Subject:
|
Re: R5-D4 Star Wars Mini-Land Figure
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.starwars
|
Date:
|
Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:09:06 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
2020 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.starwars, Mike Crowley wrote:
| |
Was it sabotage? Was it The Force? Was it that extra spicy bean & Greedo
burrito he had for lunch at Watto Bell back in Mos Eisley? No one really
knows for sure what caused R5-D4’s motivator to smoke and explode, but one
thing’s for sure: if it hadn’t, Luke would have bought him, Artoo would have
stayed back with the Jawas, and the stormtroopers might not have even
bothered to make the trip to the Lars’ homestead and turn Owen and Beru into
crispy critters. While that would have been a good thing from Owen and
Beru’s perspective, Luke might never have left Tatooine, the storyline would
have ended there, and Star Wars LEGO sets would never have existed! So,
thanks to R5-D4’s explosive indigestion and Owen and Beru’s spot-on
impersonations of Cajun blackened chicken, I present...
|
Nice Moc Mike but you obviously never listened to the Star Wars Radio Saga where
R5’s “troubles” were explained. BTW the radio saga is considered canon by
Lucas. Simply put, R2, in an effort to get his message to Obi-Wan made some
“modifications” to R5 to ensure that a buyer in need of an astromech droid would
end up with him. Of course he then tricked Luke into removing his restraining
bolt to again get to Obi-Wan. It was Luke in one of his fits of whine that
drove him to find R2 and the rest is history. C-3PO’s inclusion in the deal was
more fortuitous than R5’s troubles as it turns out. Unfortunately the
PreHistroy has been less compelling until now but I still hold out some hope for
Episode III.
BTW, Mike, let me know if you want to borrow the radio saga and I will bring it
to a NELUG meeting for you.
Eric
| |
my R5-D4 Mini-Land Figure
He doesn’t explode or smoke, and he absolutely refuses to eat the microwave
burritos I’ve been cooking for him, but he’s still pretty cool nonetheless.
:-)
-Mike “Count Blockula” Crowley
|
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: R5-D4 Star Wars Mini-Land Figure
|
| (...) Hogwash! That's just what the Rebellion wants you to believe. If there's three things I know for certain about Star Wars, it's: (1.) Dark Helmet hates yogurt, especially with strawberries, (2.) when you push the yellow button on Gonk, yummy (...) (20 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
|
Message is in Reply To:
5 Messages in This Thread:
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
