Star Wars/Lord of the Rings Sweet Sixteen

1. Aragorn- Rebounded nicely after first-round scare with Niem Numb.
Resume: My Captain, My King
Key Losses: Bachelorhood, living in the woods life
Quotes: Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Men of the West!*

5. Treebeard - Came out hot out of the gates and held off a lot comeback from the Emperor
Resume: real old, leader of the Ent-moot, surprisingly agile in battle, good mood of transport for hobbits
Key losses: Ent Women, forests





14. Wicket- The 14 seed keeps rolling, two huge upsets already. Can the little guy keep it rolling?
Resume: Cute, furry
Key Losses: Can't speak, ticks
Quotes: Yub, Yub (muthafucker)

10. Padme Amidala: Survived two nail biters, upsetting Boromir and Yoda and my misspelling of her name.
Resume: married Jedi, mothered Jedi twins, fought robots and aliens, lots of nice outfits and hair styles
Key Losses: life, husband to Dark Side, hair (oh, that was a different movie)
Quotes: Tony is great. I want to marry him. Caleb sucks.
Anakin, you're breaking my heart! And you're going down a path I cannot follow!





1. Darth Vader- No trouble yet for this top seed.
Resume: Evil, killer, Death Star
Key Losses: arms, legs, ability to breathe, wardrobe versatility
Quotes: I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now *I* am the master.
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
No. *I* am your father.

5. Qui-Gonn Jinn Killed Frodo, getting 80% of the Vote.
Resume: Jedi, nice hair, found Anakin, gallant, noble, saved a lot of Jews
Key Losses: Life, Anakin to the Dark Side
Quotes: Remember: Your focus determines your reality.
Finding him was the will of the force, I have no doubt of that




3. Gollum-Gollum edged out King Theoden by a single vote. Close match-up. Can he keep it going?
Resume: Ring Bearer for many years, led Frodo to Mordor, escaped Mordor, killed Deagol to get the ring, bit off Frodo's finger, framed Sam for eating the bread
Key Loses: humanity, hair, weight, his "precious", ability to speak in first person
Quotes: We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!
Stupid, fat hobbit.

2. Obi-Wan Kenobi- Young Obi-Wan has torn through his first two opponents, fairing much better than his old self.
Resume: Jedi, part of Jedi council. nice beard, survived Jedi purge, killed Darth Maul, dominated Anakin
Key Losses: Anakin becoming Darth Vader, hair color, Qui-Gon Jinn
Quotes: [after finding the young dead Jedi's in the temple] Who? Who could have done this?
-Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic, to democracy.
You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you.