History Webcomic / DarthsAndDroids

* XanatosGambit: Annie's [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0553.html grand scheme]] in Episode III is to play the Jedi Council, Palpatine, and [=Ben/ObiWan=] against each other, making each of them think the other is Sith, with the ultimate goal of standing atop the resulting chaos and gaining complete control of the Galaxy as the ManBehindTheMan. Jim and Pete are left slack-jawed in admiration. The gambit ultimately fails when Palpatine takes the LeftForDead Anakin and sticks him in a robot body designed to place him under Palpatine's control.

--->'''Padmé:''' Yes. I will help you bring Anakin to justice. After all, you are the only thing standing between Anakin and complete domination of the Galaxy. On his own, obviously, without me faithfully by his side. Seeing as I'm Good.\\

* XanatosGambit: Annie's grand scheme in Episode III is to play the Jedi Council, Palpatine, and [=Ben/ObiWan=] against each other, making each of them think the other is Sith, with the ultimate goal of standing atop the resulting chaos and gaining complete control of the Galaxy. Pete is left slack-jawed in admiration. The gambit ultimately fails when Palpatine takes the LeftForDead Anakin and sticks him in a robot body designed to place him under Palpatine's control.

* XanatosGambit: Annie appears to be setting one of these up, by playing the Jedi Council, Palpatine, and [=Ben/ObiWan=] against each other, making each of them think the other is Sith. [[StepThreeProfit It's unclear exactly what Annie is trying to accomplish with this, though.]]
** Now [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0553.html confirmed.]] Apparently, the plan is to become Palpatine's right hand man and [[DragonInChief the power behind the throne.]]

* XanatosGambit: Annie appears to be setting one of these up, by playing the Jedi Council, Palpatine, and [=Ben/ObiWan=] against each other, making each of them think the other is Sith. [[StepThreeProfit It's unclear exactly what Annie is trying to accompish with this, though.]] Now [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0553.html confirmed.]] Apparently, the plan is to become Palpatine's right hand man and [[DragonInChief the power behind the throne.]]

At this point, the plot is almost done with ''Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith'', with the authors stating that all 6 movies will be covered. The five players corresponding to the five basic RPG PlayerArchetypes, although Morgan-Mar claims it was unintentional.

* AscendedMeme: The question whether or not Annie is currently pregnant was a topic of a hot debates on the Irregular Webcomic forum, and [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0516.html it was referenced in the comic itself]].

** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0455.html Mah son is]] [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0391.html sometimes ze same way]].

* FaceHeelTurn: Strongly foreshadowed [[spoiler: on the part of Pete.]] One wonders how they will work this into the existing plot.

At this point, the plot is most of the way through ''Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith'', with the authors stating that all 6 movies will be covered. The five players corresponding to the five basic RPG PlayerArchetypes, although Morgan-Mar claims it was unintentional.

-->"Zam... If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes. [[BladeRunner I've seen things you wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in the rain... Time to die.]] ''[[BeatPanel (beat)]]'' [[CitizenKane Rosebud...]]"

** ''BladeRunner'', [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0548.html again]], and CitizenKane.

** And finally, we're near the Narm-tastic one in the moves, only this time, [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0651.html it might be for something less serious]].

* GoneHorriblyRight: So [[spoiler: Anakin]] you want to corrupt Palpatine and become the power behind the throne? Sure, why not. Just be certain [[spoiler: that you've not corrupted him enough to consider you a loose cannon and turn you into a cyborg so he can control you.]] Oops.
* GuiltByAssociationGag: Done by Sally in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0403.html This strip.]]

* AlternateHistory: In this world ''StarWars'' was never made, producing a few cultural changes, the biggest of which is that there was no upsurge of interest in science-fiction in Hollywood during the 70s and 80s resulting in ''StarTrek'' remaining an obscure 60s show instead of the massive movie and TV franchise it is in our world. Then there are alternate histories within alternate histories within alternate histories [[MindScrew within still more alternate histories]] in the other fictional comics that exist in the world of ''Darths & Droids'' and worlds within the worlds [[hottip:(full list): [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/wandsandwarts/episodes/0050.html Harry Potter]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/notesandnazis/episodes/0050.html The Sound of Music]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/mutantsandmiscreants/episodes/0050.html X-Men]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/emsandebes/episodes/0050.html Aliens]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/magiciansandmunchkins/episodes/0050.html The Wizard Of Oz]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/sandalsandspartans/0050.html 300]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/avatars/0050.html Avatar]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/terminators/0050.html Terminator]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/carcasses/0050.html Jaws]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/trenchcoats/0050.html Casablanca]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/amphibians/0050.html The Muppet Movie]] and [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/heists/0050.html Inception]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/barnacles/0050.html Pirates of the Caribbean]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/docs/0050.html Back to the Future]].]].

* AlternateHistory: In this world ''StarWars'' was never made, producing a few cultural changes, the biggest of which is that there was no upsurge of interest in science-fiction in Hollywood during the 70s and 80s resulting in ''StarTrek'' remaining an obscure 60s show instead of the massive movie and TV franchise it is in our world. Then there are alternate histories within alternate histories within alternate histories [[MindScrew within still more alternate histories]] in the other fictional comics that exist in the world of ''Darths & Droids'' and worlds within the worlds [[hottip:(full list): [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/wandsandwarts/episodes/0050.html Harry Potter]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/notesandnazis/episodes/0050.html The Sound of Music]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/mutantsandmiscreants/episodes/0050.html X-Men]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/emsandebes/episodes/0050.html Aliens]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/magiciansandmunchkins/episodes/0050.html The Wizard Of Oz]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/sandalsandspartans/0050.html 300]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/avatars/0050.html Avatar]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/terminators/0050.html Terminator]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/carcasses/0050.html Jaws]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/trenchcoats/0050.html Casablanca]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/amphibians/0050.html The Muppet Movie]] and [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/heists/0050.html Inception]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/barnacles/0050.html Pirates of the Caribbean]].]].

