Never underestimate the symbolic importance of fire. Fire cleanses everything. Use it liberally in your gaming encounters.

(This advice is equally valid for both players and GMs!)

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GM: The lava sets Anakin on fire.
[SFX]: Fwooosh!
Obi-Wan: Ugh. I take his laser sword and head back to the landing platform.
Padmé: Looting the body. Good move.
R2-D2: What are you doing?
Obi-Wan: What Anakin wanted.
R2-D2: You can't leave him to die!
Obi-Wan: He was a threat to the entire Galaxy.
R2-D2: He's a PC!
Padmé: Was.
R2-D2: What? I thought you loved him!
Padmé: PCs die. Time to roll up a new one. Annie, you should totally be a pirate!
GM: All right, it's been a full session. Let's stop for tonight.
Padmé: That was an awesome session!
Yoda: I liked the part where everything caught on fire!
GM: Anakin's limbs and body?
Yoda: No, Pete's die!