so what, I've seen worse.
 * People who use the phrase, they must have only seen Eps. 1 as an insult- see above ^0^
 * People who disregard Lucas' role in EU subjects and think that it is considered non-Canon- Just get over it, it is canon, but a different level of canon.

My pages!

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Essay of the Month Every so often
Since I haven't been contributing much around here lately, I've decided to start my return with an essay, courtesy of the idea goes to C3PO and NKSCF. Anyway, noticing some anime lovers and anime haters at this site, I've decided to write my first major essay on anime, manga, and Japanese animation in general. To those of you who have never heard of any of this before, read on.

First off, a brief history. Manga is the term used for Japanese comic books, ranging from about 27 pages (monthly edition) to full manga volumes that combine the multiple monthly editions into a more readable source. Though the term has been around since the early 18th century, it was widely used until the end of World War II. Manga itself is MUCH more popular in Japan than in America (or other English speaking countries). For example, if you go down to your local book store, you will see maybe one or two shelves especially for manga. However, in Japan, you'll end up seeing entire stores exclusively for selling manga, and everywhere you look (coffee shops, doctor's office, subways) there will be a stack of manga for your viewing enjoyment.

Manga artists are known as Manga-ka, who make quite a lot of money with there work. They are also quite popular due to their work. This is quite different from comic book artists here in the U.S. or Great Britain, as if you mention you are a comic book letterer (or illustrator, writer) at any social gathering, you're bound to get strange looks that say "How old are you?"

The Father of Manga is known as Osamu Tezuka, who was inspired and whose art styles resembled the famous Walt Disney's, and other Western artists. In case you don't know of any of Tezuka's works, here's his Wikipedia page. Manga in itself eventually paved the way for the much more popular (in Western culture) Anime.

Anime is often recognized in the West for its character's large eyes, spiky hair, and interesting facial features. Anime became popular in Japan shortly after Manga did. However, Anime didn't become popular in Western countries until only recently, with some of its earliest being Astro Boy and Kimba: The White Lion, and Speed Racer, though they weren't as immensely popular here as they were in Japan. Around the 1980-90s was when Anime really hit the Western world, however. With the arrival of some of the most recognizable names of Anime even among non-anime fans, such as Dragon Ball Z, Pokemon, Gundam, and Cowboy Bebop.

Popular animes today are as follows (some of these are personal opinions, others are from looking around the web): Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Full Metal Alchemist, One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, InuYasha, and Zatch Bell!.

However, in my opinion, the anime writers for Pokemon (especially in America) are beating a dead horse. This regards the anime only, it seems the demand for Pokemon video games is still crazy high, as seen in this article. Yu-Gi-Oh should have died near the end of the second season, only to be butchered three or four more seasons. What's worse they've made a spinoff titled Yu-Gi-Oh GX, which is absolutely revolting in my opinion, but I digress...

However, like almost everything else popular right now, there are bad things involved in anime/manga. For example, in many more popular manga, demonic references are present (I'm looking at you Yu-Gi-Oh...). Also, an entire category of anime/manga has been produced solely for the purpose of pornography (if you don't know what this is, you'll find out from your 7th grade peers soon enough, don't go asking around about it). Also, in some anime/manga (especially the original Japanese versions) there is excessive sexual references (often intended as jokes, but there nevertheless). There is also excessive swearing (again, original versions) in some anime/manga, and with the swearing there is usually alot of blood (usually in Shonen, or young boy-teen boy anime/manga), though there isn't usually gore and the blood isn't always realistic.

Now for our final topic before I sign off, I will discuss English dubbing done in the Western world. While this has saved many a parent from worrying what there young child watches on TV, it has sparked the anger of many of the so-called 'true' anime fans. The job of many of these dubbing companies (4Kids, Viz, etc.) is to translate the dub into the english language and edit it to make it 'appropriate' for an American audience.

Sadly, most anime dubbing companies take this job over the edge (/end NPOV). They frequently changed the names to make them sound more 'American' or more 'foreign', depending on the character. For example, they changed someone's name from Ichigo to Zoey, Zoro to Zolo, Mantra to Morty, and Edward to Ward. They often use the same voice actors for numerous anime and numerous characters. I remember sitting on the couch as a kid watching Yu-Gi-Oh, and I thought to myself, doesn't that guy sound like that other guy? The voice acting is often bland, and seems like they have little emotion. The mouths (like in those Asian movies imported over here, like Godzilla for example) often move when they aren't supposed to, making dubs annoying to watch.

This is not to say that they aren't good for nothing, however. For example, most adults these days don't want their kids to watch their cartoon hero get shot by dozens of bullets, only to survive and be covered in blood, proceeding to chop up his/her shooter with his/her sword, causing more blood and swearing as the shooters die. However, sometimes they take it over the edge, thinking that American (or British, Finnish, etc.) children are ignorant, by making people get stabbed with not a hint of blood coming out from the wound, as if kids don't know what happens when they get hurt, and that blood is inside there body. Of course, there isn't a need for unnecessary overload of blood and gore, but you get my point.

All in all, if you say you dislike anime/manga and have only seen the English versions, pop on in at Youtube, look for the original, and see if you change your mind. I think it would, because it changed my entire outlook on what anime could be. Whenever I see a commercial for the english anime on TV, I wince, and ignore it all together. Anyway there's my rant, though while it was fun, it had absolutely nothing to do with Star Wars!! So I'll have to think of one relating to SW or SWF for my next one. Comment on my talk page. This is Jedi Master 76, signing out. -- Talk to an Admin Mind Trick Jedi Library  23:48, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Subpages
View previous quotes here.

View previous recommended reading/viewing material here.

View the Wall of Shame here.

View some constructive criticism here.

View my score at Jeopardy here.

Just for my memory, where I put my user page's pics.

To see some of my smart alec (lol) comments on random stuff or serious issues, see here.