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Subject: 
Yet another EP1 nitpick
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Tue, 25 May 1999 16:17:27 GMT
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     Ok, i found another tiny little nitpick with the movie.  When Qui-Gon
first visits Watto to buy parts for the ship he tries the Jedi mind trick on
Watto, who laughs at his feeble attempt.  Yet later on in the film Watto rolls
his "chance cube" to decide which slave would be freed if Anakin won the
race.  Did Watto so soon forget about Jedi powers?  So after the race when
Watto says that Qui-Gon tricked him, he was right "from a certain point of
view" :-p          - Rich



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  Re: Yet another EP1 nitpick
 
After QGJ tries the mind trick, Watto says "Do you think you're a Jedi or something?" I don't think he was really picking up on Qui-Gon's Jedi-ness. QG's statements weren't blatantly wierd, they could have been interpreted as a person trying to push (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: Yet another EP1 nitpick
 
(...) Better yet, who told everybody about the Jedi Mind Trick? And if it's so well known, why hasn't anyone figured out a defense against it? And if there's no defense against it, why aren't Jedi reviled everywhere? Better yet, why are the good (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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