** It currently ends with PiratesOfTheCaribbean.

* WhatIf: ''StarWars'' were a P&P RPG campaign? It goes meta with the alternate comics that they would be doing if ''Star Wars'' didn't exist, including ''[[HarryPotter Wands & Warts]]'', ''[[TheSoundOfMusic Notes & Nazis]]'', ''[[XMen Mutants & Miscreants]]'', ''[[{{Alien}} Enlisted Men & Extraterrestrial Biological Entities]]'', ''[[Film/TheWizardOfOz Magicians & Munchkins]]'', ''[[ThreeHundred Sandals & Spartans]]'', ''[[{{Film/Avatar}} Avatars & Avifauna]]'', ''[[{{Terminator}} Terminators & Temporal Paradoxes]]'', ''[[{{Jaws}} Carcasses & Carcharadons]]'', ''[[{{Casablanca}} Trenchcoats & Turncoats]]'', ''[[{{TheMuppets}} Amphibians and Anthropomorphisms]]'', ''[[{{Inception}} Heists & Hypnagogic Hallucinations]]'', and ''[[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Barnacles & Bilgewater]]''.

* [[TheRoleplayer The Thespian]]: [[MeaningfulName Annie]], initially playing Shmi Skywalker. Ben told her about the game in drama class. Her unfamiliarity with typical RPG player behavior results in amusing misunderstandings, such as her mistaking Qui-Gon for a robber when he attempts to [[KleptomaniacHero search her house for loot]]. She played Anakin during the pod race and later switched to him permanently rather than shoehorn Shmi into the adventuring party. Her roleplaying tends to be filled with HiddenDepths and [[GrayAndGrayMorality moral ambiguity]], which sometimes screws with [[BlackAndWhiteMorality the more straightforward mindset]] of the other players. As a joke, plays what is considered to be the worst acted character from the prequel trilogy.

* ApocalypseHow: In a Class 4 example [[spoiler:Naboo became a molten volcanic planet. The Trade Federation took over the planet and moved it into the orbit of a nearby gas giant, causing increased tidal activity and, in turn, volcanic activity, all so they can smelt it and build the Peace Moon. Some fans even suspected that Naboo and Mustafar are the same planet in the D&D continuity, but ultimately it was {{Jossed}}; it turned out that [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0642.html most of the population survived, Theed was protected by a force field]], and the planet itself was liberated offscreen by Jar Jar who then moved it back to its original orbit]].

* ApocalypseHow: In a Class 4 example [[spoiler:Naboo became a molten volcanic planet. The Trade Federation took over the planet and moved it into the orbit of a nearby gas giant, causing increased tidal activity and, in turn, volcanic activity, all so they can smelt it and build the Peace Moon. Some fans even suspected that Naboo and Mustafar are the same planet in the D&D continuity, but ultimately it was {{Jossed}}; it turned out that [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0642.html most of the population survived, Theed was protected by a force field]], and the planet itself was liberated offscreen by Jar-Jar who then moved it back to its original orbit]].

* ApocalypseHow: In a Class 4 example, how did Mustafar become a molten volcanic planet? [[spoiler:''It was originally Naboo''. The Trade Federation took over the planet and moved it into the orbit of a nearby gas giant, causing increased tidal activity and, in turn, volcanic activity, all so they can smelt it and build the Peace Moon. There are reportedly pockets of survivors, but much of the planet's population and wildlife have been wiped out]].

** It ends with Pirate of the Carribean

At this point, the plot is most of the way through ''Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith'', with the authors stating that all 6 movies will be covered. The five players corresponding to the five basic RPG PlayerArchetypes (although Morgan-Mar claims it was unintentional[[hottip:*: Which just shows how innately accurate the archetypes are]]).

At this point, the plot is most of the way through ''Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith'', with the authors stating that all 6 movies will be covered. The five players corresponding to the five basic RPG PlayerArchetypes (although Morgan-Mar claims it was unintentional).

** Annie's dialog occasionally is made up of lines and lyrics from theater productions. She recites part of "At the End of the Day" from ''[[{{Theatre/ptitlenjisnv3p}} Les Misérables]]'' line for line as part of Anakin's lines.

** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0207.html This strip]] is a reference to ''[[{{Disney/ptitle3if599v0}} The Emperor's New Groove]]''.

* CelebrityParadox: Explicitly acknowledged, and lampshaded the heck out of it; [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0050.html one annotation]] goes further on to imagine this hypothetical world without ''Star Wars,'' even including a strip, cast page, FAQ and episode list from a fake ''HarryPotter'' equivalent of the comic). Taken a level further when we learn that in the hypothetical world of the Harry Potter comic, the equivalent is a comic based on ''The Sound of Music''. That world in turn is shown to have ''its'' comic equivalent be based on the first ''X-Men'' movie, and so on. The Irregulars continue to add new levels of recursive awesome to this gag every 50 comics, to the point where we had to stop listing them all because this paragraph was so long.