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In lugnet.starwars, David Koudys writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Scott Costello writes:
> > > In any case, I'm sure what Obi-Wan said about the droids was true... "from a
> > > certain point of view." The tougher issue to resolve is why in A New Hope
> > > does he tell Luke that Anakin was already an accomplished pilot? (Because
> > > Lucas didn't know...)
> >
> > No one tries to explain away aparent inconsistencies more than I do but I
> > still have a real problem with the word "accomplished". I mean to say that
> > as a boy Anakin was awesome behind the controls of any kind of vehicle may
> > be correct, but the term "accomplished" indicates experience; to me it is
> > synonymis with "seasoned" or "proven". Maybe I am just reading too much into
> > this.
> >
> > And what about the rumor about the cut scene with a kiss between Shimi and
> > Qui-Gon? How does that bode with the whole Jedi celebacy thing?
> >
> > Scott
>
> I may be missing something 'cause I refuse to stand in line more than half
> hour for any movie (besides star trek ;) ) so I havent seen AOTC yet, but I
> saw ANH when I was 10 and it looked to me that Darth Vader was a pretty
> accomplished pilot. Of course Lucas knew--Darth Vader was a very good pilot
> and therefore so was Luke's Father.
>
> If Obi-wan was Anakin's trainer, which is stated as early as ANH, Obi-wan
> would know that Anakin was a very good flyer.
>
> Obi-Wan's statement in Ep 4. fits right in.
I see what you mean but I think you've missed his point. He means that
Anakin seemed to be a great pilot right from the start; he was an excellent
pilot, not an accomplished one; no experience made him great, he just is.
Personally I disagree with this, and also think the statement in Ep4 works fine.
--Josh
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| (...) I may be missing something 'cause I refuse to stand in line more than half hour for any movie (besides star trek ;) ) so I havent seen AOTC yet, but I saw ANH when I was 10 and it looked to me that Darth Vader was a pretty accomplished pilot. (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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