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Re: Upon Further Review...barrier answer
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Date: 
Tue, 25 May 1999 06:17:29 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K) writes:
> > What I want to know is why OBK couldn't run fast enough to make it all
> > the way through the barriers.  Remember how fast he and QGJ moved when
> > they were on the ship and facing the destroyer droids?  Then they were
> > moving at "ludicrous speed"
> 
> Yeah, how did they do that, anyway?!  They couldn't've fooled the battle
> droids -- they're immune to Jedi mind tricks, right?

Jedi Speed.  It's a commonly (read, in more than one Star Wars book/game/etc)
used Force ability.

My personal guess as to none of them- Obi-Wan, Maul, or Qui-Gon- used it to get
through the barriers is that they were busy using the Force in other ways, like
to heighten their reflexes.  If one person swinging a saber in combat's doing
it, it's probably close to suicide for his opponent not to...

eric



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  Re: Upon Further Review...barrier answer
 
(...) But... but... but... OWK was doing _one_ thing - trying to run through the barriers. If that is not a good time to use speed, what is? So that is not a good, complete answer. Unless in some later movie OWK, in retelling this story, smacks his (...) (27 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: Upon Further Review...barrier answer
 
(...) Yeah, how did they do that, anyway?! They couldn't've fooled the battle droids -- they're immune to Jedi mind tricks, right? --Todd (27 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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