Question

Note to players: description acceptable. In order to protect this piece of information, the former intelligence agent Malorum was defeated and thrown into a power generator by Ferus Olin. After losing the title Grand Inquisitor and being left to die on Jabiim (jah-BEEM), the Third Sister is able to piece together this fact from a (-5[1])message. Before assaulting a cloning facility on Wayland, a Noghri reveals this fact to (*) Mara Jade, causing her to reconsider her last mission from her (10[1])master. While punishing those who kept this fact from him, one man killed devotees of his dead wife on Polis Massa. David Prowse was given a fake line about Obi-Wan to protect this (10[1])secret while filming a scene set in Cloud City. For 10 points, a plot twist in The (10[1])Empire Strikes Back reveals what relationship between a (10[1])Sith Lord and the protagonist of Star Wars? ■END■

ANSWER: Darth Vader is Luke’s father [or Luke Skywalker is Darth Vader’s son; accept Anakin Skywalker is Darth Vader; accept dad or parent in place of father; accept obvious equivalents such as “Luke, I am your father”; prompt on answers like Luke and Leia are siblings by asking “what other relationship does that imply?”] (Prowse said “Obi-Wan killed your father” while filming.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ash SeetharamanHouston and friendsCornell C++54-5
Geoffrey ChenHutto HipposDr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq7910
Mike CheyneRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B11210
Sarod NoriCornell B-What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU12910
Amogh KulkarniCornell C++Houston and friends13710

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%33%33%98.83
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%0%114.67
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y367%0%67%116.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%0%104.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%33%114.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%67%126.67
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%0%25%114.25
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%50%50%96.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%67%131.67