The Apprentice

[deh_tommy]

I don’t know if it’s supposed to be Revenge of the 5th or the 6th, but I went with the former last year so I’ll go with the latter today for the 7th because I forget to hit save before I went to sleep. Oops. Anyway, here’s a bit of a story from Star Wars Tales #17.

The Sith Lord Finn and his Apprentice have acquired the means to get off this backwards crime-ridden city they were stuck in, but they hit a bit of a snag along the way...







As a Sith there can be no room for hesitation, especially over feelings such as compassion or empathy. Finn tells his Apprentice to deal with the girl so they can be on their way, but he can’t bring himself to harm her.

Comments

[scorntx]

On the one hand, that's a savage move right there.

On the other... if he'd been standing even a foot to either side, he'd have been fine. (Maybe.)
Why is there a gap in that railing?

[dan_ingram]

In Star Wars, it's a minor miracle that the railings were there at all.

[sabertoothlotus]

Yeah... no such thing as OSHA in a galaxy far, far away.

[dan_ingram]

Second only to The Force...is the lack of basic safety standards.

[cainofdreaming]

Looks like that's an elevator platform. So it's for walking on to it.

[fourds]

The railing isn't even knee-height, I think--shoving someone against that just changes how they fall, it doesn't prevent it.

[panthyr]

The gap is there so an air taxi can pull up to that side and people can just walk on to the elevator platform, without having to walk around on the dangerous spaceship landing platform.
People in the SW universe(s) are genetically lacking a fear of heights.