Rock, Paper, Scissors . . . Now With The Force!

Rock, Paper, Scissors is a great game we all know and love.  We've played it all our lives and it helps us decide everything from which team in a sports game goes first to who gets to sit shotgun in your friend's car on the way to the bar.  Sure, theres been some other versions of the games over the years.  Versions that have added new weapons to the game like RPS 25, and there's the verion created on the show The Big Bang theory which added Lizard and Spock.  Never though, has Rock Paper Scissors ever been crossed with the greatest movie series of all time.  I speak, of course, of the original Star Wars Trilogy.

 

But now that time has come.  Finally we have a Star Wars version of Rock Paper Scissors, and it is awesome.  Here's how it works.  Just like in Rock Paper Scissors, there are three hand symbols:

 



 

1.  A single finger held high.  This represents the lightsaber, the elegent weapon of the Jedi nights.  This is the symbol which represents Luke.

 



 

2.  A closed fist, with the back of your hand held toward your opponent.  Just like Vader did to Luke when he said, "Come with me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son!".  The fist, of course, represents Vader.

 



 

3.  An open hand with the fingers bent at the knuckles, palm towards opponent.  This represents the universal hand signal for force lightning.  It is the symbol of Emperor Palpatine. 

 

And now the rules, as they were layed out in the sacred texts (aka the original trilogy film scripts).

 

• Luke beats Vader


• Emperor Palpatine beats Luke


• Vader beats the Emperor

 

(Via Geekdad)

 

UPDATE:

 

Ok, so after a bit of thinking, I decided that three people from Star Wars wasn't nearly enough of a game for me.  If Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock can have five items, so can the Star Wars version of RPS.  So I've gone ahead and added two new people to the game, and have created the rules of winning with them too.  I call the game . . .

 

Luke Vader Palpatine Leia Han

 



 

Han:  Hand held palm down, with your thumb extended out a little bit.  This represents Han's ship, the Millenium Falcon.

 



 

Leia:  A partially closed fist with the index and pinky fingers slightly higher than the middle two fingers.  This represents Leia's iconic bun hairdo from the original Star Wars film.

 

Also, I'm personally not really fond of the closed fist being the symbol of Vader, so I'm changing it to a closed hand with the thumb and index fingers extended in an almost closed circle, thus representing Vader's force choke.

 



 

Here's the rules of winning:

 

• Luke disarms Vader (literally)


• Palpatine electrocutes Luke


• Vader assassinates Palpatine


• Leia Overthrows Palpatine and his Empire


• Han Saves Luke's Ass (twice)


• Luke rescues Leia


• Palpatine oppresses Han


• Vader tortures Han


• Leia Outsmarts Vader


• Han Seduces Leia