[oxfordgamers] Re: Two Towers

You see, I don't know if I can concur, simply because we have to
remember the differeing scales of the mythologies.

Balrog's are amazingly potent, and frigtening creatures, and are able
to easily slay any non-divine being. Their mythos is also restricted to
a single planet. Yoda's mythos emcompasses entire galaxies.

To put it another way: The Empire would have no serious issues with
Sauron. They'd simply anihilate the planet from afar with orbital
bombardment.

Also, as we've discussed before, Tolkien's magic works in such a way
that it's easier to raise a mountain than to throw a fireball. Yoda,
when he wants to, can easily and quickly acomplish "magical" feats. Why
fight the Balrog, when you can just TK it away?

Aaron

--- "Bolenbaugh, Tom" <TBolenbaugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>       Too true, too true.  I remember Lucas saying he was never completely
> sure that the muppet Yoda would work out until he actually saw it on
> film.  
> 
>       I now feel compelled to release my inner fanboy ; )  I think the
> best outcome we'd see would be for Yoda and the Balrog to kill each
> other.
> In all of Tolkien's history of Middle Earth there are only two times
> when
> non-divine beings managed to kill a balrog, both happened during the
> fall of
> the elven domain of Gondolin, both involved mighty elf-lords and in
> each
> case the elf-lord died in the battle.  Even Gandalf, who himself was
> of the
> same divine race from which the balrogs were created (the Maiar),
> died
> fighting the balrog of Moria.  The only other time we know of balrogs
> being
> destroyed is when the entire host of the Valar (gods) and Maiar
> (demi-gods)
> came against the dark armies led by balrogs in open warfare and
> destroyed
> almost all of them.
> 
>       Given Yoda's great power I think he'd likely share the same fate.
> He would probably defeat the balrog but die from the battle.  
> 

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